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Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Milan in February, curling superfans turn out in Sioux Falls, S.D., for trials to determine which U.S. team will compete in "chess on ice" against the world.

Schloss, who was friends with Frank in Amsterdam and whose mother later married Frank's father, was a tireless educator about the Holocaust and was honorary president of The Anne Frank Trust UK.

On a day when most reporters are chasing facts, NPR's Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep has a few questions.

U.S. airstrikes in Venezuela and Maduro's capture spark a mix of concern and celebration across Latin America and the globe. The U.N. Security Council is set to meet Monday as world leaders weigh in.

Scottish historians saw stones arranged in a circle, and experts dated the stones to some 4,000 years ago. The experts were informed that the stones were placed in the circle in the 1990s.

The FBI Agents Association says that the ongoing partial government shutdown is causing all manner of hardships for its members in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

An American accused by Russian prosecutors of spying has appeared in a Moscow court in an unsuccessful attempt to get bail while he awaits trial. Paul Whelan was arrested at the end of last month.

Top Republicans in Congress praised President Trump for the operation in Venezuela amid calls for briefings in the days to come.

President Trump said the United States would "run" Venezuela. But interim President Delcy Rodríguez denounced the U.S. operation and rejected the idea of U.S. control.

Lending money to energy companies can be pretty profitable, but if oil prices drop enough, the threat of bank defaults becomes real, Portales Partners analyst Charles Peabody tells NPR's Scott Simon.