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US Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts says passing the John Lewis Voting Rights law would restore Americans' faith in the peaceful transfer of power and prevent another attempt at insurrection.

The incident happened at an end-of-year celebration at Hillcrest Primary School in the Australian state.

News footage from the scene at the Wings over Dallas air show showed the crumpled wreckage of two historic military planes.

The travel ban has been one of the signature initiatives of the Trump administration, but it has been plagued by legal challenges, including a case the Supreme Court will hear next month.

The administration issued a revised travel ban that it hopes will stand up in court. David Greene talks to Gadeir Abbas, of the Council on American Islamic Relations, who plans to challenge the order.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for one of the blasts. The explosions hit the Shar-e-Naw district, home to many embassies, and a heavily Shiite district.

Lu Guang, a resident of New York, was invited to the heavily controlled region of Xinjiang in October. His wife Xu Xiaoli says she last heard from him Nov. 3. and that national security took him away.

U.S. officials say that before coming to the U.S., the Iranian citizen and U.S. permanent resident served in Iran's military. His brother is said to have ties to Iran's military and nuclear program.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in New York has filed federal and local terrorism charges against Akayed Ullah. He was arrested on Monday for detonating a homemade bomb in a busy pedestrian tunnel in New York City as part of an attempted suicide bombing.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks to Joseph DeTrani, former State Department special envoy for negotiations with North Korea, about the detention of a third American in North Korea.