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Philadelphia's City Council agreed to support a tax of 1.5 cents per ounce on sweetened beverages, including all sweetened drinks, whether they are sugar-based or diet. The proposal still requires a second council vote, expected to pass on June 16. Cities interested in similar taxes include Oakland, Calif., San Francisco and Boulder, Colo.

Following Jesse Nickerson and Erimius Spencer afterencounters with police, and talking juvenile detention and the Ohio Department of Youth Services. This week’s panel includes Plain Dealerreporter Rachel Dissell, criminal defense attorney Andrea Whitaker, plus attorney .

British politicians are trying to reverse a sharp drop in the value of the British pound as the Scottish National Party threatens another referendum on independence.

Three local teams of high school students are headed to the World FIRST Robotics Championship in St. Louis this week. FIRST™ is the acronym For...

Britain was an outward-looking nation that built the world's largest empire. The vote to leave the European Union is the latest move that's likely to shrink its international role.

Most analysts are predicting a lead for the Conservatives in Thursday's U.K. general election. But the closeness of the election might leave Britain facing a period of coalition building.

From the U.K. to Kenya to the West Bank, photographer James Mollison exposes not only inequalities among rich and poor countries, but also the intimate moments that unfold during recess.

Rachel Martin talks to David O'Sullivan, ambassador of the European Union to the U.S., about talks to form a coalition government in Germany collapsing, and the U.K. working out terms for its Brexit.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Michael McFaul, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia about the U.S. response to attacks on Russian ex-pats in the U.K., and the latest sanctions imposed against Russia by the Treasury Department.

One of the perks of being in the European Union is easy travel. Flights are cheap and there are no border checks between most of the countries.