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Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

California sent incarcerated firefighters to battle blazes in Los Angeles this year. It’s moving toward paying them minimum wage for their work in emergencies.

With spending cuts poised to hit medical providers, Medicaid recipients and Affordable Care Act enrollees, here's how the bill will affect health care access for millions in the U.S.

The duo's music leans into small moments in order to make the outsized ones seem surmountable.

Mustaches are having a moment. Here's what it's like living with one.

A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.

Tiny Chef began as a passion project. Now, fans are rallying to revive it after Nickelodeon canceled the show.

The Dalai Lama said he will be reincarnated after he dies, and no one can interfere with the matter of succession. The Chinese government, however, claims authority over the his succession.

It's the nation's semiquincentennial! July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Here's how the United States of America is planning to party.

Barbecue is as American as apple pie — but the origins of the word "barbecue" is in the Caribbean.