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In the port of Mariel, Cuba is creating a huge enterprise zone intended to encourage trade and welcome foreign businesses. Some companies are eager to jump in. The Americans sound a bit skeptical.

A new university in Berlin is exclusively geared to refugees. Kiron University relies on existing online courses and aims to be tuition-free and accessible to asylum seekers worldwide.

Plans in the works would give farmers environmental credits for farming in ways that store carbon, filter out water pollution or preserve animal habitats. The credits could be bought, sold and traded.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to New York Times reporter Mujib Mashal about the clashes between the Taliban and ISIS, and the struggles of Afghan civilians caught in the middle.

The Rifle library was chosen as one of eight libraries statewide to participate in a pilot backpack check-out program.Branch Manager Janine Rose says…

Residents in Florida's Daytona Beach are going to court to protect what they consider a fundamental right: the freedom to drive their cars and trucks on the beach.

The "cell on wheels" is making the rounds at street festivals in Milwaukee. Teens can climb in the mobile attraction to get a feel for what it would be like to spend time behind bars.

Julius Rosenwald built nearly 5,000 schools for black children across the south. That was a century ago. But some economists thinks those schools may hold important lessons for today.

The hashtag started out as a throwaway joke from a man who knew next to nothing about Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee. And then the Internet turned it mean.

Even laboratory mice have reasons to be happy.