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As the strait remains mostly closed, more commercial ships are traveling through the Panama Canal in Central America.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

The parent company of classroom management platform Canvas has struck a deal with hackers.

The saboteurs took the software offline and threatened to leak student data without a

The terms of their arrangement were not disclosed.

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The Senate has confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve, mostly on a party-line vote.

Warsh had already won confirmation this week to be a Fed governor with a 14-year term.

Warsh will succeed Jerome Powell, whose term as Fed chair ends tomorrow.

Senate Democrats have expressed concern over whether Warsh will serve independently from President Trump.

The U.S.

Army says the remains of an American soldier have been recovered and identified in Morocco.

Specialist Mariah Collington of Florida went missing May 2nd.

as she was on a recreational hike.

Officials believe she and U.S.

Army Lieutenant Kendrick Key Jr.

fell from a cliff in Morocco.

Key's body has also been recovered.

Songs by Beyonce, Vince Gill, and Paul Anka are being added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.

NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.