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The shooting in San Bernardino has focused attention on a "loophole" gun manufacturers use to get around weapons bans. It's the target of some lawmakers, but AR-15 owners say the gun is misunderstood.

Ex-President Trump says abortion ban should be left to states. Vatican issues document that lays out what it calls "threats to human dignity." Missouri governor denies clemency for man on death row.

The Vatican has issued a doctrine on human dignity, and what it calls grave violations — including gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy

Gustavo Petro faces fierce opposition from what he views as Colombia's deeply conservative deep state.

The federal government shutdown continues. Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Many federal workers are missing full paychecks and don't know when they will resume.

Investigators are looking at the San Bernardino shooters' communications and overseas connections as they try to learn more about what prompted the deadly terrorist attack there last week.

States are trying to sort what options they can offer beneficiaries to fill the gap in food assistance. Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the impact of this potential lapse in states across the country.

Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, started battering the country's northeastern coast ahead of landfall on Sunday.

Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the Philippines after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least four people and displacing more than 1.4 million.

In Guatemala, prosecutors move against President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, as the slow motion coup he predicted begins to pick up pace.