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The overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria paved the way for a historic visit, with Syrian Jews returning from the U.S. to Damascus for the first time in three decades, hoping to rebuild community.

Kendrick Lamar won his rap war with Drake last year by just about any measure, but this week, Drake got a small measure of revenge when his new album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, knocks Lamar out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Aaron Lehman, a fifth-generation farmer who is president of the Iowa Farmers Union, about anticipated cuts to Department of Agriculture programs.

Singer Roberta Flack died yesterday at the age of 88. She won two Record of the Year Grammys in a row in the 1970's with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly with His Song."

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sold his brand of politics as conservatism. But what's really happening there is corruption benefitting oligarchs, says David Pressman, former U.S. ambassador to Hungary.

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Monday condemning Russian aggression and calling for the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine. The U.S. joined Russia in opposing it.

In President Trump's "perfect world," powerful leaders cut deals and impose them without paying too much attention to the rule of law, foreign policy expert Stephen Walt told Morning Edition.

A former surgeon in France, now 74, is on trial for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims, most of them children. Investigators say the violence spanned more than three decades.

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Sonny Vaccaro and Armen Keteyian about their new book, Legends and Soles, The Memoir of An American Original.

Gospel superstar Marvin Sapp is going secular — if only for a few songs. His new mini-album is called "If I Were an R&B Singer."