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This summer, 48 men's national teams will compete in the World Cup's biggest tournament ever. Here are a few of the basics to get you started.

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.

American intelligence officials briefed former President Donald Trump on threats from Iran to assassinate him. A Trump campaign spokesman says the focus was on real and specific threats.

Ukraine's president is making a last-ditch trip to Washington to try to convince Congress to give more weapons and aid for his fight against Russia.

"Murder on the Dancefloor," a 2001 hit song in the U.K., is just the latest old track to be introduced to a new generation of listeners after being used at a pivotal moment on screen.

Now that the FIFA World Cup is underway in Mexico, Canada and the U.S., the drama has shifted to the fields, where there have been several surprising results heading into the first full week.

It was a very newsy year for Congress, but lawmakers did not manage to pass much legislation. Only 27 bills passed through both chambers.

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The headaches over weather concerns in the outdoors show, the logistics of construction of the cage and staging events at federal landmarks and the soaring cost made Freedom 250 a one-off.

NPR's Sarah McCammon previews this year's UN climate summit with Kelly Sims Gallagher, an environment and resource policy expert and dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University.