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NPR NewsSadai Banowan, which means "women's voice" in Dari, is Afghanistan's only women-run station. The Taliban said it was shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan.
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NPR NewsThe slain man was 26-year-old Mohammed Alasibi from Hura, a Bedouin Arab village in southern Israel. The shooting raises fears of further violence during heightened tensions at the holy site.
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NPR NewsSafety coordinator and assistant director David Halls also must pay a $500 fine, complete a gun-safety course and community service after agreeing to the conviction related to a death on a movie set.
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NPR NewsA sunset spectacle featuring two mitten-shaped rock formations played out this week at Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation along the Arizona and Utah border.
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NPR NewsThe league and its players came to an agreement on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement. It is still pending ratification, though that process is almost certainly no more than a formality.
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NPR NewsLSU is going to the women's national championship game for the first time, beating top-seeded Virginia Tech 79-72 in a national semifinal game. The Tigers will face Iowa for the crown on Sunday.
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NPR NewsIn the biggest matchup of her life, Iowa's dazzling point guard poured in 41 points to set a NCAA Tournament semifinal scoring record and put her Hawkeyes into the championship game against LSU.
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NPR NewsPope Francis was discharged from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping to journalists before being driven away: "I'm still alive."
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NPR NewsThe world will see mass migration, destabilized countries and starving people in the next 12 to 18 months without billions of dollars more funding, the U.N. World Food Program chief warned.
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NPR NewsTate was initially detained in late December in Bucharest, along with his brother Tristan and two Romanian women. He was detained on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking.
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NPR NewsThe agency's decision allows California — which has some of the nation's worst air pollution — to require truck manufacturers to sell more zero-emission trucks over the next couple of decades.
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NPR NewsUnrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest shredded homes and shopping centers, and collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois.