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A decade ago, a new ant showed up in NYC. Now, it's everywhere in the city and is spreading at a rate of about a mile a year. Scientists are trying to understand why this ant has been so successful.

Here are the highlights from a week that marks one month of President Trump's term: Mass firings in the federal government, resignations in protest and controversial foreign policy moves.

Donald Trump has reached the magic number of 1,237 delegates, according to The Associated Press, making him the presumptive Republican nominee for president.

Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series "Dr. Kildare" who found a second career as an award-winning "king of the miniseries," has died. He was 90.

Syria's new government is struggling to impose order in a country where some are settling scores. Sunni Arab fighters have killed members of the same religious sect as the deposed president.

South Korea's Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency and setting up an election to replace him.

NPR's Juana summers talks with former Congressman Barney Frank about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and the Dodd-Frank rollback of 2018.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Graham Honaker about this moment in college basketball in which iconic coaches' retirements coincide with around 21,000 student athletes transferring schools.

The federal government is investigating and suspending research funding for some universities for not complying with recent executive orders. That’s left some UAF faculty and students waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Author Casper ter Kuile gives tips on how to create new rituals around Easter, when church just isn't your thing.