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Supporters cheer as former President Donald Trump speaks at the Waco Regional Airport last spring in Waco, Texas.

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  • Politics

Young conservatives have grown up in Trump's Republican Party. Now, it's time to vote

With nearly a decade on the national political stage, for some of the youngest eligible conservative voters this year, former President Donald Trump has been pivotal in their political upbringing.

March 19, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Angie Atkins, 37, lives with her two kids in an apartment in northwest Philadelphia. She's been on a waitlist for a federal housing voucher, which would help subsidize her rent, for about seven years.

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  • National

Rents are high and housing vouchers are hard to get. So Philly is giving renters cash

The pilot program chose people on the city's long waitlist for housing vouchers to test how much direct cash payments can help. HUD, the federal housing agency, is interested in the possibility.

March 19, 2024
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden
The share of abortions that are performed with medication alone (a combination of mifepristone and misoprosotol) increased between 2020 and 2023.

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  • Health

Despite bans in some states, more than a million abortions were provided in 2023

That's the highest number in more than a decade, according to new research. Medication abortion made up a larger share of the total than in 2020.

March 19, 2024
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Russian President and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin meets with the media at his campaign headquarters in Moscow on Monday.

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  • Europe

After a quarter century in power, Russian President Putin isn't going anywhere

Vladimir Putin won a landslide reelection victory, taking some 87% of all ballots following three days of voting derided by Russia's opposition and the West as neither free nor fair.

March 18, 2024
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on the role of the First Amendment in the internet age.

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  • Law

Supreme Court examines whether government can combat disinformation online

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Missouri, Louisiana and five individuals who were either banned from social media during the pandemic or whose posts, they say, were not prominently featured.

March 18, 2024
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks from a witness stand in front of Fulton Superior Judge Scott McAfee during a Feb. 15 hearing about whether Willis' office should be disqualified from the Georgia election interference case.

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  • Law

Wade resigns after judge makes it a condition for Fani Willis to remain on Trump case

The decision bolsters the chances that 15 defendants including former President Donald Trump will face trial this year for attempting to overturn the 2020 election result.

March 15, 2024
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
Author Percival Everett photographed in Pasadena, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2022.

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  • Books

Percival Everett gives Mark Twain's classic story about Huck a new voice in 'James'

Prolific writer Percival Everett often skewers different corners of American society. His latest novel James is written from the point of view of the character Jim, from Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.

March 15, 2024
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  • Andrew Limbong
Elvis Presley pictured circa 1966.

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  • Pop Culture

Just because your favorite singer is dead doesn't mean you can't see them 'live'

The upcoming immersive "Elvis Evolution" experience in London employs everything from cutting edge AI to a 200-year-old magic trick.

March 15, 2024
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
A Waymo car is seen on the streets of San Francisco on Aug. 25, 2023.

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  • Business

Waymo's robotaxi service set to expand into Los Angeles

Waymo, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, is rolling out driverless cars to passengers in L.A. San Francisco and Phoenix already have them.

March 14, 2024
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By:
  • Dara Kerr
Vice President Harris speaks to reporters after her visit to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Saint Paul, Minn. on March 14.

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  • Elections

Harris visited an abortion clinic, a first for any president or vice president

Vice President Harris toured a Minnesota abortion clinic during a trip to the Twin Cities on Thursday. It's believed to be a first for a vice president or president.

March 14, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram and
  • Tamara Keith
Flares burn off methane and other hydrocarbons at an oil and gas facility in Lenorah, Texas in 2021. New research shows drillers emit about three times as much climate-warming methane as official estimates.

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  • Climate

Oil and gas companies emit more climate-warming methane than EPA reports

Oil and gas drillers are releasing more climate-warming methane than the government estimates, a new study shows.

March 14, 2024
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
Amazon.com started requiring writers who want to sell books through its e-book program to tell the company in advance whether their work includes material generated by artificial intelligence.

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  • Books

Authors push back on the growing number of AI 'scam' books on Amazon

Authors say that the proliferation of AI-generated books can lead customers into buying the wrong book on Amazon and that these books can harm authors' sales numbers and reputations.

March 13, 2024
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
The House passed a bill Wednesday that would require ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to sell the app or face a ban on U.S. devices. The legislation's fate is unclear in the Senate.

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  • Politics

Why the House voted to ban TikTok and what could come next

The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve a bill that would force parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban of the social media app on U.S. devices.

March 13, 2024
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Bobby Allyn
Now that Sarah Barnes' son, Samuel, 2, is enrolled in Head Start, it's lifted an extra stress off Barnes' shoulders. "It just makes life a little bit easier having child care right on campus," she says. "I can literally walk over here between classes and check on him."

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  • Education

The new kids on campus? Toddlers, courtesy of Head Start

And not just toddlers — infants and preschoolers too. A new effort aims to help the 4 million college students raising kids by putting Head Start programs on community college campuses.

March 13, 2024
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny
U.S. President Bill Clinton presides over the 1993 peace accords signed at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The aim was a negotiated deal ending decades of conflict between the two sides. But no agreement was reached. Today there's talk about recognizing a Palestinian state first and then negotiating the details afterward.

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  • World

A radical Mideast proposal: What if the U.S. recognized a Palestinian state now?

The formula for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long called for negotiating a Palestinian state. What if that were reversed and a state were declared first and then negotiated later?

March 13, 2024
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  • Greg Myre
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