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The Army wanted a new, small device that could pull a person rapidly up a rope. The invention they eventually got has uses far beyond the military.

Sports commentator Mike Pesca has his say on the unstoppability of Jeopardy! champion James Holzhauer.

NPR's Scott Simon asks terrorism expert Magnus Norell of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy about the attack in Stockholm.

Venezuela's ruling party won big in mayoral elections due to an opposition boycott. They claimed the vote was rigged. Now, both sides are gearing up for presidential elections.

Pope Francis travels to the United Arab Emirates, where he will be the first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula, known as the cradle of Islam. The UAE is home to one million Catholics.

The 41-year-old star said her torn ACL was not a factor in her crash. "While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets," she wrote.

The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.

Warner Bros. says Paramount's sweetened bid to buy the whole company is "superior" to an $83 billion deal it struck with Netflix for just its streaming services, studios, and intellectual property.

A massive snowstorm pummeled the East Coast Monday, forcing millions of people to stay home amid travel bans and closures.

People in Iran describe what it's like inside the country after the killing of the country's supreme leader and amid continued airstrikes from the U.S. and Israel.