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Germany is electing a new chancellor on Sunday to succeed Angela Merkel who's led the country for 16 years. A German expat went back to his home town to report on this pivotal election.

The jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial began deliberating Tuesday. They'll have to decide if he was defending himself when he shot three people or caused needless deaths by acting as a vigilante.

Compared to this time last year, we're all paying a lot more to use many kinds energy — whether it's gasoline for our cars or heating fuel for our homes.

Virginia filmmaker Tom Davenport is best known for his movie adaptations of Brothers Grimm fairy tales — set in Appalachia. Now he spends much of his time making sure people see the work of other filmmakers. His Folkstreams.net is an online archive for documentaries on a range of folk culture, virtually all of them impossible to find anywhere else.

The White House is trying to move away from a crisis footing on COVID. By the time of the State of the Union, President Biden may be able to explain how things get back to normal.

Repeated clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians have taken place this week at the most sensitive site in Jerusalem: the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

The deadline to enroll in the new Medicare drug benefit is March 15 -- but some lawmakers have asked to push that date back, because the plan's rules are too confusing for seniors. President Bush, however, vows there will be no delay. Julie Rovner reports on what's behind the president's decision.

Efforts are under way to establish a tsunami early-warning system in the Indian Ocean, one year after the devastating tsunami. Financial and technological help have been flowing into the project from around the world.

Pakistani women are taking the COVID-19 vaccine to people's doorsteps. Millions there haven't had their first dose. Most are vaccine-hesitant or women from conservative families who largely stay home.

After a weekend of intense gang violence with scores of killings, El Salvador's president declared emergency powers that some worry he could use to squelch political opposition.