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The remnant of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an area in Western Alaska hundreds of miles from the U.S. road system. More than a thousand people are displaced.
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Prince Andrew has agreed with King Charles to stop using his Duke of York title, as scrutiny over his past connection to Jeffrey Epstein persists.
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OpenAI is preventing people from making AI videos of King on its Sora app after the estate of the civil rights leader complained about the spread of offensive and vulgar portrayals.
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Several hundred volunteers are patrolling the streets of Chicago and its suburbs warning migrants of ICE's presence. This is part of a growing resistance to ICE's operations in Illinois.
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The Xbox Ally X isn't the handheld console the name implies. But it's still sold out, despite debuting as fans rage against price increase to Game Pass.
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A status conference is set for Friday afternoon after union lawyers said the Trump administration is violating a court order that temporarily blocks mass firings during the government shutdown.
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Forty years ago this month, the comedic basketball troupe, the Harlem Globetrotters, added a woman to its roster. NPR's Ashley Montgomery has the story of legendary athlete Lynette Woodard.
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It's the peak of the fall migration season. This is when bird deaths from window collisions tend to spike, even though simple solutions can prevent this.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Trump meet today to discuss Ukraine's request for long-range missiles. And, John Bolton indicted for allegedly mishandling classified information.
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Tomiichi Murayama, Japan's prime minister from 1994, was best known for the "Murayama Statement," an apology delivered on the 50th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender.
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When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Trump on Friday, the mood is expected to be very different from their first Oval Office encounter in February.
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