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The death toll from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island Friday rose to 164 on Friday with 79 people missing, authorities said.

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The death toll from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island Friday rose to 174 on Friday with 79 people missing, authorities said.

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Syria's foreign ministry said in a statement Friday that the attack was "a horrific massacre" and said women and children were among those killed.

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National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom had died from her injuries after a shooting in the nation's capital. And, the death toll in the Hong Kong high-rise fire rises as dozens remain missing.

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India's olive ridley turtle numbers appear to have rebounded after years of patchwork efforts to stem their decline. Can it last?

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The Department of Transportation wants tougher rules for commercial driver's licenses after a deadly crash involving a trucker from India. Critics say it's an immigration crackdown by another name.

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Retail expert Katie Thomas scours her local shopping mall in Pittsburgh to divine what Americans' shopping habits reveal about the economy and the nation's future.

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox tells NPR's Steve Inskeep why he wants states to regulate artificial intelligence.

In 2010, 13-year-old Aimee Gerold and her father, Bob, came to StoryCorps to talk about Aimee's adoption and how their family began. Fifteen years later, they returned to reflect on that conversation.

Israeli forces on Thursday killed a pair of Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank after they appeared to surrender, drawing Palestinian accusations that the men were executed "in cold blood."

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President Donald Trump vowed on Thanksgiving to "permanently pause migration" from poorer nations in a blistering late-night, anti-immigrant screed posted to social media.

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The American pope emphasized a message of peace as he arrived in Ankara, welcomed on the tarmac by a military guard of honor and at the presidential palace by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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The National Dog Show, televised annually on Thanksgiving Day, is a beloved tradition for many families. This year, Soleil, a Belgian sheepdog, was crowned Best in Show.

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The Afghan man suspected of shooting two National Guard members entered the U.S. under the program in 2021. Here's a look at why it was set up and how those who entered the U.S. were vetted.

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Two-time golf champion Fuzzy Zoeller has died at the age of 74. One of golf's most gregarious characters Zoeller's career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke he made about Tiger Woods.

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New research shows feverish temperatures make it more difficult for viruses to hijack our cells. A mouse study suggests it's the heat itself that makes the difference.

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Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan man who allegedly shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., had served in one of Afghanistan's elite counterterrorism units, according to a nonprofit run by people who served in Afghanistan.

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Two West Virginia National Guard members deployed to Washington, D.C., remain in critical condition after being shot while on patrol just blocks from the White House on Wednesday afternoon.

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Just a few months into Olga Stefanishyna's job as Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S, she is helping negotiate a peace deal that could end Russia's war on Ukraine.

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NASA has made sure that the International Space Station is well stocked for a Thanksgiving meal full of treats. Here's what's on the menu.

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