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Reports that the White House wants to pull 9,500 troops out of Germany have raised concerns among current and former officials. Russia welcomed the possible move.

The president had faced fierce criticism for scheduling the event on the holiday commemorating the effective end of slavery, in a city that was home to a horrific incident of racial violence in 1921.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michael Williams, head of the Memphis police union, about race relations between the force, its leaders, and its community amid nationwide calls for changes to policing.

Scott Simon speaks with Cheryl Judice about her late husband, Hecky Powell. He owned the legendary Evanston, Illinois restaurant Hecky's Barbecue. Powell died of COVID-19.

A rich country might spend $5,000 or more on health care per person. A poor country might spend as little as $19 per person. How will that affect responses to the novel coronavirus?

Our panelists predict the solution to the mystery of why a man in Belgium has been receiving surprise pizzas at his house for 10 years.

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Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Live Free or Dial, Angry Birds, Weight Weight Don't Sell Me.

More than a half century after the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, there remains little tradition of protest in East Texas, and scant experience with organizing.

Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams tells listeners which books and TV shows she recommends to better understand the current moment.