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Mosab Hassan Yousef's father helped found Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist organization. But Yousef chose a different path — working with the Israeli intelligence group Shin Bet.

As a librarian and a reader, Nancy Pearl scours the shelves in search of hidden treasures — titles you may have missed. Her findings include two chilling thrillers, one exquisite 1960s memoir, a lively biography of George Orwell, an example of historical fiction at its very best, and much more fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Malcolm-Jamal Warner about his Grammy nomination for best spoken word poetry album and the inspiration behind it.

Six of President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees face confirmation hearings Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Some will face easier paths than others.

By a 5-4 vote, the justices allowed the administration to freeze millions of dollars in grant funding for diversity and instructional programs at public and private universities.

Masks imitating the real thing are flooding U.S. ports, and authorities can hardly keep pace. On Thursday, authorities seized 1.7 million fakes in New York and a senator called for a national probe.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Celine Gounder, who was on the Biden Coronavirus Transition Advisory Board, about the race to get Americans vaccinated as COVID-19 cases increase.

President Biden's COVID infection underscores a new surge of the pandemic, with another highly contagious virus strain and a federal scramble to provide more boosters to try to protect people.

Though the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Biden's plan for broad-based student loan relief, Black political leaders and activists continue their fight for debt cancelation.

The derailment, in northeastern Thailand, occurred on part of an ambitious planned high-speed rail project that will eventually connect China with much of Southeast Asia.

The immigration bureaucracy on the border is a world of courtrooms and jail cells, officers and gray-suited guards. But no one has seen anything quite like the current effort to reunite families.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting his plan to distribute vaccines to people 65 and older ahead of much of the country. But the rollout has had logistical problems, and there are still nursing homes and health care workers waiting to get the vaccine.

France says the unofficial migrant camp on the north coast of the country will be demolished "within days." That means up to 10,000 asylum-seekers are being resettled at centers across France.

Disney's popular "Baby Yoda" character from The Mandalorian is getting his own official toys, but they're not available until next year. Meanwhile, fans are taking matters into their own hands.

NPR's David Greene talks to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey about why she opposes the agreement with Purdue Pharma that settles the company's role in the opioid epidemic.

China's post-pandemic recovery fell far short of the mark. Consumers are spending less. Their lack of confidence in the future is feeding a cycle of stagnation.

Green Party candidate Jill Stein has spurred election recounts in multiple states. Charles Ellison of The Root discusses his post titled "4 Ways the Jill Stein Recount Screws Black Voters."

Most screening tests for colon cancer are covered by insurance. But if the results are positive, patients may require a diagnostic colonoscopy that may not be fully paid for by insurance.

Other states are watching as the law is refined before taking effect in 2026 but it’s getting praise for at least being a first step in regulating AI

Connor Barwin tells CBS in Philadelphia that when he came onto the field in New England, some Patriots fans taunted him. Barwin told them to have a beer ready for him when the Eagle won.

Fans in St. Petersburg will benefit from the inclement weather on Lake Michigan during the previous race in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, as some classes were not able to compete and will make up those races this weekend.

GOP presidential candidates debated in Detroit. Michigan's primary is on Tuesday. The debate was one of the last chances Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio had to slow Donald Trumps march to the nomination.

Sudan's military and a paramilitary group battled for control of the nation. A mass shooting rocks an Alabama town. The $1.6 billion Dominion v. Fox News trial is now scheduled to start Tuesday.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Gentefied creators Marvin Lemus and Linda Yvette Chavez ahead of its season two premiere.

With heat waves and extreme weather becoming more and more common, one Indiana teacher wants to empower her students with information, and the creative freedom to imagine big ideas.