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Katie Holmes offered up some real talk on how to lead a fulfilling life -- and it couldn't be more accurate.

Europe should have a backup plan in addressing the migrant crisis, in case if it turns out impossible to reinforce the external protection of the border-less Schengen Area and stop the inflow of illegal migrants, Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said Wednesday.

A 26-year-old Ph.D. student killed himself in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. A Dalit, he was one of five students protesting their expulsion from the university's housing facility.

2015 was the hottest year on record, according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Deke Arndt of NOAA about their findings.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Wednesday defended President Obama's recent executive actions intended to expand background checks for gun buyers. But Republicans question their usefulness and the motives behind the actions.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Al Gerhardstein, a civil rights attorney in Cincinnati who represented the family of Samuel DuBose. DuBose was shot and killed last year by a University of Cincinnati police officer after a traffic stop. Earlier this week, the University of Cincinnati entered a settlement agreement with the family, awarding the family $4.85 million and a free college education for each of DuBose's 12 children.

At least 20 people were killed in an attack on a university in northwestern Pakistan Wednesday. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Jon Boone of the Guardian for the latest.

As of today, you can see all five planets that are possible to see in the sky with the naked eye early in the morning. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with astronomer Jackie Faherty about why this is happening.

A day after endorsing Donald Trump for president, former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin campaigned with Trump in Oklahoma.

Residents of Harney County, Ore., are growing increasingly frustrated with the standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Armed militants seized the federal property on January 2.

Nielsen, the ratings company, says it has a way to track what TV shows are trending on Twitter and Facebook, which will give producers and advertisers a better way to measure audiences. NPR explores what this adds to the growing effort to measure online audience.

Francisco Alarcon was an important Mexican-American poet who influenced generations of Chicano writers, including the current U.S. poet laureate. Alarcon died of cancer last week.

Just a week ago, the court reached a very different conclusion, also by an 8-1 vote, ruling Florida's death penalty system is unconstitutional.

Shares of Kinder Morgan Inc. fell Wednesday after the oil and gas infrastructure company reported a fourth-quarter loss $637 million, or 29 cents a share, versus earnings of $126 million, or 8 cents a share, in the year-ago period.

A U.S. congressional committee has demanded that former drug executive Martin Shkreli appear at a hearing on drug prices.

Sometimes, cold hard facts can get right to the heart of the issue, and the numbers detailing the demographic breakdown of this year's Oscar nominees say it all: 95.3% white. That the industry has a diversity issue is no longer in question, but how to fix the problem is up for debate. However, for Spike Lee, he believes Hollywood should follow the NFL's lead in establishing something similar to the Rooney Rule when it comes to hiring, where minority candidates must be interviewed for open positions. Читать дальше...

Fear ripples from Japan to UK and US as flight to safety cuts bond yields and boosts gold

Under fire for his alleged role in circumstances leading up to University of Hyderabad scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide, Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Wednesday said his role was “limited to forwarding” two representations from ABVP.

INDIANAPOLIS - Big-box grocery chains and liquor store lobbyists bickered in front of lawmakers Wednesday over the latest attempt to lift Indiana's longtime ban on Sunday carryout alcohol sales.

It was a case that seemed like it could have been a Hollywood political thriller full of intrigue: possible links to the highest levels of the Russian government and radioactive material. A decade after the murder of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, British judge Robert Owen is scheduled Thursday to release his findings into the 2006 case, and the Kremlin has already issued a preemptive response.

In totaal 800 belangstellenden waren woensdagavond aanwezig bij een rustig verlopen informatiebijeenkomst over het nieuwe azc in het waterschapsgebouw in Zwolle.  Daar bleken zij vooral vragen te hebben over de omvang en locatie van het centrum. Gevraagd werd onder andere of de gemeente kan garanderen dat het bij maximaal 800 asielzoekers blijft.

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JESSUP, Md., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Phoenix30 unmanned aerial vehicles sold to Romania under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program have been delivered by UAV Solutions Inc.

Yesterday in a gentle pander to a New Hampshire brewery owner, Ohio Gov. John Kasich promised to end the federal government’s oversight of the nation’s beer labels. But in 1988, Mr. Kasich helped enact the very law he was now promising to rescind.

Last week, Chou Tzuyu, a sixteen-year-old Taiwanese singer famous for being one-ninth of the multinational Korean pop group Twice, released a short video under the orders of her management company, JYP Entertainment. Unlike her usual spritely self, Tzuyu looked as though she’d been taken hostage, reciting an apology prepared by her handlers. Her offense: during an appearance on South Korean TV, she had casually waved a Taiwanese flag. The gesture, coming a week before last Saturday’s presidential election in Taiwan... Читать дальше...

Cyberabad Police and University of Hyderabad (UoH) authorities on Wednesday told Hyderabad High Court that the claim of ABVP leader Susheel Kumar that he was assaulted by members of Ambedkar Students Association (ASA) last year was an “exaggeration”.