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The British prime minister has a plan to help battle extremism by teaching Muslim women in Britain to speak English. If migrants don't learn English, David Cameron says they may face deportation. But his comments sparked outrage from Muslims and migrant advocates, who say the state is unfairly singling out Muslim women, while providing limited resources for newcomers to Britain to learn the local language.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Wissam Tarif, who has been working on Syria human rights issues as the Middle East director of Avaaz, an non-profit advocacy group. He spent several years living nearby to Madaya and is in daily contact with people living under siege. He describes what he's hearing from Syrians squeezed between ISIS and airstrikes by Russian and Syrian forces.

As the presidential primary polls get tighter, attacks are getting sharper. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times and E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post about the Democratic and Republican races.

While Washington D.C., and other cities on the East Coast deal with snow, folks in the Deep South got hit too. People in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and North Carolina all got slammed.

The latest death linked to Takata air bags was the ninth in the U.S. and the tenth worldwide. It involved the crash of a Ford Ranger. Other brands being recalled include Volkswagen and Audi.

Revisit the obituaries of prominent black leaders, mull the ethics of photography and hear from a former NFL star about why he regrets ever playing football.

A parody Twitter account all about Bernie Sanders blurs the line between mockery and admiration. The account's creator says that's just fine.

The Blue Line follows a woman who is detained during Argentina's Dirty War. Betancourt says writing the novel helped her process the years she spent as a captive of Colombian revolutionaries.

When a San Francisco-based choreographer decided to take turf dancers off of the streets and trains of Oakland and put them on stage with ballet dancers, chaos ensued. Until she let them all improv together.

This week was a big one for weather forecasters. We talked to two experts about their predictions on Thursday, and we follow up in the middle of the storm on Saturday, to see how well they did.