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President Obama has confirmed the U.S. is conducting cyber operations to disrupt ISIS. The Pentagon officially recognizes cyberspace as the fifth domain of warfare — after land, sea, air and space.

The Syrian rescue worker reached Dulles International Airport on his way to accept an award in Washington. But he was turned back, highlighting the suspicion Syrians face as they travel.

President Obama announced the decision in a speech to a trade fair in Germany. The deployment will bring the total number of American military personnel deployed in Syria to as many as 300.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Aaron Taylor, a law professor at Saint Louis University who monitors patterns of student enrollment, about the declining number of people applying to law school.

White women are dying at a slightly younger age than in the past, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The same report shows the average life expectancy for non-Hispanic black men increased. NPR reports about the possible causes behind these numbers.

Iconic performer Prince died Thursday at his Paisley Park residence in Minnesota. He was 57.

German authorities say a rise in hate speech is fueling attacks on migrants and Muslims in Germany, which is why they're aggressively pursuing the founder of one anti-Islamist movement in court.

Gun control has become a major subject of debate in the Connecticut Democratic presidential primary.

Philadelphia soul singer Billy Paul, who came to fame with the song "Me And Mrs. Jones," died on April 24. He was 81 years old.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with David Armstrong, senior enterprise reporter for the online health news site STAT, about the deadly opioid Fentanyl, and how it's being shipped into the U.S. and Canada from China in powder form, and pressed into pills that are sold on the street.