Plus: more Olympics, the Super Bowl and some monks.

Members of Germany's far-right AfD Party were banned from attending the Munich Security Conference. On Friday, they'll attend for the first time in years.

A bipartisan effort in Congress to restrain immigration enforcement tactics is flailing despite a Friday deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The pattern is increasingly familiar.

The four people are set to dock with the I.S.S. on Saturday, returning the orbital lab to its full complement of seven. NASA's last mission, Crew-11, left a month early due to an ill crew member.

During Brazil's Carnival season, locals are rooting hard for their country's entry at the Oscars, "The Secret Agent." The film is up for four awards, including Best Picture.

The Trump administration says it is ending its immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota that sparked weeks of protests, led to thousands of arrests and the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens.

Nancy Guthrie is among the thousands of people who go missing in the U.S. each year. But experts describe her case as "strange," with many unique details, from her age to her celebrity daughter.

World leaders will meet at the Munich Security Conference Friday to discuss the future of Europe's security. Mary Louise Kelly is a co-host of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon ...

The Washington Post laid off most of its foreign correspondents, including some of the last American and Western journalists working in authoritarian countries.

Friday the 13th comes in both February and March this year, bringing scary movies with it. Does releasing horror movies on the scariest day of the year bring a bump at the box office?

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Rich Thau, who runs focus groups with swing voters and recently asked for their opinions on the Trump administration's immigration policies.

College football has become the uniquely American engine that pays for the training of future US Olympians. The Indicator's Wailin Wong and Adrian Ma go back in time to the Cold War to explain why.