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Policemen charge on protesters in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico, in May 2006, in efforts to reestablish order in the city. Two people died and many were abused in the battle that broke out when police attempted to remove peddlers from the city and neighbori

World News

Women Testify Against Mexican Police For Sexual Torture In International Court

3:13am November 19, 2017

by Jose Olivares

In 2006, police sexually abused and beat women following a confrontation between protesters and state forces. Eleven years later, the Women of Atenco have taken the case to an international court.

AC/DC guitarist and songwriter Malcolm Young performing in Bloomington, Minn., in 1985.

Music & Culture

AC/DC Cofounder And Guitarist Malcolm Young Dies, Age 64

11:16pm November 18, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Malcolm Young, who founded one of the world's most enduringly popular hard-rock bands with his brother Angus, died Saturday. He had left the group in 2010 due to dementia.

The State Department says the office of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Washington, D.C., must close under a little-known provision in U.S. law that forbids it from requesting Israelis be prosecuted for crimes against Palestinians.

Palestinians Threaten To Suspend Talks If U.S. Closes PLO Mission

6:59pm November 18, 2017

by Samantha Raphelson

The U.S. says the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington, D.C., must close because the Palestinians violated U.S. law by calling for Israel to be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.

A sign advertising a water sale sits on a farm outside Del Norte, Colorado.

To Save Their Water Supply, Colorado Farmers Taxed Themselves

5:43pm November 18, 2017

by Luke Runyon

The recent drought in the West forced people to take a hard look at how they use water. In Colorado, some farmers tried an experiment: make their water more expensive without hurting business.

Roy Moore, GOP candidate for Senate in Alabama, waits to speak during an event with supporters Thursday. Moore, who has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women, has refused to drop out.

11 Scenarios For How The Roy Moore Saga Could Play Out

2:10pm November 18, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

Republican power brokers in D.C. are devising lots of schemes to try to edge out Roy Moore, the GOP Senate nominee in Alabama who has been accused of sexual misconduct and sexual assault.

Kachka: The Word That Saved A Family During WWII And Inspired A Chef

12:18pm November 18, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

It took until adulthood for Bonnie Morales, the daughter of immigrant Russian Jews, to appreciate the food of her childhood. Now she owns a popular Oregon restaurant and has released a new cookbook.

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A toilet sign in Kyoto, Japan, offers some helpful and humorous advice.

Toilet Signs Are Mysterious And Mirth-Inducing

10:46am November 18, 2017

by Eleanor Klibanoff

The signs offer important advice. But it seems they can't help but offer humor as well.

From left, sisters Sue, Mary and Jane in 2009. Jane says Mary's death at Sandy Hook is "a weight you kind of drag around in your life."

National

After A Mass Shooting, Families Feel 'A Pain That Will Never Go Away'

9:16am November 18, 2017

After the vigils and the reporters move on to the next mass shooting, the families are left to deal with the grief. "I feel like it never ends," says Jane Dougherty, who lost her sister at Sandy Hook.

President Trump sits on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House after returning from his Asia trip on Tuesday.

The 'Missed Opportunity' Of Trump's Asia Trip

9:00am November 18, 2017

by Nishant Dahiya

Asia experts say that while the president avoided major blunders on his five-nation visit, he missed more than one opportunity to offer his administration's strategic vision for the region.

Politics & Government

Roundup Of The Week: Taxes, Sexual Harassment And Russia In The Politics Podcast

7:01am November 18, 2017

by Samantha Fields

As Republicans push through tax overhaul, Congress has been pulled into the wave of recent attention to sexual assault and harassment. Listen to analysis of the week on the NPR Politics Podcast.

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