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Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee will question Attorney General nominee Eric Holder at his confirmation hearing Thursday. Holder has strong support in the Senate, but some Republicans on the panel say they will ask him about aspects of his private legal practice and some of his decisions while serving as deputy and acting attorney general under President Clinton.

Donald Trump owes legal penalties totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in two civil cases recently decided in New York, raising questions about how he'll pay the amount.

Now that Hurricane Ian has moved on, Floridians are assessing damage. Moscow is officially annexing four Russian-occupied regions in Ukraine. Two ideological opposites aim to be Brazil's president.

The House panel heard bombshell testimony from the former Trump White House aide who detailed the former president's knowledge of the potential for violence on Jan. 6, and his outbursts of anger.

The reality series Lizzo's Watch Out For The Big Grrrls is nominated for six Emmys. NPR's Michel Martin asks director Nneka Onuorah about her unique approach to reshaping the genre.

More than 400 people who died of COVID were secretly interred in a mass grave on the outskirts of the city of Iquitos. Families are demanding a proper burial for their loved ones.

Former President Donald Trump has selected Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate for the presidential election. Here's more about him. And, a sultry R&B song about heat pumps.

The winners of the Newbery and Caldecott children's book awards will be announced Monday. Host Debbie Elliott and children's literature expert Eden Ross Lipson discuss the world of children's publishing.

There's a lot of room for dangerous misunderstanding when doctors and public health officials talk to diverse groups about COVID-19. Health literacy projects aim to dispel confusion in all languages.

A new book in Braille makes images from NASA space telescopes accessible to people with limited vision. Doris Daou, co-author of Touch the Invisible Sky discusses the project and the challenges of presenting space images through the sense of touch.