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The British government faces significant court challenges to its new policy of deport asylum-seekers from multiple countries to Rwanda. The first deportation flight is scheduled for Tuesday.

Tur's parents ran a helicopter news service in LA in the '80s and '90s. While she loved the rush of flight, her family dynamic was a volatile one. Her memoir is Rough Draft.

Turkey's currency has recently hit record lows in value, driving up prices in the country. But the president's recipe for fixing the problem is the opposite of what economists generally recommend.

The town of Oxford, Mich., has begun holding funerals for the four students killed during the Nov. 30 school shooting. Groups are raising funds and will decide where to donate the money.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Reverend Don Odom Jr., the social justice ministry leader at Houston's Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, about how Texas' redistricting plan will impact his community.

Dozens of cities are vowing to cut their carbon emissions and uphold the U.S. commitment to the Paris climate deal. Despite progress, many are falling short of their most ambitious goals.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has been working on protections for DREAMers for 17 years. A new plan had been gaining bipartisan support in the House and the Senate, but President Trump signaled his opposition to it on Tuesday. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Durbin about his work on the issue, and what a palatable deal looks like to him.

For the past 18 years, the Bad Plus, has been playing catchy, high energy music and redefining what a jazz trio can be. This year pianist Ethan Iverson announced he is leaving the trio. But contrary to popular belief, Bad Plus found a new pianist and released a new album.

Influential physicist Joseph Polchinski has died at 63. Caltech Professor Sean Carroll remembers Polchinski and the significant contributions he made to theoretical physics.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Lucy Delap, historian at Cambridge University, about the 100th anniversary of the suffragette movement in Britain.