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Retired Special Forces Maj. Ian Fishback, seen in December 2019, deployed four times to Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2005, he blew the whistle on U.S. troops who were torturing people in Iraq.

The final, anguished years of a warrior-scholar who exposed torture by U.S. troops

Ian Fishback was a Green Beret who exposed torture by U.S. troops in Iraq. After serving four combat tours and earning a Ph.D. in philosophy, Fishback died last month in a nursing home. He was 42.

WHO Film Festival: Starring Matchsticks As Burnt Out Health Workers

"Phosphôros," made in El Salvador, is on the shortlist for a World Health Organization short film competition. Winners will be named May 13. Until then, the public can tune in — and weigh in.

Ollie, voiced by Jonathan Groff, in <em></em><em>Lost Ollie</em> on Netflix.

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Peppa Pig, Apostle, and more.

In an effort to curb the illegal cultivation of marijuana in the state, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announces the state will expand it's 13-week program to eradicate illegally cultivated cannabis to a year-round program during a news conference In Sacramento, Calif. Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

California expands largest US illegal pot eradication effort

California’s 4-year-old legal marijuana market is in disarray. So the state’s top prosecutor says he will try a new broader approach to disrupting the illegal pot farms that undercut the legal economy while sowing widespread environmental damage.

People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing site in Times Square, New York, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021.

COVID is again raging across the U.S. just as Americans gather for the holidays

Sporting events and live theater announced cancellations amid major increases in new coronavirus cases, in large part because of the omicron variant.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meet Ukrainian troops being trained to operate Challenger 2 tanks at a military facility in Lulworth, Dorset, England, on Wednesday.

Why Zelenskyy visited the U.K. nearly 1 year into Russia's war on Ukraine

The Ukrainian president spoke to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Parliament, and made a plea for warplanes.

Floodwaters in many Puerto Rico neighborhoods, like Toaville, are still around two days after Hurricane Fiona crawled across the island.

Cleanup on Puerto Rico is slow and difficult after Hurricane Fiona

The hurricane dumped more than 2 feet of rain in some areas of the island. The rain and flooding have left a soggy mess across many homes and weary residents are starting to clean up.

Lockdowns have been eased in the United Kingdom, but now there's a new variant called delta plus emerging. Will it take off the way delta did?

People wonder if they should keep calm and carry on in the face of delta plus variant

A new coronavirus variant — known as delta plus — has cropped up in the U.K. There's concern it could be more dangerous than the highly contagious delta variant. What does the science actually show?

WNBA players Courtney Vandersloot of the Chicago Sky (L) and Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury (R), competing during the WNBA Finals in Chicago in Oct. 2021.

Why Brittney Griner was in Russia and what it has to do with U.S. women's basketball

Many WNBA players head overseas to play during the off-season, where they can be paid much more than they earn in the U.S. Griner, who was arrested for allegedly transporting drugs, is one of them.

A sign saying "Now Renting" is draped across the front of a building in City Heights, Feb. 22, 2022.

City Heights residents, immigrants among most severely rent burdened in San Diego

A new study shows City Heights residents are facing some of the most severe rental burdens in the county.

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