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A year after the attack on the Capitol, there's a growing realization that traditional tools to counter extremism in the U.S. may not apply.

The dollar has helped make the U.S. the most economically powerful country for most of the last century, but other countries — including rivals like China — have the greenback on their sights.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Tom Grossi about his "If the NFL Was Scripted" series and the characters and storylines viewers should be watching for in the NFL playoffs.

Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig says President Trump froze key federal agencies, including the FBI and Dept. of Defense, whose job it was to investigate and stop threats to national security.

Cam Ward went from zero-star recruit to No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, and the Jacksonville Jaguars paid a ton use Cleveland's pick on Travis Hunter at No. 2. Colorado star Shedeur Sanders wasn't taken in the first round.

NPR interviews Maria Van Kherkove, the infectious disease epidemiologist who is a leader in the World Health Organization.

In a back-and-forth game, the Tigers ran out as comfortable winners at the end, trouncing the favored University of Iowa Hawkeyes 102-85.

Friday's report from the Florida Department of Health showed more than 86,000 residents have died with COVID, with 77 percent involving people 65 or older.

Whether competing on America's Next Top Model or acting in Lee Daniels' The Butler, Yaya Alafia has never shied away from issues of race and identity.

Critic Alan Cheuse likes his books thoughtfully plotted — and 2011 has made him a happy reader. A tiger haunts, a teen flees, ballplayers dream and vampires reign in beautifully conceived stories from new and distinguished authors.

The more oral sex someone has had, the greater their risk of getting oral cancers that grow in the middle part of the throat. Transmission of the human papillomavirus is the reason, a leading researcher says.

The Trump administration is attempting to keep Alina Habba in her interim position as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor, despite a court's selection of another official for that role.

President Trump's immigration policy is complicating Republicans' attempts to maintain control of Congress. A recent crackdown in Maine, for instance, put the focus on GOP Sen. Susan Collins.

An intense debate is underway in Pakistan over what to do about a surge of deadly Taliban attacks. The city's chief counterterrosim officer was killed a few weeks ago. Superintendent Chaudhry Aslam Khan was and remains a legendary figure.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Republican strategist Brendan Buck about House Republicans narrowing down their candidate pool for speaker of the House. Kevin McCarthy was ousted more than two weeks ago.

Companies are bracing for potential trouble ahead by lowering their advertising budgets, cutting costs and adapting to their customers' changing spending habits.

Canada expelled India’s top diplomat in the country and five others over last year's killing of a Sikh activist in British Columbia. India rejected the charges and said it would expel Canadian envoys.

While meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump said he backed a key provision of the NATO alliance that requires members to come to the defense of another if attacked.

A giant sinkhole swallowed the center of a soccer complex that was built over an operating limestone mine in southern Illinois, leaving a gaping chasm where kids often play. No injuries were reported.

India's top court refused to legalize same-sex marriages. The five judges hearing the case ruled that only the Indian parliament could make that decision.

The public housing complex will be razed next month, and the mixed-use apartments replacing it will include a genealogy center and memorial to Tampa's oldest African American burial ground.

Top defense officials took questions from lawmakers about the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley defended calls he made to China at the end of Trump's presidency.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif showed up at a recent chat and erupted over a recent hit series. "He was really mad, yelling, because he was really outraged by that TV series," says an attendee.