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Two politically pointed statues have mysteriously appeared in the nation’s capital in the leadup to the election: a pile of poop on the former House speaker's desk and a hand holding a tiki torch.
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The British Commonwealth Summit begins Monday in Samoa as leaders of commonewealth nations seek reforms
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The cleric takes over after Israel killed Hezbollah's longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an airstrike in a Beirut suburb in late September.
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Convicted of murdering babies in her care, neonatal nurse Lucy Letby is one of the UK's most notorious serial killers. But there are fresh questions about evidence, and whether she got a fair trial.
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Here's a costume that won't take a lot of fuss — and will earn you the title "world's scariest animal" this Halloween.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Rep. Nydia Velazquz of New York, the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress, about what she's heard from Puerto Ricans in response to the rally comments.
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In the rural, red parts of Pennsylvania, young Democratic organizers have a plan to lose by less to win the state for Vice President Harris. But former President Donald Trump's campaign isn't worried.
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For 50 years, a secretive group of government workers has been preparing for the worst. Here's a rare look inside the team that's ready to respond to a nuclear incident anywhere, anytime.
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Israeli lawmakers have passed two laws that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil and severing ties with it.
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Israeli lawmakers have passed two laws that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil and severing ties with it.
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AI is sucking up energy and tech companies are looking at ways to power it. There's been a lot of talk about nuclear, but those projects are years away and AI’s thirst for energy is happening now.
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Professional sports teams and music venues are among those selling souvenir paper tickets for $20 or more to fans who want a tangible memory of a game they attended. Most tickets are digital now.
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The water starved region of Central Asia is facing another threat to its beleaguered water supply -- the construction of a massive canal by the Taliban across the border in Afghanistan.
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Former President Donald Trump often misrepresents what happened on Jan. 6, even referring to convicted rioters as “hostages." A fact check of Trump’s claims, and claims by Kamala Harris.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks with Georgetown law professor Stephen Vladeck about the powers a president has to enact changes on their first day in office.
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Is it okay for your kids to binge candy on Halloween? A pediatrician gives us the answer.
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Geitaoui Hospital has Lebanon's only unit specializing in burn treatment. Since Israel launched an air and ground invasion of the country to fight Hezbollah, burn cases have mounted.
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The name Belle da Costa Greene might not ring a bell, but New York's renowned historic Morgan Library and Museum is trying to change that.
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A week before Election Day, Vice President Harris will use the backdrop to lay out the case for turning the page on the divisive and chaotic politics of her Republican opponent.