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Steve Inskeep talks to Mark Sideris, president of the Watertown town council, about events that unfolded overnight.

Incoming presidents increase the departure rate of senior level employees, a new study of 6 million federal workers finds. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with one author of the study, John M. de Figueiredo, to learn more about how this will impact the Trump administration.

As states issue stay-at-home orders, animal shelters have had to close their doors. They're coming up with new ways to find homes as they brace for an onslaught of puppies and kittens.

President Trump is considering options to keep U.S. troops in northeast Syria to safeguard oil fields from ISIS. Earlier this week, he said it was time to bring the troops home, and ISIS was defeated.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Jay Balagna of the RAND Corporation about his opinion piece titled "To help climate migrants, we must first recognize them."

At most cafes, a customer buys a drink or food and stays as long as it takes to consume it. But a Russian entrepreneur is experimenting with ways to change that: At his Clockface Cafes, money buys time, and everything else — from drinks to snacks to art supplies and event space — is free.

On Monday, the Taliban marked the first anniversary since they retook power in Afghanistan. Taliban security forces celebrated in Kabul. But many Afghans stayed home — and are struggling to survive.

Analysts explain that Assad defines victory as holding on to key territory, including Damascus, and they say Assad's goal is to stay in place until 2014, as he said he would, to run in a presidential election. The overall commander of the Free Syrian Army says his rebels are getting hammered by the regime in the south because arms shipments stopped over a month ago.

Work permits for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians are set to expire, after the Trump administration stripped them of temporary protected status.

Eighteen U.S. passengers have returned stateside after weeks on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak. They're being monitored at specialized medical facilities.