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Up on the high plains of the Atacama Desert, Chile's largest religious festival brings tens of thousands of worshippers together for a Catholic celebration with a twist. Up on the high plains of the Atacama Desert, Chile's largest religious festival brings tens of thousands of worshippers together for a Catholic celebration with a twist.

As a caravan of migrants continues north through Mexico, Texas border towns are preparing. Many are also skeptical about the deployment of U.S. troops to the border, and some say this is all politics.

We look at the House Freedom Caucus, a key Republican faction that opposed the American Health Care Act. The GOP healthcare bill was later withdrawn over lack of support.

Five years after the tumultuous protests in Chile demanding social and economic equality, what's left of the revolutionary spirit and desire for change?

China has a new premier — Li Qiang, widely regarded as one of Xi Jinping's closest allies. We take a close look at Li's career and his government's priorities in the coming decade.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers that progress toward bringing down the nation's high unemployment rate will be "frustratingly slow." He reiterated previous statements that the Fed stands ready to do more, but declined to be specific about what it would do. Bernanke also defended the Fed's role in addressing the manipulation of a benchmark interest rate by at least one big bank.

One of China's most famous poets, who some call the country's Emily Dickenson, is breaking new boundaries by taking to the stage to dance.

According to official statistics, the average price of fresh vegetables in China rose nearly 20% in August. A visit to the crops in China's northeast helps explain the price spike.

Albuquerque is home to the biggest flamenco gathering in the world outside Spain. One family has a lot to do with New Mexico embracing the art form.

The tale of cycling mad Colombia's best known cyclist — he may never have won a major race — but he's a social media sensation in a country that takes cycling very, very seriously.

The Trump administration last month took a 10% stake in chipmaker Intel. It's not the first time the government has taken a stake in a U.S. firm, but the circumstances are unusual and the desired outcome -- renewed American prowess in chipmaking -- is far from guaranteed.

The latest figures in China show that the unemployment rate for young people ages 16 to 24 hit a record high at 20.8%. That is more then one in five without a job. What's behind it?

After the police in China hauled a computer programmer away, his wife was left to discover who her husband really was — a mysterious political blogger.

John Barry, author of the 2004 book, The Great Influenza, draws parallels between today's pandemic and the flu of 1918. In both cases, he says, "the outbreak was trivialized for a long time."

Baltimore County Executive John Olszewski, Jr. and Police Chief Melissa Hyatt join The Chesapeake Connect Podcast to discuss police reform in Baltimore County and efforts to improve community-based public safety.

Rolling Stone's Tim Dickinson says that the ongoing search to replace Rep. John Boehner as speaker of the House reveals the influence that 40 conservative Republicans hold in the House.

John Vercher trained in mixed martial arts as a young man. His novel, After the Lights Go Out, is about a veteran MMA fighter struggling to remember everyday things. Originally broadcast June 2022.

The social media giant alleged that the Department of Homeland Security was illegally trying to identify the anonymous @ALT_uscis account. In its latest filing, Twitter says the summons was withdrawn.

Prosecutors say Terrill Thomas, 38, had been left alone in his county jail cell for seven days without water. The medical examiner's office says he died of "profound dehydration" in the 2016 incident.

Lawyers for convicted murderer Kenneth Williams unsuccessfully sought stays from courts including the U.S. Supreme Court. Williams is the fourth and final inmate to die in Arkansas this month.