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Two ISIS fighters captured in Syria say they joined the militant group as a way to fight an oppressive regime. But it also provided friendship, and it didn't seem much more violent than other options.

President Trump delivered a speech on Memorial Day to commemorate the deaths of military service members. On social media, he veered from that presidential tone.

There are more federal tax cuts in the works for people who adopt children. Birth mothers say they also want financial support so they don't have to place their infants up for adoption.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks hockey with Ben Gotz from the Las Vegas Review Journal after the Vegas Golden Knights win their first NHL Championship.

The two students killed in the attack at Brown University are MukhammadAziz Umurzokov,18, and Ella Cook, 19. The shooter was still at large as of Monday afternoon, police said.

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance served in the Marine Corps. But unlike many Republican war veterans, he is a leading voice against U.S. military intervention abroad.

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance served in the Marine Corps. But unlike many Republican war veterans, he is a leading voice against U.S. military intervention abroad.

A new book by Christopher Clark describes the series of events that precipitated one the most complex and catastrophic conflicts of modern times. "It seems to me that our world is getting more like 1914, not less like it," Clark says.

Tunisians overthrew a dictator in 2011, an event that began the Arab Spring. Steve Inskeep talks to Tunisia's Ambassador to the U.S. Faycal Gouia about what's driving the demonstrations.

Students at Covington Catholic High School are back after threats closed school Tuesday. Covington students are at the center of debate over a standoff at the Lincoln Memorial last week.