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A B-1 bomber takes off from RAF Fairford in Fairford, England, Sept. 29, 2026.
Alastair Grant
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AP
Iran-backed trio accused of plotting attacks on U.K. base hosting U.S. jets
Willem Marx
Iran-backed operatives have been charged over nearly 20 attacks, including a plot on a U.K. base housing U.S. troops. Separately, a U.S. soldier is held in the U.K. on Russia spying claims.
A group of Americans, whose work intersects with the criminal justice system in New York City, tour the Moabit pretrial detention facility in Berlin, Germany. The nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice invites officials to tour prisons in Germany to see how they design their system for rehabilitation.
Lena Mucha
U.S. officials look to Europe to learn how to make prison better
Meg Anderson
Earlier this year ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods attended a meeting at the White House where he told attendees that Venezuela was "uninvestable." Now the company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the country.
Brendan Smialowski
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AFP via Getty Images
Oil giant ExxonMobil left Venezuela years ago. Now it's considering a return
Julia Simon
After playing and singing "Little Wonders," by Rob Thomas for Army veteran John Fay at the DC VA Medical Center's Hospice Unit, Musicians On Call performer, Dante Ciolfi, thanks Fay for his service.
Tyrone Turner/WAMU for NPR
Volunteer musicians play songs for veterans who are hospitalized
Marisa Peñaloza
Texas Standard
Medicaid expansion bills are the first filed ahead of upcoming legislative session
State Rep. John Bucy has filed Medicaid expansion bills before but says he’s more confident of passage with a Democratic majority in the House.
Texas Democrats set sights on 2027 legislative session as bill filing begins
Despite widespread concern, pregnant migrant youth are still being sent to South Texas
How Republicans lost control of Texas state government
How BlackRock became Texas’ comeback kid
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