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Up until now, women in Saudi Arabia had been barred from participating in elections — both as candidates and voters. Saudi women are still banned from driving.

Stephen Colbert made fun of it, but in a lawsuit against a car dealer, Mark Oberholtzer says he received thousands of threatening calls after his truck was seen in the hands of Islamists.

Christian conservatives say their greatest religious rival is secularism, which is growing among Americans. Banning acts like school prayer, they say, amounts to favoring the "religion of secularism."

Bergdahl, who was held by the Taliban for five years after he left his base in Afghanistan in 2009, could be sentenced to life in prison.

The Federal Reserve has held interest rates at super low levels for years in an effort to bolster the economy, but it is expected to raise rates for the first time in seven years this week.

The dishes that marked the Soviet era still have a strong pull on Russian sentiment (if not stomachs). A new book revisits these recipes, born, in part, of food shortages and ingenuity.

NPR has reaction from Russia, China and Brazil on the climate deal reached over the weekend in Paris.

The deadline for buying health insurance that starts Jan. 1 has arrived. Many people who lack coverage in 2016 will face fines that could reach thousands of dollars.

This is the first Republican debate since the Paris and San Bernardino attacks — and Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S.

After 20 years without a devil, the LA Zoo has welcomed a pair of the marsupials. Generations of U.S. children first were introduced to Tasmanian devils through Taz, a Looney Tunes animated character.