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For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide.

Ecuadorians have decisively rejected a series of referendum measures, including plans for U.S. military bases and constitutional changes, handing President Daniel Noboa a major political setback amid rising gang violence.

A tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for her involvement in the use of deadly force against protesters last year. She fled to India and was sentenced in absentia.

Some senior living communities are caring for people with dementia alongside other residents, not segregated behind locked doors.

A growing number of 20-somethings are trying to freeze time with preventative Botox treatments. Here's what's behind the trend.

Rural school district superintendents are trying to find the best use of limited resources. Taking on the state's unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden.

Middle-class families are struggling to afford insurance in southwest Florida. Realtors say a wave of foreclosures could be coming.

More women are planning to deck the halls in rented fashion this year, just as inflation and tariffs are poised to push clothing prices higher.

On a trip to Chicago, Lavonne Schaafsma lost her purse. Two women saw a man rifling through it — and stepped in to help.

NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.