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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.

One of Mexico's most powerful criminal organizations has added a new market to its empire: Australia. The Sinaloa cartel is developing a booming cocaine trade in a country with an endless coastline and many harbors and ports.

These counties will help tell the story of how either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris will become the next president.

An old Norse story tells of a king's man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary genomicist to study DNA of a skeleton found in that well.

“There's no need to panic,” an elections expert tells NPR. All but three states have free tracking sites that send updates to voters as their ballot goes through the system.