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Misty Copeland was the first Black principal dancer at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre.

The Tiny Desk Contest is NPR Music's annual search for the next great undiscovered artist.

Australia, like other countries, has seen a rise in antisemitic attacks since the start of the war in Gaza.

The U.S. lost three points from its 2014 score. Despite gains in some countries, an annual index shows that 68 percent of the world's countries have "a serious corruption problem."

President Obama convenes his National Security Council at CIA Headquarters on Wednesday. On the agenda: how to defeat ISIS, how to advance peace in Syria and how to achieve those two goals quickly.

President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Monday in the continuing effort to bring a pause in the fighting between some of the warring factions in Syria.

A new study finds that for every seven more adults in a neighborhood, one fewer young person leaves school.

Maternity and paternity leave policies around the world vary, but most countries do pay for a portion if not all of the leave. Some of the most generous parental leave laws in the world are in Sweden, and dads seem happy.

The World Health Organization declared mpox, previously known as monkeypox, a public health emergency. Cases have been surging in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and spread to nearby countries.

In a partnership with Google and Waze, state officials said the technology will protect law enforcement and first responders.