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In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

Gabriel Boric, 35, defeated a far-right lawmaker in a divisive election. Poised to become Chile's youngest modern president, he's vowed to expand social services and boost environmental protections.

In over 30 novels and across dozens of screenplays, nonfiction works and memoirs, McMurtry became a beloved yet unsentimental chronicler of the American West.

The mountain region where the mudslides occurred, just north of Rio de Janeiro, has experienced similar catastrophes in recent decades.

The head of New Orleans' police department, Eddie Compass, has resigned. This weekend, he announced that 249 officers, or about 15 percent of the force, are absent without leave after the hurricanes. A special tribunal will determine who has deserted and who has legitimate absences from work.

A cease-fire has been in place for years, but Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers kill each other every week in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The United States, Russia and France have been trying to negotiate a settlement.

Among those helping to rebuild New Orleans is a small army of illegal immigrant workers from Brazil. Their journeys to America often involve the perils not just of crossing the Rio Grande, but of financing the trip by turning to loan-sharks back home.

The author of Tha Bloc, t.p. Luce, set out to create a portrait of his East Baltimore neighborhood using photos, poetry and stories... with a recipe and a prayer thrown in for good measure.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has released a report that lays out a plan to rebuild the city. The report and plan were produced by a special local commission made up of business, religious and civic leaders. The group looked at how best to redesign city government, restore public services and revitalize the region's economy.