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The start date of the conclave to elect the new pope has been set for Wednesday, May 7. Here's what to look for as cardinals prepare to elect the new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

Power is slowly coming back on in large swaths of Spain and Portugal after a power outage caused Monday afternoon chaos.

One month after a devastating earthquake rocked Myanmar, officials report about 3,800 deaths but many people say they are still waiting for news of their missing loved ones.

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, one man embarks on a journey to a remote mountain in Laos where his father was last seen during a secret mission in the war.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with USA Today reporter Tyler Dragon about quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who was projected to be drafted by the NFL in the 2nd or 3rd round — and wasn't picked until the 5th.

In his first interview since being detained, pro-Palestinian advocate Mohsen Mahdawi tells NPR he was arrested after arriving for what he thought was a citizenship test. Editor's note: After this segment aired, Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, responded to our request for comment. She said: "It is a privilege to be granted a visa or green card to live and study in the United States of America. When you advocate for violence, glorify and support terrorists that relish the of killing Americans, and harass Jews, that privilege should be revoked, and you should not be in this country." McLaughlin did not respond to NPR's request that the government provide evidence for its allegations that Mahdawi's actions amounted to antisemitism and led to violence. Mahdawi and his lawyers say those allegations are false.

Jurors in a Grand Rapids courtroom heard from the first witnesses Monday in the long-awaited trial of a former police officer charged with murdering a man in 2022.

Before assuming her new role at the East Lansing Downtown Development Authority, Marcia Gebarowski worked for regional economic development organization, Ann Arbor SPARK.

WKAR's General Manager Shawn Turner is on the NPR Board of Directors.

The “Spartan Gateway District” is a multi-phase development, which is slated to being a 6,000-seat arena, new hotel, retail businesses and restaurants, plus parking to the corner of Harrison and Trowbridge Roads.