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The State Department said it would start a pilot program that will require cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high overstay rates.

The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions, according to current and former NASA staffers. NPR's Rebecca Hersher reports ...

Her parents died 9 days apart, but Sarah Silverman gets the last laugh in 'PostMortem' Silverman's father and stepmother are buried under one tombstone that reads: "Janice and Donald, who loved to ...

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Fresh Air 'Lost' actor Daniel Dae Kim plays a spy who faked his own death in 'Butterfly' Kim says Asian representation in Hollywood has gotten better, but there's still room for improvement: "I ...

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Fresh Air Springsteen's label was about to drop him. Then came 'Born to Run' Biographer Peter Ames Carlin describes the making of Born to Run as an "existential moment" for Springsteen: "If this ...

In 2017, comedian Hari Kondabolu called out Hollywood's portrayals of South Asians with his documentary The Problem With Apu. The film was also a criticism of comedian Hank Azaria, who is white ...

Members of the California National Guard arrived in the Los Angeles area Sunday morning after being activated by President Trump.

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Stacey Abrams, former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and potential Senate candidate, delivered the Democrats' response to President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday night.