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Iraqi Kurdish fighters, with support from US troops and warplanes, have begun an offensive in northern Iraq aimed at recapturing a key area west of the city of Mosul, severing the link with northern Syria. ISIS says it will fight to the last man. The latest on the ongoing operation and its significance in the wider war against the Islamic State.

The country celebrates its new Ebola-free status with a video in which everybody dances, from burial teams to members of the military.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to New York Times Bureau Chief Anne Barnard about the suicide bombing in the southern suburbs of Beirut, an area controlled by Lebanon's militant political party, Hezbollah.

President Obama awards the Medal of Honor to the 10th living recipient, Army Capt. Florent Groberg, for conspicuous gallantry during his service in Afghanistan.

Books by three YouTube stars are on The New York Times best-seller list right now. That's not an anomaly — NPR's Lynn Neary reports it's a trend that more and more publishers are starting to embrace.

Vincent Asaro was charged in helping with the Lufthansa heist that was depicted in the Goodfellas movie.

"We need it," says critic Ann Powers of the rapper's comeback, which yielded an eye-popping new video on Thursday. "There's really no other figure like her in all of hip-hop."

Senior military assistant Lt. Gen. Ron Lewis has worked with Carter in a number of jobs over the years. NPR's Tom Bowman reports Lewis is accused of an improper personal relationship.

The Pentagon has not said whether it was able to kill the ISIS figure, whose real name is Mohammed Emwazi. He appeared in videotapes released online of Americans and other hostages being murdered.

More than 6,000 people have signed up for Ishqr since the app launched over a year ago. Ishq is an Arabic word for love; the "r" at the end was added to make it sound more hip.