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Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Zynga are on a shopping spree. They're buying small startups with innovative products and apps. But many times the buyers don't care about what the small companies were producing. They just want the engineers.

The president abruptly ended spending talks Wednesday after congressional Democrats rejected his demand for a $5.7 billion border wall. A partial government shutdown stretched into its 19th day.

A lot of people say they'll tune in Tuesday night to the first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris, according to an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.

The charismatic, silver-maned editor in chief embodies the urbane style and sensibility reflected in Vanity Fair's pages.

Cyrus Vance Jr. decided not to prosecute Harvey Weinstein despite an undercover audiotape of the movie mogul harassing an Italian model. Now Vance is under scrutiny over his handling of the case.

In Pennsylvania — a pivotal state in this year's tight election — Puerto Ricans wield significant clout. A comedian at a Trump rally called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage."

Kids in the greater metro area of Iowa's capital city typically go trick-or-treating the night before Halloween, a tradition that began in the 1930s as a way to help prevent vandalism.

Fighting in Gaza took an ominous turn Friday, as a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire fell apart and the Israeli military announced its belief that one of its soldiers was captured by Hamas militants.

How do you encourage women to report domestic violence? In one Pakistani city, there's a new strategy: sending in female cops on pink scooters.

A conservative appeals court sided with Republicans in ruling against a Mississippi law that allows election officials to count mail ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after it.