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American Electric Power, an Ohio-based company, has agreed to a $4.6 billion settlement of a lawsuit over pollution controls at its power plants. The Justice Department says it's the biggest environmental enforcement settlement ever.

Special counsel Robert Mueller hasn't closed the door on a hearing but has said his report includes everything he would have to say. Lawmakers could play by those rules and still learn something new.

Prime Minister Theresa May is taking flak from across the ideological spectrum amid a series of resignations. Some are demanding a no-confidence vote; others are demanding an entirely new referendum.

Despite calls for Joe Biden to choose a Black woman as his vice presidential pick, many progressives are urging him to choose Sen. Elizabeth Warren instead.

Rescue workers fanned across Turkey and Syria in a second day of desperate searches to find survivors from the massive earthquake and aftershocks that had the death toll climbing by the hour.

The latest January 6th Congressional hearing focuses on extremist groups like The Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.

The Trump campaign is naming Breitbart News' Stephen Bannon as chief executive, and is also promoting pollster Kellyanne Conway to campaign manager. Paul Manafort will stay on as campaign chairman.

Federal Trade Commission nominee Lina Khan and presidential adviser Tim Wu have advocated for new rules to curb the power of the tech giants.

The International Court of Justice does not have the power to enforce its own rulings, but it does add to the pressure that Israel feels internationally and domestically to end the war in Gaza.

NPR's David Greene talks to Chrissy Houlahan, winner of the (unopposed) Democratic primary in Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District, about how she plans to flip the seat in the midterm elections.