President Obama answers questions during a joint news conference with Argentine President Mauricio Macri at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires on Wednesday.

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LISTEN: Obama Explains His Approach To ISIS In 7 Minutes

The president said stopping attacks like one in Brussels is "difficult work." His advisers, he said, are working on "every strategy possible."
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A Libyan fireman stands in front of a flaming oil storage tank in northern Libya's Ras Lanouf region on Jan. 23. It was set alight in fighting with the Islamic State, which has established a strong presence in the country and taken control of the city of Sirte.

A Libyan fireman stands in front of a flaming oil storage tank in northern Libya's Ras Lanouf region on Jan. 23. It was set alight in fighting with the Islamic State, which has established a strong presence in the country and taken control of the city of Sirte. AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Squeezed At Its Base, ISIS Grows More Dangerous Elsewhere

The Islamic State has been steadily losing ground in its self-described caliphate of Syria and Iraq. But it is becoming more potent with its terror attacks in Europe and North Africa.
This image provided by the Belgian Federal Police shows a man at Belgium's Zaventem Airport whom officials have identified as Ibrahim El Bakraoui. A Belgian prosecutor named him as a suspected suicide bomber in Tuesday's attack on the airport.

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Turkey Says It Deported Ibrahim El Bakraoui And Warned Belgium In 2015

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Belgium was warned about the terrorist ties of one of the brothers suspected in Tuesday's suicide attack in Brussels.
Nuns and others opposed to the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday.

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Supreme Court Takes Up Birth Control Access Yet Again

For the fourth time in five years, the justices consider a requirement of the Affordable Care Act that most health plans provide women access to birth control without copays.
Rapper Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest performs at H2O Music Festival at Los Angeles Historical Park on Aug. 17, 2013.

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Phife Dawg, A Founding Member Of A Tribe Called Quest, Dies At 45

His family said in a statement that Malik I. Taylor's death was the result of complications from diabetes.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, in October. The country has carried out a series of provocative actions recently, though Kim's motives are not clear.

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As North Korea Acts Out, A Search For Kim Jong Un's Motives

The isolated nation has undertaken a series of provocative steps, launching missiles and bombastic rhetoric. Analysts are debating what leader Kim Jong Un is trying to achieve.
Mamuedeh Kanneh, right, was married to the man who brought Ebola to Barkedu, Liberia, a village of about 6,000. He died of the virus. She now cares for her children as well as children who lost their parents to the disease.

Mamuedeh Kanneh, right, was married to the man who brought Ebola to Barkedu, Liberia, a village of about 6,000. He died of the virus. She now cares for her children as well as children who lost their parents to the disease. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption

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Goats and Soda

Politics And Ebola Are Not Such Strange Bedfellows, Report Finds

Issued two years after the first case was confirmed in West Africa, an International Rescue Committee report on lessons from the epidemic stresses the critical role of politics.
In this July 10, 2015, image taken from dashcam video provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia confronts Sandra Bland in Waller County,Texas.

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Former Trooper Pleads Not Guilty To Perjury Over Arrest Of Sandra Bland

Brian Encinia appeared in court Tuesday night on misdemeanor charges that he lied about the circumstances under which he stopped Bland. Bland was later found dead in prison, prompting protests.
Earlier this year, beekeeper Brian Hiatt had millions bees working to pollinating almond trees across California.

Earlier this year, beekeeper Brian Hiatt had millions bees working to pollinating almond trees across California. Ezra David Romero/Valley Public Radio hide caption

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The Salt

With Bees In Trouble, Almond Farmers Try Trees That Don't Need 'Em

A relatively new variety of almond trees called Independence has some beekeepers nervous. These trees are self-fertile — meaning they technically don't need bees to pollinate their flowers.
Irvin Bishop Small at his home in York, Pa.

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Back At Base

For The VA's Broken Health System, The Fix Needs A Fix

After scandals around veterans waiting too long for care in 2014, Congress pushed through a $10 billion fix to get those vets care, fast. Now it's almost unanimous: The fix is broken.
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An evangelical Christian pilgrim from the U.S. waves during a parade in Jerusalem last October in an annual show of support for Israel.

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Evangelicals Key To Republican Support For Israel

Republican support for Israel is rooted in the evangelical Christian wing of the party, which cites biblical imperatives as the basis for its advocacy on behalf of the Jewish state.
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Anthony Hamilton's new album, What I'm Feelin', is out March 25.

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First Listen

Preview The New Album From Anthony Hamilton, 'What I'm Feelin"

The R&B stalwart has long vibrated on a different wavelength than do his contemporaries; in a turbulent, bruising world, he has stayed rock-steady.
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