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The Trump administration aims to turn up the heat on the Taliban and force those fighters into peace talks proposed by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Positive assessments by U.S. commanders there during a visit by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis are a stark contrast to darker appraisals from the U.S. intelligence community and a top Afghanistan scholar.

The suspect in the Austin bombings has been described as "troubled" by police and media. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Code Switch reporter Gene Demby about people's reluctance to call him a terrorist.

Congress passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill overnight, that President Trump sharply criticized as he signed it on Friday following a veto threat.

Wes Anderson returns to stop action animation — a technique that won him an Oscar nomination for Fantastic Mr. Fox-- in his latest film, Isle of Dogs.

Early next month, the Safe House for Women will be holding a ceremonial groundbreaking in celebration of building a new shelter. After several years of…

The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla became the latest tech billionaire to join the #DeleteFacebook movement, a groundswell exodus from the social media giant.

It may be the only place in the country with an elected dogcatcher. The current officeholder is Zeb, short for Zebulon, Towne. He also catches stray ermine and cattle.

"People are marching not because we were able to sway them," Parkland student and "March For Our Lives" organizer Cameron Kasky said. "They are marching because our lives depend on it."

School funding fairness, politically active students and more in the weekly education news roundup.

Lawson's new album Re:Piano aims to change perceptions of the piano by fusing it with digital filters, loops and effects.