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and Israel attack Iran over protests that have engulfed the country the past two weeks.

Iranian forces are cracking down.

Human rights groups say that more than 100 people have been killed, thousands now detained.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

More than a week after U.S.

forces removed Venezuela's now-deposed President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and brought them to the United States to face charges, some Republicans in the Senate are pushing back against the White House.

Five Republican senators voted with Democrats in support of using the War Powers Act to limit presidential power.

NPR's Mara Liason explains.

The War Powers Measure passed the Senate 52-47.

President Trump contends the War Powers Act, aimed at limiting executive power, is unconstitutional.

More than 160 faith leaders from across Texas have signed an open letter to local school boards urging them not to adopt rules carving out time for school prayer.

From Houston, public media reporter Andrew Schneider has more.

And from Washington, you're listening to NPR.

China says it opposes what it terms Somaliland's collusion with Taiwan authorities as they're seeking independence.

As Michael Koloke reports, the statement follows Israel's decision to formally recognize the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent state.

Bob Weir, the legendary and longtime guitarist and songwriter, one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, has died at the age of 78.

In 1964, while still a teenager, Weir joined guitarist Jerry Garcia to form a group that later became one of music's most influential bands.

Within a few years, he became a force in music within the 1960s San Francisco counterculture.

In 1994, the Grateful Dead was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In 2007, they got a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammys.