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Netflix took down an episode of the show Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj in Saudi Arabia as an effort to comply with local law. In the show, Minhaj laces into the country's rulers.

Shows developed by Aaron Sorkin included a lot of economics. We look at free trade in The West Wing, and Glass-Steagall in The Newsroom.

"He's always kind of just been in the background," filmmaker Adam McKay says of the former vice president. "So I had to bring him to the foreground."

"Half an hour ago, we have recovered the last body. The search and rescue operation is over," Alexander Chupriyan of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said of the incident on New Year's Eve.

A five-year investigation of the Illinois-based, for-profit Career Education Corp. (CEC) chain has resulted in a nearly $500 million multi-state…

Saudi Arabia held a hearing Thursday for the men accused of killing columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The kingdom faces charges it's covering up the suspect who ordered the killing.

China's astronomical ambitions are not purely scientific. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Naval War College Professor Joan Johnson-Freese about China's larger geopolitical strategy.

This flat attempt to map contemporary anxieties over the template of more grisly films like Saw only "recalls the mechanized horror trend while sanding off its serrated edges."

Matthew Charles served two decades in prison, was released, but then was resentenced and sent back to prison for another decade. The new criminal justice reform law means he can be released again.

Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference gets a lot of attention, but U.S. Justice Department and other security officials say the real espionage threat comes from China.

An Israeli anti-settlement group says plans for more homes on occupied territory in the West Bank have increased dramatically during the Trump administration compared to the Obama administration.

The NFL playoffs begin this weekend and, like always, there's plenty of drama and intrigue both on the football field and off. Which teams will make it a step closer to the Super Bowl?

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating a homicide in east Charlotte after a man was found shot and killed Friday morning.Police…

Only three minority head coaches remain in the NFL, in a league that's nearly 70 percent African American. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with The Undefeated'sJason Reid about the NFL trending backwards when it comes to diversity.

In the November election, Republican after Republican fell in Mecklenburg County: Scott Stone, Andy Dulin and Bill Brawley in the N.C. House. Jeff Tarte…

Over the holidays, while we were in Tennessee, a cousin looked at me and my wife and said, “So what’s going on with that Congressional race in North…

At least 19 people have died in protests against the long-time Sudanese president, sparked by the government's decision to end bread subsidies last month.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with economist Megan Greene about the health of the economy and what indicators she's keeping an eye on.

A charity has been helping people in a poor rural area in Bangladesh buy a bus ticket to the nearest city. Now a study suggests the method hasn't actually worked, but the charity is still celebrating.

"I don't think Louis C.K. is funny," NPR's Scott Simon says. A comic can be edgy, but one that's not funny "is no more interesting than any other muttering blowhard who craves attention."