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We might have an answer to the pungent question in Central Illinois of late: Just what is that awful smell? It's likely a phenomenon called petrichor, according to a state climatologist.

The House GOP released its spending blueprint Tuesday, drawing a contrast with the budget President Obama's proposed last month. In reality, both plans this year are more political documents than actual policy proposals.

Paula Abdul and former American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe have agreed to settle a lawsuit in which she alleged he sexually assaulted her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the show.

The Venezuelan governments crackdown on opposition politicians has led to the imprisonment of the mayor of the country's second largest city.

The bestselling religious author Hal Lindsey died last month. His book The Late Great Planet Earth galvanized a generation of young evangelicals and is still influential today.

Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed on a plan to cool tensions, but then two Israeli settlers were killed in the occupied West Bank. That led hundreds of Israelis to go on a deadly rampage.

German police say the gunman who murdered 10 people late on Wednesday at two hookah bars near Frankfurt might have been motivated by far-right and anti-immigrant views.

In Turkey, a runoff election between incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and veteran politician Kemal Kilicdaroglu takes place Sunday.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to the British producer, guitarist and vocalist about What Kinda Music, his new album with drummer Yussef Dayes.

A congressional task force investigating the first assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump held their first hearing on Thursday.