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Domestic violence can leave a characteristic pattern of damage on the brain, with the potential for lasting damage as severe as that caused by sports and military blasts.

The formula for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long called for negotiating a Palestinian state. What if that were reversed and a state were declared first and then negotiated later?

About 1,200 members of the historic Black sorority Delta Sigma Theta went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to press for their priorities — from voting rights to criminal justice.

It's more than five months into the war between Israel and Hamas. Palestinian children in Gaza are starving to death and the United Nations says most of the population there is at risk of famine.

Once home to a cabin owned by musician Frank Zappa, the land is a thriving hub for local wildlife. Laurel Spring's property owner has given conservationists until April 20 to come up with the money.

The state's Supreme Court ruling equating frozen embryos to children came as no surprise to those who've tracked how once-extreme ideas around fetal personhood have gained acceptance in some circles.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Eric Lai of the Center for Asian Law at Georgetown University about what's in the bill that builds on legislation imposed by Beijing following 2019's pro-democracy protests.

For more than four hours on Tuesday, former special counsel Robert Hur was questioned by House lawmakers. He defended his investigation into President Biden's handling of classified documents.

House to vote on a bill to force TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company. Conservatives warn about noncitizens voting myths. The first aid ship is due to arrive soon in Gaza from Cypress.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Lucian Read, director of Lions of Mesopotamia, about the Iraqi national soccer team's unlikely Asian Cup victory in 2007. The win came at the height of Iraq's civil war.