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The law is believed to be the first of its kind. It requires licensed gun sellers to report failed background checks; it also alerts people who are living under protective orders.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., made a big splash by releasing the roughly 300-page paper bomb — a tactical win for Democrats in Washington, D.C.

Mayor Aude Picard-Wolff told 73 municipal counselors she would no longer greet them with the customary two-cheek kiss, known as la bise, which she said wastes time and is unhygienic and sexist.

A land reclamation project that uses vast amounts of garbage extends hundreds of feet into the sea. "We are fishing plastic," says a fisherman. The country has long struggled to manage its waste.

Exiled from Trump world, Steve Bannon is headed to the House Intelligence Committee. The president might talk to Mueller — or not. And Sen. Feinstein released a big transcript over GOP objections.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Tareq Baconi, a visiting scholar with Columbia University's Middle East Institute, about ISIS' declaration of war against Hamas. The two organizations have a history of animosity that could rock an already volatile region of the Middle East.

President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort may not face trial until fall. The judge in his case says she's befuddled about some of his arguments in the case.

Health insurer Aetna has reached a settlement with people whose privacy was compromised when their HIV status was visible through the clear address windows on envelopes sent to them.

The White House may have tried to invoke its "executive privilege" to keep former chief strategist Steve Bannon from answering questions from the House Intelligence Committee. But can it make a soft invocation without actually sending a letter that fully cites that doctrine?

The storm, packing winds up to 126 mph, hit hardest in Germany and in the Netherlands but also affected France and Belgium.