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Strung together into a short video, images of the construction of the Library of Congress in the late 19th century illustrate a nation's commitment to knowledge.

A federal law enforcement official told NPR that Tashfeen Malik, a suspect along with her husband in Wednesday's mass shooting, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and its leader on Facebook.

Also this week: How classic video games are teaching computers to learn.

One family in Berkeley, California uses a strange word to describe the way their Jewish and Latino immigrant heritages combine to make something new.

Devin Naar's life work is saving a dying language called Ladino.

In the middle of Brooklyn's heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park lies a tiny Mexican church, and a small group of children who are growing up curious about their Jewish neighbors.

Tensions are running high around the voting coming up on Sunday. Leading international observers have been barred by the government. Low oil prices have battered the country's economy.

"Terrorists in Syria pose a special threat," Putin says. "Many people there are from Russia, and if they win in Syria, sooner or later they will come to Russia as well."

The Arkansas Supreme Court kept the state from having to disclose where it gets its three execution drugs on Friday, temporarily putting on hold a…

A few cities around the country are letting drivers cover part or all of their fines with food donations. The idea is to turn a negative — getting a ticket — into a positive: helping others.