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A screen displays photographs of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (top left) and former and current cabinet ministers, accusing them of treason, during a plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday. Yoon looks set to fight on rather than step down early as probes deepen into his martial law declaration and another likely impeachment bid loom.

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  • Asia

In South Korea, insurrection charges are closing in on the president

Police, prosecutors and investigators have deemed President Yoon Suk Yeol as a suspect in a rare investigation into a sitting president for possible insurrection charges.

December 11, 2024
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  • Se Eun Gong
Then-Congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks off stage after speaking during the Republican National Convention in July.

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  • Politics

Trump's withdrawn nominees latest in a long line of Cabinet members who never were

Many presidents face failed Cabinet picks so when former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet, it wasn't unprecedented, though Trump's style has been.

December 11, 2024
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  • Elena Moore
Clockwise, from top left: Laura Forer, Michelle Allette, Domenique Rice, Jen Loga, Dr. Patty Ng and Marise Angibeau-Gray

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  • Health

Through 'The Loss Mother's Stone,' mothers share their grief from losing a child to stillbirth

Through her work, photographer Nancy Borowick says she hopes to draw awareness to women's stories, educate Americans and destigmatize the conversation that occurs between doctors and patients.

December 11, 2024
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  • Nancy Borowick
Cruise AV, General Motor's autonomous electric Bolt EV, is seen on Jan. 16, 2019, in Detroit.

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  • Business

GM to retreat from robotaxis and stop funding its Cruise autonomous vehicle unit

The automaker will focus on development of partially automated driver-assist systems for personal vehicles like its Super Cruise, which allows drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel.

December 11, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Trump has nominated Kimberly Guilfoyle, pictured speaking at the Republican National Convention in July, to be the U.S. ambassador to Greece.

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  • Politics

Kimberly Guilfoyle is the latest Trump family ally chosen for an ambassadorship

Kimberly Guilfoyle, who got engaged to Trump's son in 2020, is the latest appointee he's chosen from his family tree. There's a long and controversial history of presidents picking relatives for jobs.

December 11, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Unionized grocery store workers rally to oppose the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons outside a Ralph's supermarket in Los Angeles in 2023. On Wednesday, Albertsons said it was giving up on the deal after it was blocked by two courts.

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  • Business

Albertsons sues Kroger and ends failed grocery megamerger

The lawsuit over a deal to combine the two largest U.S. supermarkets came just a day after it was blocked in both federal and Washington state courts.

December 11, 2024
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  • Alina Selyukh
In his sole year as a New York Yankee, Juan Soto hit 41 home runs in the regular season and added four more in the playoffs. Now, he's headed across town to play for the Mets.

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  • Sports

A record-breaking deal for slugger Juan Soto sends the baseball world into a spin

The Dominican-born superstar Juan Soto will take his talents to Queens after the New York Mets reportedly signed him to a $765 million contract — a move that has the rest of the baseball world abuzz.

December 11, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
After The Onion was named the winning bidder for Alex Jones' assets at a bankruptcy auction last month, the losing bidder tried to stop the sale, saying the process was rigged and "fatally flawed."

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  • National

Bankruptcy judge rejects The Onion's bid for Infowars

The bidder that lost last month's auction of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' assets had complained that the process was rigged and "fatally flawed."

December 11, 2024
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  • Tovia Smith
A shopper pushes a cart through a Kroger supermarket in Newport, Ky.

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  • Business

Kroger and Albertsons grocery megamerger halted by two courts

Two rulings — in federal and state courts — make it increasingly likely that Kroger might abandon its $24.6 billion plan to buy Albertsons. The merger aimed to combine two of America's largest supermarket chains.

December 11, 2024
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  • Alina Selyukh
Rehab Alkadi and her husband, Feras, fled Syria in 2013 with their 1-year-old son. "I felt like in dream and I told them if I'm in dream, don't wake me up," she said, of learning of the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule.

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  • National

One family thought they had left Syria forever. After Assad's fall, they plan to return

Rehab Alkadi and her husband, Feras, fled Syria's war with their young son in 2013. They and other Syrian refugees in the U.S. are now hopeful for their country's future, even as uncertainty remains.

December 11, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
A no guns allowed sign is posted at the 54th Street entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel in New York, where Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot last week.

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  • National

Police say UnitedHealthcare's CEO was likely killed with a ghost gun. What are they?

Police say the suspect had a ghost gun, possibly made with a 3D printer, when he was arrested on Monday. Here's what to know about the increasingly widespread weapons and efforts to regulate them.

December 11, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing on Tuesday in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

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  • National

Luigi Mangione contests extradition in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

Luigi Mangione, the man facing charges in the New York City shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was denied bail in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

December 10, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie and
  • Alana Wise
The Afghanistan Memory Home Museum creates "memory boxes" with personal belongings and photographs and documents for those who suffered or died in the country's conflicts. This memory box memorializes Kawsar Qubadian and includes her sweater and slippers.

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  • Global Health

An Afghan museum, that buried its artifacts after Taliban takeover, is reborn online

The Afghanistan Memory Home Museum shares details and belongings from those who've died in conflict. It shut its doors when the Taliban took power, buried much of its collection — but has now reemerged.

December 10, 2024
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  • Ruchi Kumar

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  • Book Reviews

Maureen Corrigan picks her favorite books from an 'unprecedented' 2024

This year, our Fresh Air book critic highlights alternative history, suspense, satire — and some of the most extraordinary letters ever written. Here are Maureen Corrigan's 10 best books of 2024.

December 10, 2024
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  • Maureen Corrigan
Monarch butterflies from Canada stop to rest in Cleveland's Wendy Park on their way to Mexico on Sept. 12, 2023.

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  • Environment

Monarch butterflies will get federal protections as a threatened species

U.S. officials decided to extend protections to monarch butterflies after warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking and the beloved pollinator may not survive climate change.

December 10, 2024
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