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A report from the Government Accountability Office says FEMA wrongly paid out nearly $1.5 billion in assistance to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Congressional investigators found numerous examples of waste and abuse and say nearly 16 percent of monies paid out was unwarranted.

When the House Foreign Relations Committee approved a measure that would officially declare the deaths of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in the early 19th century genocide, it revived a political debate.

Patrick Radden Keefe's new book begins with the 1972 disappearance of a 38-year-old widowed mother in Belfast, then spins into an epic account of Northern Ireland's bloody sectarian conflict.

Evan Mandery's A Wild Justice is an account of the legal battles that led to the U.S. Supreme Court striking down capital punishment, then reversing course four years later. He says that today, prisoners who are sentenced to death have a 10 percent chance of actually being executed.

"We want answers, accountability, and safer planes" — and a federal investigation will help, an attorney representing passengers who were on the plane that lost its door plug tells NPR.

For 40 years, Alaska has been putting its oil money into a giant savings account. But now the oil — and the money — are drying up.

South Korea's fourth largest city, Daegu, accounts for nearly three quarters of coronavirus cases there. An explosion of patients has overwhelmed hospitals, forcing authorities to shift tactics.

Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury.

"I've always believed in a zone of privacy," Clinton once said. Her use of a personal email account while secretary of state is just the latest example of trying to defend that zone.

A short-term fix for the nearly empty Highway Trust Fund is a step closer to President Obama's desk. Congress has been talking about the long-term problems with the construction account, but the two chambers have not agreed on a long-term solution.