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Researchers think they understand how some dinosaurs grew so large. NPR's Eyder Peralta talks with Michael D'Emic, paleontologist at Adelphi University.

Former Federal Reserve official Lael Brainard started her new job at the White House this past week. She'll be running the National Economic Council — a clearinghouse for administration policy.

The Boston Marathon's official race dog, a golden retriever named Spencer, died at home in Holliston, Mass., on Feb. 17.

In Mexico City, the calls of resellers looking for more product are ubiquitous. Now they are being celebrated in music.

The Feb. 3 train derailment near East Palestine, Ohio, has become a question of politics in addition to public safety, the environment, and commerce.

More than a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, the fighting grinds on. Meanwhile the Group of 20 leading economies could not agree on a statement about the war.

NPR's Eyder Peralta talks with Luis Carlos Ugalde, former chairman of Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, about the country's newly approved electoral reform.

Ukraine has issued a stamp based on a mural by the British artist Banksy. It depicts a young boy overtaking a grown man in a swift judo move.

A class trip to Europe helps an awkward boy through a challenging time of life. NPR's Eyder Peralta talks with Dan Santat about his new middle-grade graphic novel, "A First Time For Everything."

It's been nearly a year since El Salvador's state of exception began. The effort to crack down on gangs has been hugely popular with the public there, but it has also come at a huge human cost.

A crackdown by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega takes a new turn as he strips political opponents of their citizenship. Since popular protests erupted in 2018, Ortega has consolidated his power.

President Daniel Ortega intensifies his political crackdown, stripping 94 of the most prominent Nicaraguan writers, journalists and human rights activists of citizenship. They lose all their rights.

Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez refused to leave Nicaragua with other political prisoners released on Thursday.

In a surprise move from an increasingly authoritarian government, Nicaragua has freed almost all of its political prisoners. More than 200 were put on a plane and flown to Washington, D.C.

On state television a judge said the government had decided to "deport" the prisoners, saying they had been declared traitors and can never again serve public office.

His comments are important, because democracy in Latin America is in retreat. The president of El Salvador has announced he will defy constitutional term limits and run again for president next year.

An increasing power vacuum is making things worse. There is not a single elected official with a valid term, and many people are asking: How long will the defacto prime minister cling to power?

Latin America's migration crisis is one of the most pressing and complex issues facing President Biden - we look at what his administration's new rules mean on both sides of the southern border.

El Salvador's brutal crackdown on gangs has led to thousands of arbitrary detentions and the militarization of the streets.

More than eight years on, the families of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa teachers college in Mexico are no closer to getting answers — or any version of the truth about the students' fate.