The European Union is the world’s second-biggest democracy — its 27 member states are home to 450 million citizens, and this election is a once-every-five-year event. Read More
A wealthy Baton Rouge neighborhood has become its own city in order to try to create a new school district. Some residents call the move modern day segregation. Read More
NPR’s Michel Martin talks to TV analyst and former U.S. men’s national team star Cobi Jones about 25-year-old French phenom Kylian Mbappé joining Spanish club Real Madrid. Read More
The administration set a new staffing standard for nursing homes that receive Medicare and Medicaid. It’s an effort to keep people safer — but patients and their families say it is still not enough. Read More
The controversial congestion pricing program was created to try to ease traffic.The plan would have charged motorists $15 to enter the busiest parts of Manhattan. Read More
More than 150 people across more than 20 states have fallen ill after being exposed to cucumbers that were possibly contaminated with salmonella, the CDC said Wednesday. No deaths have been reported. (Image credit: Food and Drug Administration) Read More
Myanmar’s military has been accused of killing at least fifty people in a village in Rakhine State.Read More
A man is under investigation after being badly burned in an explosion in his hotel room near Paris.Read More
Fico pledged to be back at work in a month and said he felt “no hatred” towards his attacker, but he blamed the opposition: “It’s evident that he only was a messenger of evil and political hatred.” (Image credit: Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Read More
Footage shows rivers of volcanic ash and debris following an ‘explosive eruption’ at Mt Kanlaon.Read More