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Americans are increasingly passing up on dining out. So one restaurant is allowing diners to pay what they like for their food.

The California State University system offers an early look at what happens when an administration commits to a technology that its own community isn't convinced will improve education.

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Washington and Tehran appear close to a breakthrough agreement that could halt the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and limit Iran's nuclear stockpile -- but key terms are still unsettled.

In the final stretch of a Democratic primary runoff in Texas, the comments of a candidate for the U.S. House have triggered condemnation from local Jewish leaders and national Democrats.

This week, NPR explores the relationship between church and state through the lens of people who believe the United States is, and should continue to be, a Christian nation.

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In the male-dominated world of Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, a martial arts teacher offers women a way to empowerment.

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