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The Pentagon says it's cutting ties with Harvard University.

Officials are accusing the school of promoting anti-American ideals.

NPR's Shondalee Stuster has more.

In a message posted on social media Saturday, Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie told the people who kidnapped her mother the family will pay for her return.

The message she references was delivered to a local television station.

84-year-old Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona home earlier this week.

Police say traces of blood on the home's porch were from Guthrie.

So far, they say they have no suspects in the apparent abduction.

The extremist Islamic State group has taken responsibility for a suicide bombing that hit a mosque in the Pakistani capital.

More than 30 people were killed in the attack and dozens of others were wounded.

NPR's Dia Hadid has our reports.

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has been open for the past several days, but data from the United Nations shows that just 36 medical patients have been allowed to enter into Egypt for treatment.

Officials say almost 20,000 people are waiting for medical care, and Palestinians returning to Gaza say they received harsh treatment from Israeli authorities.

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The Louvre Museum is indefinitely postponing the selection of an architecture firm to design a major expansion there.

MPS Chloe Veltman reports that the decision comes just days ahead of the jury's scheduled meeting to vote on a winning proposal.

The lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band Three Doors Down has died.

Brad Arnold was 47 years old.

His death comes just months after he announced that he'd been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer.

The band was nominated for the breakout hit Kryptonite.