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They want to know what the intelligence community knew about the planned attack and why officials didn't prepare more thoroughly.

When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were running against each other, they both pledged to hire more women in national security positions. Pledge organizers see signs that this promise might be fulfilled.

Germany lags the U.S. and others in the number of women on boards at major companies. "[N]ot many changes are made voluntarily, and progress is very slow," said the federal minister for women.

Piotr Cywinski of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial has suggested Nigeria's president allow 120 adults to each serve a month of a boy's 10-year prison sentence.

Burleigh County commissioners narrowly agreed to keep accepting refugees. A Trump administration executive order requires communities to approve the arrival of new refugees.

Jewish communities in the New York City area are on alert after a stabbing attack inside a rabbi's home left five people wounded. New York's governor called the attack an act of "domestic terrorism."

The State Department highlights the steps it is taking to keep pressure on Iran every week. But some Iran watchers worry that there is no offramp as the taunting by both sides continues.

What should the Strategic National Stockpile be used for? We talk with the man who was once in charge of the whole thing.

As pandemic cases spiral upward in Florida and elsewhere, there are new calls to scale down the August event.

NPR's Scott Simon explains why protective masks for frontline workers are still in short supply, while fashion masks for the rest of us seem to be readily available.