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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Reginald Dwayne Betts about his new collection of poems, "Doggerel," a meditation on family, friendship and falling in love.

In some parts of the U.S., drug deaths have plunged to levels not seen since the fentanyl crisis exploded. Addiction experts say communities still face big challenges.

Sixty years ago this month, civil rights activists walked across the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama before being violently attacked by law enforcement. The day became known as Bloody Sunday.

A new ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is likely in a matter of weeks, according to President Trump's hostage affairs envoy. Hear the latest updates on negotiations.

Prolific South African playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, has died at the age of 92.

ICE arrested a former Columbia University graduate student involved in campus protests over the war in Gaza. Mahmoud Khalil is a U.S. permanent resident. The government says he faces deportation.

A war monitoring group says clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 1,000 dead

In Canada, Mark Carney won the Liberal Party's leadership contest, and will replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He's not fond of Trump suggesting that Canada become America's 51st state.

Fans camp out in the snow weeks early for the Cross-Country World Ski Championships in Norway.

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