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Yasin Bhatkal, a co-founder of the Indian Mujahideen, has been arrested in what authorities have described as a major blow to Islamic terrorism in the region.

Companies at the center of the deadly prescription opioid epidemic are close to deals that would cap their liability while funding drug treatment and recovery programs.

A group of leading Shiite clerics are holding talks to resolve the U.S. standoff with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose anti-American rhetoric touched off a wave of attacks on U.S.-led forces in several Iraqi cities. Al-Sadr's militiamen have withdrawn from police and government buildings they had occupied, but the security situation remains unstable. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

Rick Spinrad previously served as the agency's top scientist. His nomination comes at a difficult period for NOAA, which spent the Trump administration mired in scandal and without a permanent leader.

From former President Donald Trump's historic mug shot to the House speaker drama, here are moments that captured the unprecedented political drama and other powerful moments that unfolded in 2023.

President Biden is calling for unity to address several current crises, but that will prove difficult in a country as divided as ever.

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports that much of the success of workfare in New York City hinges upon the cooperation of the city's powerful labor unions...unions which are growing increasingly skeptical about the role and motives of the workfare programs.

By Alabama Public RadioAlabama – Governor 1,013 of 2,904 precincts - 35 percent Bob Riley, GOP (i) 202,346 - 54 percent Lucy Baxley, Dem 169,157 - 46…

By Alabama Public RadioAlabama – Governor 2,621 of 2,904 precincts - 90 percent x-Bob Riley, GOP (i) 619,552 - 57 percent Lucy Baxley, Dem 468,330 - 43…

Alabama's unemployment rate has declined to 6.6 percent.Gov. Robert Bentley said Friday the September rate is an improvement from 6.9 percent in…