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Ports' strike ends, as dockworkers reach agreement on wages
The International Longshoremen's Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, representing ocean carriers and port operators, agreed to extend the contract and continue bargaining over all other issues.
Dystopian film 'Civil War' follows journalists covering a second American civil war
by Bob Mondello
Alex Garland's dystopian thriller Civil War depicts a current-day, less-than-united states of America in which journalists are scrambling to get to the White House before rebel factions do.
'Hilltop,' Howard University's student newspaper, is going strong at 100 years old
by Alana Wise
Howard University's student newspaper hit 100. The paper that Zora Neale Hurston helped found is still going strong.
U.S. drug makers see big profits — but many pay taxes far below the corporate rate
by Sydney Lupkin
Drugmakers make big profits in the U.S. But many pay taxes far below the 21% corporate tax rate. Pfizer's effective tax rate is so low it's getting a big refund despite booking $59 billion in revenue.
Hawaiian-born sumo wrestler Akebono is dead at 54
by Anthony Kuhn
Hawaiian-born Akebono was the first foreigner to win the highest ranking in Japan's national sport, sumo wrestling. He died in Tokyo this month, age 54.
An Israeli teacher's Facebook posts supporting Palestinian rights led to his firing
by Eleanor Beardsley
After 35 years of teaching in Tel Aviv, an Israeli high school history teacher's pro-Palestinian views led to a campaign to get him fired.
In Venezuela, the Maduro regime is making it difficult for many people to vote
by John Otis
Opposition candidates unable to register or stand in the election, and now fears that many potential voters will be unable to register at all. Is Venezuela's election turning into a farce?
A woman has received a death sentence in the largest fraud trial in Vietnam's history
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Associated Press reporter Aniruddha Ghosal about the largest-ever fraud case in Vietnam. The real estate tycoon at the center of it has received a death sentence.
Call this hotline to listen to a new poem each day for National Poetry Month
by Deena Prichep
For National Poetry Month, Oregon's poet laureate is bringing "the electric illumination of our collective human experience" directly to the public with a daily poetry hotline.
Trump and Speaker Johnson stand side-by-side at press conference amid GOP infighting
Speaker Mike Johnson is travelling to Mar-a-Lago to hold a joint press conference with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
30 years ago, this Rwandan woman saved a dozen neighbors from the genocide
Josephine Dusabimana's story of being a helper, though those she helped worried for her safety. A Hutu, she was nearby when soldiers burned Tuti houses — and people needed rescue.
Rwanda's president is lauded for transforming the country. But he's also criticized
Rwanda has experienced considerable economic growth in the 30 years since the genocide. But some critics say it's come at the cost of certain freedoms.