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A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody's stopping the company and others like it.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Alicia Graf Mack, the new artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, about her vision for the company where she once served as principal dancer. Pegged to new season opening 12/3.

Pope Leo ended his first overseas trip Tuesday with a Mass along the Beirut waterfront.

Several dozen tribal radio stations were caught in the crossfire of federal funding cuts this fall. NPR's Frank Langfitt visited one station in Colorado navigating its survival.

New research from Columbia University suggests that nontraditional benefits, including flexible schedules and access to child care, may help keep public health workers under 35 on the job.

Will Russia accept a modified proposal to end the war in Ukraine? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former NATO Ambassador Kurt Volker.

Walmart, the world's largest retailer, wants to be more of a tech company. So it's leaving the New York Stock Exchange and joining the NASDAQ.

A federal appeals court disqualified Alina Habba, President Trump's appointee for U.S. Attorney of New Jersey, Monday. A former federal prosecutor weighs in on the ruling.

Lawmakers concerned Venezuela boat strike could constitute war crime, U.S. envoy back in Moscow as peace talks continue, Afghan suspect in National Guard attack appeared to suffer personal crisis.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is in Moscow to present the latest version of the Ukraine peace plan to Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday.

Lane Kiffin [[KIFF-in]], the head coach at the University of Mississippi, quit just weeks before the college football playoff season begins. To add insult to injury, he's leaving to coach a big rival.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national, is accused of shooting two National Guard soldiers on Nov. 26. One of those soldiers, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died from her wounds.