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This week brings the first Republican presidential debate since the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino focused the race on rhetoric around security, ISIS, refugees and Muslims.

The Selous Game Reserve is one of the great untamed places of Africa. It's an ideal home for massive elephant herds — and it also has attracted some of the world's deadliest poachers.

Relations between Turkey and Russia have been strained since the Turkish military shot down a Russian war plane. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Julia Ioffe about the diplomatic relations in the region.

Experts trace the first completely anonymous jury to 1977. That's when a judge worried about possible jury tampering by a drug kingpin named Leroy "Nicky" Barnes, a man also known as Mr. Untouchable.

In his final State of the Union address, Obama painted a portrait of a country very much in its prime instead of one in decline. He defended his policies but also expressed one regret.

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The former New York governor never caught fire in the crowded GOP race and failed to even make the primary ballot in several key nominating states.

Typically, if a vaccine is not kept cold, it doesn't work. And that's a big problem in hot spots. A new cooler seems to do the trick — without electricity!

The masked militant is believed to be Siddhartha Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah. Before converting to Islam and joining ISIS, he sold moon bounces in East London.

Abengoa, a large renewable energy company with a huge solar plant in Arizona, is in danger of becoming Spain's biggest bankruptcy case of all time.