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Violent protests briefly broke out in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, yesterday. The protests came after the funeral of one of the country's top intelligence officers, who was assassinated by a bomb placed in a car Friday.

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi grew up hunting for jars of fiery Indian pickles in her grandmother's Chennai kitchen. She writes about food and family in her new memoir, Love, Loss and What We Ate.

In New York, residents of Buffalo are still in shock over a racially motivated mass shooting at a supermarket. Ten African Americans were shot to death, and three people were wounded.

A Colorado man is attempting to push a peanut with his nose all the way to the 14,115-foot summit of Pikes Peak.

Two songs with regional Mexican ties are currently in the Top 10 on the American pop charts.

Health care remains a top concern for voters in Texas, but they are split on whether to completely upend the country’s current health care system, a new...

The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are facing a credibility crisis after botched communication efforts and perceptions of political interference.

The Biden administration made democracy a top foreign policy issue. Myanmar's coup represents an early test. The U.S. responded with tough talk and targeted sanctions, but will it be enough?

Gasoline prices jumped nearly 10 cents a gallon in the last week, and forecasters say that drivers could see even higher prices as summer approaches. Prices typically rise in anticipation of the summer driving season, but in 2004, it was mid-May before prices topped the $2 mark. This year, $2-a-gallon gas is but a distant reflection in the rearview mirror; it's $3 a gallon we seem to be closing in on.

Host Michele Norris reads from our listener's letters sent to us over the past week. The letters comment on our profile of the Baghdad neighborhood of Amiriya, Michele's conversation with Dr. Michael Saag, one of the top researchers for AIDS, our profile of black preachers leaving the Democratic party, and reactions to our review of Donald Knaack's opera, Odin.