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The Senate passes a landmark bill for trying and questioning terrorism suspects, in a 65-34 vote that split along party lines. Final approval of the bill seemed assured earlier in the day Thursday, when an amendment aimed at preserving the right of all detainees to challenge their imprisonment in federal courts was narrowly defeated.

An emotional House debate on the war in Iraq concludes with passage of a Republican-drafted resolution. In a 256-153 vote, 42 Democrats crossed party lines to approve a document that rejects a set date for withdrawing U.S. troops from the conflict.

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Thousands lined up around the gymnasium at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa to see President Obama speak.This was his second Florida stop of the…

Kickoff for the biggest game in college football is just hours away. Thousands of people have gathered outside Tampa's Raymond James Stadium for the…

An NFT is a digital image with one copy. An unnamed artist, who's actor John Cleese, is auctioning his iPad line drawing that resembles the Brooklyn Bridge. He wants more than $69 million for it.

Florida is threatening to sue the federal government if it doesn't lift its pandemic ban on cruise lines using U.S. ports. Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Attorney General Ashley Moody said Friday that the state is being harmed economically by the industry's U.S. shutdown.

As an undergraduate at the University of Colorado, Nikki Stange studied psychology and did some counseling for a suicide hot line. The experience served her well several years later, after she had gotten interested in computers. She's now in her mid-30's and works for a silicon valley firm called Drivesavers that retrieves data from damaged disks, hard and floppy, after disaster has struck a computer. 9 times out of ten, she says, the information can be salvaged; the rest of the time, it's Nikki Stange's job -- as a data crisis counselor -- to deliver the bad news.

Linda talks with Miami Herald reporter Donna Leinwand (LINE wand) about the events leading to the arrest of Kathleen Bush. Bush's 8 year old daughter, Jennifer, captured national attention as a literal poster child for families without medical insurance. She had been hospitalized 200 times and had had 40 surgeries. Her mother, claiming poverty due to medical bills, had received donations for her care. Authorities now believe Bush has made her daugher sick deliberately. They believe the mother suffers from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a psychological condition causing a parent strives to get attention by making his or her child sick.

David Greenberger reviews the new CD from the Chicago band The Pinetop Seven -- the CD is called Bringing Home the Last Great Strike. {The Pinetop Seven has been around for five years, and has had several changes in its line-up since then. But the core sound of the band -- quirky instrumentation, drawn on varied musical traditions -- remains the same, thanks to Darren Richard, who has written all the songs, and sings them. The band's music is full of juxtepositions -- intimate and vast, richly layered and stark -- and Greenberger tells us the sound is timeless and utterly modern at once.} (3:00) Bringing Home the Last Great Strike, by The Pinetop Seven, is on Truckstop Records, from Chicago. The band's Web site is http://www.pinetopseven.com.

Gray has kept busy since her audacious 2001 debut. She's put out three albums, and she's acted in a number of films. She's also established a music school, The M. Gray Music Academy, in Hollywood, and is about to launch a line of clothes called Humps, designed for full-figured women.

The Republican-led Senate voted along party lines, and they how go to the House for full approval.

A $1.1 billion lottery prize will be on the line Friday night as numbers are drawn for the Mega Millions game. The last time someone hit the Mega Millions jackpot was April 15.

While there is excitement, the trip comes with a sense of urgency. Despite a peace deal, violence along political and ethnic lines has continued and millions are in the grip of famine.

The next few nights, five planets will line up in the sky: Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars.

The tech giant made the line of sneakers as a one-time gift for its employees in the '90s. A size 10.5 pair has found its way onto the Sotheby's website, where it's on sale for $50,000.

The Bur Oak, a landmark at the Lincoln Park Zoo, was about 300 years old. Before it was chopped down, people lined up to say goodbye. Cuttings from the tree are being nurtured into saplings.

Thousands of writers have joined picket lines to demand higher compensation, increase the number of writers hired per show, and regulation on how networks and streaming companies can use artificial intelligence.

In Sri Lanka, government forces say they've won crucial victories, allowing them to cut off the rebel Tamil Tigers' supply line and secure terrain used to shell a naval base. But for 40,000 Tamil refugees displaced by civil war and a tsunami, the question is when — and how — they'll be able to return home.

The worm moon occurs when the moon lines up with the sun and Earth allowing the edges of the Earth's shadow to be cast onto the moon. Peak viewing time for the worm moon is 12:53 a.m. ET Monday.

Alex Golesh said he got the Auburn offer at 1 a.m. Sunday, and signed it immediately. Assistant Kevin Patrick will be USF's interim coach for the bowl and Athletics CEO Rob Higgins says a coaching search is underway.

As many as 400 firefighters, still mourning those lost, are now battling the massive Arizona wildfire. Since it began Friday, the Yarnell Hill Fire has grown to more than 8,000 acres, destroying an estimated 200 homes.

Visits to Yellowstone National Park are higher than last year as Americans look to escape their pandemic confines. Their business is welcome relief, despite worries they'll also bring coronavirus.

This week, our favorite entries bring you raucous guitars, resilience, contemplation and lots of houseplants. There's still time to enter; send us your video by April 27.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the activist Ruby Bridges about her new book I Am Ruby Bridges, which tells her story through her six-year-old eyes.