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A delegation of San Diego and Baja California leaders meet with Mexico's Senate, March 28, 2017.

San Diego Signs Historic Memorandum, Gaining Role In Mexico's Legislative Process

The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce signed a historic memorandum of understanding with Mexico's Senate to collaborate on regional issues.

Pakistani security officials gather outside the devastated Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on September 21, 2008, following an overnight suicide bomb attack. The Pentagon announced yesterday that a recent airstrike had killed Qari Yasin, who was linked to the bombing.

Pakistani al-Qaeda Leader Killed In U.S. Strike In Afghanistan

The Pentagon said that Qari Yasin was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan. Yasin is linked to the 2008 bombing of a hotel in Islamabad and the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team.

Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland as Rick Gates listens at back left, July 17, 2016.

Manafort Had Plan To Benefit Putin Government

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago.

People watch news footage of a missile launch outside the main railway station in Pyongyang earlier this month. A North Korean missile test failed just moments after launch Wednesday, according to the U.S. and South Korea.

North Korea Missile Explodes Within Seconds Of Launch, U.S. Says

The missile was fired from the country's east coast Wednesday, the U.S. and South Korea confirm. The test, North Korea's third this year, comes amid joint military drills by the U.S. and the South.

Former New York Times journalist Judith Miller along with her legal team including Robert Bennett, right, leaves U.S. District Court in Washington in 2007. Miller was jailed for nearly three months after refusing to testify in a CIA leak investigation.

Q: Could U.S. Prosecute Reporters For Classified Scoops? A: Maybe

The fraught question came up during a House Intelligence Committee hearing this week. Some Republicans pointed to news stories based on leaks about the activities of Trump associates.

Craig Adams, Jr., 18, is studying for his second try at the high school equivalency exam.

In New Orleans, Young Lives Adrift

Among U.S. cities, New Orleans has the third-highest rate of young people who are neither in school nor working. Craig Adams Jr. is trying not to be one of them.

The annual conference has taken place in recent years at Washington's Ritz-Carlton hotel but is scheduled this May for the Trump International Hotel.

At Trump's D.C. Hotel, A U.S.-Turkey Relations Conference Stirs Up Ethics Questions

Holding the event at the Trump hotel could be seen as a way to "purchase access to the Trump administration by enriching President Trump and his family," says government ethics scholar Kathleen Clark.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, seen here during his trip to China on Saturday, will travel to Russia next month.

Secretary Of State Tillerson Will Visit Russia In April, But Will Miss A NATO Meeting

News of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's trip to Russia emerged on the same day FBI Director James Comey said his agency is investigating possible coordination between Moscow and the Trump campaign.

Shanghai pedicurist Ju-wen Zu and NPR's Aarti Shahani talk, aided by a translation app that may change the way we travel abroad forever.

Finding A Pedicure In China, Using Cutting-Edge Translation Apps

On a trip to China, NPR's Aarti Shahani took a detour in search of a pedicure, with help from some of the latest voice translation apps. These tools could radically change how you travel abroad.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, upon arriving at the Osan Air Base in South Korea last week.

The 'Tillerson Is Tired' Meme And Things That Happen In A News Vacuum

The secretary of state didn't cut short his South Korea stay over the weekend, but an information vacuum meant a lot of people thought he did.

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