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Analysts believe these purges aim to reform the military and ensure loyalty to Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Another commission member, Liu Zhenli, is also under investigation.
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As the winter storm rages, here's what to know in your state
Reporters across the NPR Network are covering the impact of the storm and how officials are responding. We've also got tips for staying safe once bad weather hits.
Tired of bad haircuts? 3 stylists share tips on how to get the do of your dreams
No more crying over bad haircuts. This illustrated guide has advice on how to find a great stylist and communicate what you want, even while you're sitting in the salon chair.
A deadly standoff in 1992 changed federal use-of-force rules. Here's why it matters
An encounter with white separatists decades ago led to new deadly force policies for some federal law enforcement. Minneapolis is raising questions about whether it's again time to revisit the issue.
Trump administration's defense strategy tells allies to handle their own security
The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of countering China.
Minnesotans turn out in the frigid cold to protest Trump's immigration crackdown
Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Businesses across the region closed in solidarity.
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Netflix's "Star Search" reboot features host Anthony Anderson and judges Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jelly Roll and Chrissy Teigen. The original helped propel stars like Beyoncé and Britney Spears.
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President Trump announced a framework for a deal on U.S. involvement in Greenland, without details, in Switzerland this week. He also appeared increasingly infirm in Davos.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to KATV-TV Chief Meteorologist Barry Brandt about the winter storm's effects on Little Rock, Ark.
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The fierce winter storm is predicted to bring a foot of snow, or more, and catastrophic ice and freezing rain to a huge swath of the eastern U.S. We check in on Tulsa, Okla. and how residents there are doing.
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Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago tells NPR's Scott Simon why he and two other Catholic cardinals released a statement critical of the Trump administration's foreign policy.
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NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant preview conference championship weekend in the NFL.
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Sudden or severe cold temperature can cause trees to experience "frost crack." NPR's Scott Simon talks with Bill McNee of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources about what happens and why.
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Americans are still spending money, which is helping drive solid economic growth, but a large share of that spending is being done by a relatively small group of well-off shoppers.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has arrested more than 100 people so far in Maine as part of an ongoing, large-scale operation that began this week.
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The EEOC voted to rescind its 2024 harassment guidance, which explained what constitutes unlawful harassment. The vote came amid a fight over a section of the guidance focused on gender identity.
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Groundbreaking Black mathematician Gladys West, who helped develop the algorithms behind GPS, died Jan. 17 at age 95. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Marvin Jackson, who co-wrote West's memoir.
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Danish citizens say President Trump's latest push to control Greenland is changing their view on Denmark's relationship with America.