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The road to Damascus tells the story of a new Syria emerging from 54 years of authoritarian rule by one family, the Assads. Today's Syria is no longer theirs.

Syrians living inside and outside their country are trying to figure out what comes next after the Assad regime fell. We hear from Syrians along the road from Lebanon to Damascus.

The man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was critical of U.S. health care. Experts say the system's problems are complex and can't be pinned on one player or industry.

President-elect Trump campaigned on promised to take on the border crisis. NPR traveled to the most rural section of the border with Mexico -- a section in Arizona -- to see if anything has changed.

South Korea's president remains defiant, as efforts to impeach or arrest him for his declaration of martial law pick up speed. The political crisis raises questions about South Korea's democracy.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Kyle Potter of The Thrifty Traveler, about what the change says about the future of flying on the cheap.

FBI Director Christopher Wray will step down. Where American life expectancy stands right now. Over the next two days, top DNC members will meet in D.C. to hash out rules for picking a new leadership.

The explosion struck inside the ministry, killing Khalil Haqqani, officials said. His last official photo showed him at a meeting chaired by the deputy prime minister earlier Wednesday.

Jimmy "Jay" Lee's body has never been found, but a judge declared him dead. Jurors said they were unable to reach a verdict after over nine and a half hours of deliberation.

Malian armed forces, the Russia-backed Wagner Group and jihadi groups deliberately killed civilians and burned homes in Mali according to Human Rights Watch.

North Carolina lawmakers have enacted a law over the governor's veto that would diminish the powers afforded to his successor and other other Democratic statewide winners in the Nov. 5 elections.

Our Dakota Political Junkies unpack the priorities that Noem laid out in her budget address. And we look at the legacy she leaves in her wake on her way to Washington.