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France's generous pension system has toppled governments there over questions of how to fund it. It's part of a broader problem, as nations rethink how to fund care for their aging populations.

Militants from an Al Qaeda affiliate in land-locked Mali have been attacking fuel convoys for months. The blockade has strangled fuel supplies to the capital city.

President Trump this week said his family has done "very little" business with Saudi Arabia, as Crown Prince Mohammed visited the White House. NPR fact checks that claim with Forbes' Dan Alexander.

The CDC has changed its stance on vaccines and autism, claiming now there's a possible link. The claim, which has been widely debunked, alarmed doctors and delighted anti-vaccine activists.

NPR's A Martinez speaks to Demetre Daskalakis, a former high-ranking official at the CDC, about the agency renewing false claims about vaccines and autism.

For a decade, StoryCorps' Great Thanksgiving Listen has encouraged students, like those in Stacy Flannery's history class, to record the stories of the elders in their families.

The White House presented a plan for peace to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky this week, but the proposal requires major concessions from Ukraine.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Hanna Shelest of the Foreign Policy Council's Ukrainian Prism think tank about reports of a deal negotiated by the U.S. and Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

NPR's A Martinez asks Sports Illustrated writer Emma Baccellieri about the new Women's Pro Baseball League, which held its inaugural draft Thursday night.

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb put a pause on her order until Dec. 11 to allow the Trump administration time to appeal.