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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
Lebanese who were forced to flee their homes due to Israeli airstrikes have been housed in school buildings in Lebanon's capital of Beirut on Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Over 90,000 people in Lebanon had to flee Israel's bombardments this week

With Israel and Hezbollah locked in the fiercest fighting in decades, many Lebanese have taken refuge in schools, hotels and other shelters.

September 26, 2024
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  • Jane Arraf and
  • Willem Marx
Kentucky state Sen. Karen Berg (D-Louisville), is consoled by colleagues after SB 150 passed the Senate, 29-6, at the Kentucky state Capitol in Frankfort on Feb. 16, 2023. Berg's transgender son died by suicide in December 2022.

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  • Health

More trans teens attempted suicide after states passed anti-trans laws, a study shows

Researchers with the Trevor Project analyzed data from 61,000 transgender and nonbinary young people. They found that after states passed anti-LGBTQ+ laws, young people in those states were more like to attempt suicide.

September 26, 2024
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
 Lewisburg federal penitentiary in central Pennsylvania.

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  • National

DOJ watchdog: federal prison not doing enough to prevent inmate suicides

Lewisburg federal prison, a facility located in central Pennsylvania where thousands of inmates often pass through on their way to other federal institutions, was found to have problems with addressing mental health risks, healthcare quality, leaking infrastructure and employee conduct.

September 26, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
As news spread that New York City Mayor Eric Adams had been indicted on federal charges, federal agents arrived to search Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the mayor, on Thursday.

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  • National

Read the indictment: NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with bribery, fraud, foreign donations

In an extraordinary operation, federal agents descended upon the mayor's home early Thursday morning.

September 26, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Travis Scott’s 2014 mixtape <em>Days Before Rodeo</em> leaps from No. 106 all the way to No. 1, thanks to a massive flood of vinyl sales.

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  • Music

Travis Scott finally soars to No. 1 on the strength of vinyl

Since its re-release earlier this month, Travis Scott's album Days Before Rodeo has been bouncing up and down the charts, finally landing at No. 1.

September 26, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Lillian Risser, left, and Sophia Loveland, right, approach an encampment in Humboldt Park on Sept. 23 in Chicago. Risser and Loveland are outreach workers for Thresholds, a mental health care provider in Illinois that works to move people out of encampments into more permanent housing.

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  • National

Politicians often link crime and homelessness. The reality is more complex

As the homelessness crisis grows, it’s common for the public and politicians to conflate homeless encampments and criminal activity. But how much do these camps really affect crime in cities?

September 26, 2024
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  • Meg Anderson
A doctor shows what a 3D image of the breast using tomosynthesis (3D mammography) looks like on a screen.

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  • Health

3D mammograms show benefits over 2D imaging, especially for dense breasts

A new study shows 3D imaging found potentially serious cancers earlier and reduced the need for callback for further screening.

September 26, 2024
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  • Ronnie Cohen
Hurricane Helene is forecast to hit Florida's northwestern coast late Thursday, then bring heavy rain and wind inland over the coming days.

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  • Weather

Forecasters warn of 'unsurvivable' storm surge as Helene races toward Florida

Helene is poised to make landfall on Florida's Big Bend late Thursday. Forecasters warn that the unusually large storm will bring heavy rain and wind as far inland as the Appalachians and Atlanta.

September 26, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Taliban fighters celebrate the third anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan on Aug. 14, 2024.

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  • Investigations

Three years after the U.S. withdrawal, former Afghan forces are hunted by the Taliban

The Taliban have been targeting thousands of Afghan National Army soldiers and police officers, accusing them of being American spies.

September 26, 2024
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  • Monika Evstatieva
Nathalie Emmanuel and Adam Driver star as Julia and Cesar in <em>Megalopolis</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

Whatever you’ve heard about 'Megalopolis,' see this gutsy Coppola film for yourself

Francis Ford Coppola's epic draws parallels between the U.S. and ancient Rome. Forty-some years in the making, it's got wild sex, startling violence, horse-drawn chariots and even nightclub unicorns.

September 26, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
The Libertarian Party's Chase Oliver, seen here in 2022, appears on presidential ballots in seven key states.

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  • Elections

Here's who's on ballots in the 7 states likely to decide the presidential election

With the presidential election considered a toss up, the votes that third-party and independent candidates receive in key states could decide the White House. Here's who's on those state ballots.

September 26, 2024
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  • Benjamin Swasey and
  • Ashley Lopez
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