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Stephen Nzioka works on his farm in Miu, Machakos County, Kenya. A changing climate took a toll on his harvests — until a weekly text message gave him insights into the week's weather and the best farming strategies.

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  • Global Health

This farmer 'planted blindly' in a changing climate. A weather app came to his rescue

“I kept on guessing and just taking risks,” says farmer Stephen Nzioka of Kenya. A weekly text message has been a game changer as he copes with a changing climate.

October 21, 2024
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  • Ari Daniel
<em>Woman of the Hour</em> is Anna Kendrick's feature directorial debut. She also stars as Sheryl.

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  • Movie Reviews

For once — a true crime story that isn't focused on the killer

Woman of the Hour was inspired by a real-life serial killer who appeared on The Dating Game in the 1970s. Anna Kendrick directed and stars in the new Netflix film.

October 21, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe, center, disrupts proceedings as Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a Parliamentary reception hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Jaydon at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.

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  • World

'Give us what you stole from us,' Indigenous Australian senator yells at King Charles

Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones.

October 21, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Houses across the Monongahela River are seen from Braddock, Pa., on Oct. 16, 2024.

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  • National

Why Pennsylvania could be the key to the White House

Vice President Harris and former president Donald Trump are in a tight race in Pennsylvania. The state could go either way and it’s why both candidates are working so hard to appeal to voters.

October 21, 2024
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  • Destinee Adams and
  • Obed Manuel
In this photo illustration, a package of Opill is displayed on March 22.

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  • Health

Biden administration proposes a rule to make over-the-counter birth control free

Health insurers would be required to cover all recommended over-the-counter contraception products, such as birth control and condoms, without a prescription and at no cost, for those with insurance.

October 21, 2024
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  • Chandelis Duster
People wait in line to cast ballots during early voting at a polling station in Black Mountain, North Carolina, on Friday.

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  • Elections

The race is so close. Here's what happens if there's a 269-269 Electoral College tie

It’s very unlikely — but theoretically possible — that the presidential election ends with an Electoral College tie. If it did come to pass, here's how the next president would be determined.

October 21, 2024
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  • Ashley Lopez
New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu holds up the championship trophy after the Liberty defeated the Minnesota Lynx in Game 5 of the WNBA basketball final series, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in New York.

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  • Sports

The New York Liberty defeat the Minnesota Lynx to win its first WNBA championship

After five previously unsuccessful tries to win the WNBA title, the Liberty finally claimed its first league title in a dramatic overtime thriller in the fifth and decisive game of the series.

October 21, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the BRICS business forum in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 18, 2024.

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  • World

Putin hosts a summit in a bid to show the West it can't keep Russia off the global stage

The Kremlin will be able to talk to major players like India and China about expanding trade and bypassing Western sanctions.

October 21, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A portion of the gangway which collapsed Saturday afternoon remains visible on Sapelo Island in McIntosh county, Ga., Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.

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  • National

Georgia authorities investigate a deadly dock gangway collapse on a historic island

Georgia authorities say they are investigating the collapse of a dock gangway that killed seven people on an island where crowds gathered for a celebration by the island’s community of Black slave descendants.

October 21, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A man registers to vote during parliamentary elections of Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region in Irbil on Sunday.

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  • World

Iraqi Kurds go to the polls with a flagging economy top of mind

Parliamentary elections were postponed several times amid disputes over the election law and procedures.

October 21, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration taken on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, shows Hurricane Oscar.

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  • Weather

Oscar brings winds, heavy rains to eastern Cuba after striking the Bahamas

Tropical Storm Oscar brought heavy rains and winds to Cuba, an island already beleaguered by a massive power outage, late Sunday after brushing the Bahamas.

October 21, 2024
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Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle speaks onstage in 2022 in New York City. He said a cyberattack on the nonprofit, which advocates for universal access to all knowledge, affected more than 31 million of its users.

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  • Technology

Hackers steal information from 31 million Internet Archive users

The digital library's website was defaced earlier this month with a message boasting its theft of Internet Archive users' sensitive records. The nonprofit said it's working to bolster security.

October 20, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Flames and smoke rise form an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Israel launches airstrikes on Beirut, saying it's targeting Hezbollah's financial arm

Israel's military said it was targeting a Hezbollah financial unit that's used to pay operatives and buy arms. The nonprofit provides financial services and is also used by ordinary Lebanese.

October 20, 2024
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Demonstrators participate in the March For Life anti abortion rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on January 19, 2024.

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  • Religion

Why Catholic bishops are donating less to oppose abortion rights measures this year

In recent years, Catholic bishops have spent millions on campaigns to defeat abortion rights measures at the ballot box. This year, they're taking a dramatically different approach.

October 20, 2024
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  • Rosemary Westwood and
  • Jack Jenkins
People protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.

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  • News

Israeli strikes on north Gaza leave at least 87 dead or missing: Gaza health ministry

Israeli strikes on multiple homes in the northern Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday left at least 87 people dead or missing, the territory's Health Ministry said.

October 20, 2024
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