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Cargo ships are unloading containers in the U.S. and immediately shipping them out, empty, to Asia. That's frustrating American farmers and exporters who are struggling to get products overseas.

Former police captain Eric Adams has won the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor with a narrow lead over former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia.

Mike Pesca of Slate's podcast The Gist helps NPR's Rachel Martin assess the damage to college football inflicted by a string of scandals at universities around the country.

A former mayor in Mexico delivered lines that belonged to the malevolent fictional president. "Imitation isn't always the best form of flattery," the official House of Cards Twitter account said.

There are two million children of U.S. military servicemen and women. And by many accounts the military has long done a good job of helping with their education, especially in preschool.

Alicia Montgomery is the Supervising Senior Producer of Code Switch, and has been the lead editor of the Michel Martin: Going There live event series. She also part of leadership team of NPR's Sourcing Diversity effort. At Code Switch, Montgomery has been recognized with an award from the National Association of Black Journalists for radio editing, and edited a digital story that earned the Native American Journalist Association award for Best Editorial.

The massive storm dropped several feet of snow and unleashed winds up to 140 mph in parts of California and Nevada over the weekend — cutting off electricity and trapping some motorists.

Some people struggle for years with asthma and sinus infections, unaware that they have a disease called aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease. For them, aspirin can be both cause and cure.

At one underground disco along Turkey's border with Iran, Iranians ponder death and the destruction of their country while celebrating the traditional new year holiday of Nowruz.

Athens, Ga. is often regarded as one of the best college towns in America, but around 30% of residents live below the poverty line. Mariah Parker—aka Linqua Franqa—is looking to bridge that divide.