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October 16 is “Ether Day” -- celebrating the first time anesthesia was successfully used for surgery in 1846. The “Ether Dome” where the surgery took place is now a historic landmark in Boston.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Gordon Sondland, a Republican donor and former ambassador to the European Union during the Trump administration, about why he's again supporting the former president.

The Canadian government has expelled six diplomats in response to alleged criminal activities by Indian government agents. Canadian officials link the agents to homicides and acts of violence.

For more than a century, the United States Postal Service has shipped baby birds through the mail. Breeders, hatcheries and customers blame postal slowdowns and delays for birds now dying in transit.

Kamala Harris has been appealing to non-MAGA Republicans. Donald Trump isn't softening his message. In an interview that aired on Fox News, he cast his ideological opponents as threats to the country.

Canada celebrates its Thanksgiving holiday in mid-October, and that's just one of many differences with its American counterpart.

With only weeks to a divisive election it can be hard to talk politics. Polarization can damage our relationships and our health. We have strategies to reduce election stress, starting with ourselves.

A Panamanian cargo ship carrying 300,000 gallons of fuel is still anchored near Unalaska, not expected to depart until at least Monday morning, as poor weather conditions persist.

New internal documents reveal that TikTok has known about the app's potential dangers to teenagers and pre-teens.

We take a look at what Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are doing to reach voters in battleground states and in demographics that have not been favoring them so far.