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House members are flocking back to Washington to vote for a government funding deal just passed by the Senate.

Democrats were on a political high after sweeping wins in last week's election. But one week later, the party is once again under criticism as a small faction of senators broke with leadership and agreed to a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown, without healthcare subsidies.

Maine's forest products industry is worth more than $8 billion. But its logging workforce is dwindling.

In his book 'I Seek a Kind Person', longtime Guardian journalist Julian Borger tells the stories of Viennese Jewish children who escaped the Holocaust thanks to adverts placed by their parents in The Guardian, back when it used to be called the Manchester Guardian. Among those children was Boger's own father.

Several large companies had big layoff announcements in October, leading to the highest October increase in layoffs in more than 20 years.

Navy Lt. Terry A. Roberts sees his role as sort of a father figure to young Marines on the battlefield.

It’s the first new underwater habitat developed since the 1980s.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Jamaica's Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlet, about recovery efforts after Hurricane Melissa struck last week.

A good portion of rural America still needs access to fast internet. Some worry that new directives that call for using less expensive broadband technology will make internet service less reliable.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actor Stellan Skarsgård, who stars in the new movie, "Sentimental Value."