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Posadas are part of a centuries-long tradition that recreates Mary and Joseph's search for a place where the baby Jesus could be born. But in Mexico City, they have become just a reason to party.

Martin Kaste is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk. He covers law enforcement and privacy. He has been focused on police and use of force since before the 2014 protests in Ferguson, and that ...

Film director Barry Jenkins draws a Wild Card question and talks about where he'd go to feel safe as a child.

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Street gangs forced the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince to close earlier this year. As journalists gathered to cover its ...

Some residents of Strafford, Vt., are trying to preserve their general store by buying it and hiring an operator with a promise to keep it local.

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KYIV, Ukraine — Oleksandr Budko looks like a leading man. He's sandy-haired and blue-eyed, with muscular tattooed arms and ...