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Ursula Wilder is a CIA psychologist who counsels spies heading to or returning home from hostile environments. But how do you provide mental health services to patients who are professionally trained in the art of deception?

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty to "desertion" and "misbehavior before the enemy" for leaving his combat outpost in Afghanistan in 2009. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to reporter Richard Oppel of The New York Times about why Bergdahl did this and what happens next.

Most animals leave their home turf when they reach adulthood to avoid competing with relatives. But here's an exception: More than three decades of dogged research shows that prairie dogs are more likely to disperse when all of their family members are gone.

Before the U.S. entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to promote tolerance toward immigrants. So, the government started a radio program featuring celebrity immigrants' stories.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Michael Anton, former National Security spokesman for the Trump Administration, about Iran and the potential for war.

During his influential career, the Pritzker-winning architect designed everything from schools to skyscrapers. Known for spare geometric forms, Pei said the goal was to "eliminate the inessential."

Cuba doesn't have a single rabbi and the Jewish population numbers only about 1,200 on the island. Those left have formed a tight-knit community, with pressure on the young to sustain their religion.

The near obliteration of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River has triggered evacuations and raised concern about Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which uses the reservoir to cool its reactors.

The Ohio Department of Transportation plans to fund 46 electric vehicle charging stations across the state, a station every 50 miles along nearly 1,900 miles of interstate.

Starship is the largest rocket ever built. The company hopes it will one day take people to the moon and Mars. But first it has to fly.