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On Monday, top officials at U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were put on leave for allegedly not abiding by President Trump's executive order to freeze much of U.S. foreign aid.

Phyllis Wheatley was America's first published black poet -- a native of Senegal, sold into slavery in Boston in 1761 and taught to read and write. Now a newly discovered letter by her is expected to fetch top dollar at auction.

A new category of listings is called "Icons." Homes include the house from the Pixar movie Up — complete with 8,000 balloons attached to the top. It's held up by a crane over the N.M. desert.

This week saw the "Chairman of the Board" Frank Sinatra make a return to the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 56 years. His 1948 rendition of Jingle Bells jingled all the way to a Top 20 spot.

Coco Gauff's loss in the U.S. Open's fourth round follows a third-round loss by defending men's champion Novak Djokovic, and was the latest in a series of early exits for Gauff in recent weeks.

Voters in four states head to the polls today for their primaries. Here are the races to watch. And, global conflicts are at their highest level since World War II, data shows.

Michael Zusman used to be a lawyer, specializing in suing financial companies. The work literally started making him sick. Then he stumbled into baking. His new cookbook promises that you can make your own pastrami, pickles and bagels better than you can buy at your local deli.

Steve Inskeep talks to Richard Painter, top ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, and Norman Eisen, top ethics lawyer for President Obama. They argue Trump's administration has been unethical.

For the latest information on Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., Linda Wertheimer talks to Saul Gonzalez of KCRW.

Going to a baseball game isn't what it used to be. For one thing, the food has gone upscale. Essayist Bonny Wolf buys into Humphrey Bogart's old line: "A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz." But she also takes note of trendier cuisine.