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FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a news conference in 2023.

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  • National Security

Trump campaign hack traced to three Iranians seeking to disrupt election, DOJ says

The Justice Department unveiled criminal charges against three Iranian hackers who allegedly compromised Trump campaign accounts and sought to erode confidence in the U.S. election.

September 27, 2024
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  • Carrie Johnson
A statue of country music singer and Arkansas native Johnny Cash was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

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  • History

U.S. Capitol statue of Johnny Cash depicts Arkansas' history and progress

Arkansas unveiled a new statue of Johnny Cash in the U.S. Capitol. Cash, the first musician to be honored in the building, replaces a statue of a Confederate general.

September 27, 2024
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  • Barbara Sprunt
People displaced by floods rest at a relief shelter in Mohipal, Feni, a coastal district in southeast Bangladesh on August 23.

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  • Asia

Severe floods causing health problems in south Bangladesh

The worst floods that Bangladesh has seen in decades occurred in August, displacing millions. Many people are still struggling to rebuild their lives and find sources of income.

September 27, 2024
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  • Shamim Chowdhury
Littlejohn was sentenced to death for the 1992 murder of a convenience store owner during a robbery.

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  • Investigations

“Governor, don’t kill me for the heck of it”: Oklahoma prisoner asks for clemency

Oklahoma’s governor waited until the day of Emmanuel Littlejohn’s execution to announce whether he would grant the prisoner clemency. Littlejohn spoke to NPR.

September 27, 2024
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  • Chiara Eisner
Waves from the Gulf of Mexico push up against the shore as Hurricane Helene churns offshore on September 26, 2024 in St. Pete Beach, Florida.

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  • News

Abnormally warm water helped Helene rapidly intensify and suck up moisture

Helene is dumping rain across the Southeast, after coming ashore as a powerful Category 4 storm. Abnormally warm water in the Gulf of Mexico helped it rapidly intensify and suck up moisture.

September 27, 2024
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  • Rebecca Hersher
Cottages at Carolina Beach on Sept. 28, 1958, were surrounded by water in the wake of that year's Hurricane Helene.

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  • News

Exactly 66 years ago, another Hurricane Helene rocked the Carolinas

Hurricane Helene raked the coast of the Carolinas on September 27, 1958, but did not actually make landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center.

September 27, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, seen here in June 2024, has sought to return the Justice Department to normal order.

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  • Law

Biden's attorney general wanted to return to normal order; it hasn't been easy

The attorney general pledged to restore the Justice Department to normal order. It hasn't been easy, and may not last.

September 27, 2024
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  • Carrie Johnson

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  • Family

Dear Life Kit: My wife wants to use the last of our savings for a 4th round of IVF

An NPR listener says they are ready to adopt a child and move on from in vitro fertilization. But their wife is focused on getting pregnant.

September 27, 2024
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  • Andee Tagle
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) speaks during a press conference on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with members of the House Freedom Caucus on July 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins walks back racist comments about Haitians after backlash

The Republican congressman has been criticized for amplifying false claims about Haitian immigrants. "You never want to intentionally hurt someone’s feelings," he apologized in part on Thursday.

September 27, 2024
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  • Chandelis Duster
Immigrants from Haiti, who crossed through a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, wait in line to be processed by the U.S. Border Patrol on May 20, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona.

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  • World

Migrants from around the world are trying to reach the U.S. via charter planes

The Biden administration accuses charter companies of collaborating with global smuggling networks.

September 27, 2024
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  • Emily Green
 From left: Lumi the panda, Link (not Zelda), New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

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  • National

Do you know your indicted mayors from your deported pandas? Take our news quiz

This week, a zoo said it would send its pandas packing, a fabled game character finally got her chance to shine, and a mayor was indicted. Were you paying attention?

September 27, 2024
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  • Holly J. Morris
Shigeru Ishiba speaks before a runoff election at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election on Friday, at the party headquarters in Tokyo.

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  • Asia

Former Defense Minister Ishiba will become Japan's Prime Minister next week

Japan's ruling party on Friday picked former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba as leader, setting him up to become prime minister next week.

September 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Officials escort murder suspect Alan Eugene Miller away from the Pelham City Jail in Alabama, Aug. 5, 1999.

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  • National

Alabama puts man to death in the country's second nitrogen gas execution

Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people, the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has been used in the country.

September 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
News anchors work at Newsmax's booth during the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The network has settled with voting-tech company Smartmatic, which accused it of defamation following the 2020 presidential election.

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  • Media

Voting-tech company settles with right-wing network over false election claims

Smartmatic sued Newsmax for defamation over false claims related to the 2020 presidential election. The trial was supposed to begin next week.

September 26, 2024
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  • Maddy Lauria and
  • David Folkenflik
The host of a TV fitness show tries to defy aging in <em>The Substance.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

See 'The Substance' and 'A Different Man' together for a major makeover meditation

Two new films seem to be in dialogue: In The Substance, Demi Moore is a Hollywood star chasing eternal youth. The dark comedy A Different Man centers on a New Yorker with a rare genetic condition.

September 26, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
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