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The court was tense today as jury ordered Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million

A jury has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for ruining her credibility when he called her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.

January 26, 2024
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  • Andrea Bernstein
E. Jean Carroll leaves a New York court on Friday after a jury order former President Donald Trump $83.3 million for defaming her.

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Jury orders Trump to pay $83 million for defaming columnist E. Jean Carroll

This is the second time Trump has been ordered pay Carroll. Last year he was mandated by a jury to pay $5 million for a separate instance of defamation.

January 26, 2024
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Biden's campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodriguez speaks on Nov. 7, 2023. Chávez Rodriguez was in Michigan on Friday where some Arab American leaders declined to meet her because of the Gaza conflict.

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  • Elections

In Michigan, some Arab American leaders declined to meet Biden's campaign manager

The Arab American community is angry that Biden has not called for a ceasefire in Gaza despite a rising civilian death toll. Some leaders said no to meeting his campaign manager.

January 26, 2024
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  • Asma Khalid
<strong>Left:</strong> A photo provided by Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife. <strong>Right: </strong>Alabama's lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala., seen in 2002.

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Alabama executes man by nitrogen gas for the first time in the U.S.

Kenneth Smith, 58, died at 8:25 p.m. Thursday, after a slew of last-minute appeals to several courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, failed.

January 26, 2024
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner,
  • Barrie Hardymon,
  • and 1 more
Palestinians try to extinguish a fire at a building of an UNRWA vocational training center that displaced people use as a shelter on Jan. 24, 2024.

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'It felt like my head burst': Survivors recount attack on U.N. facility

Some of the people injured from this week's attack on a United Nations training facility in Khan Younis are receiving treatment in Rafah.

January 26, 2024
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  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi and
  • Anas Baba
A photo illustration created last July shows an advertisement to create AI girls reflected in a public service announcement issued by the FBI regarding malicious actors manipulating photos and videos to create explicit content and sextortion schemes. A boom in deepfake porn is outpacing U.S. and European efforts to regulate the technology.

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Deepfakes exploiting Taylor Swift images exemplify a scourge with little oversight

Bogus pornographic images purporting to show pop superstar Taylor Swift have emerged on social media, highlighting a growing challenge to privacy rights.

January 26, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell

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Chance encounter: A young migrant takes a seat next to an NPR reporter

Recently, on a flight from San Diego to New York, reporter Jasmine Garsd sat next to a young man from Ecuador, who told her the story of his journey to the U.S.

January 26, 2024
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  • Jasmine Garsd
<em>Time Bomb Y2K </em>looks back on the time when we thought civilization might collapse because computers wouldn't be able to handle the switch from the 1900s to the 2000s.

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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, reading and browsing

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: The movie Time Bomb Y2K, the show The Traitors, actor Richard E. Grant's Instagram and more.

January 26, 2024
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  • Margaret Willison,
  • Bedatri D. Choudhury,
  • and 2 more
Palestinians inspect destruction after an Israeli bombing of Omar bin Abdul-Aziz Mosque in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

A top U.N. court says Gaza genocide is 'plausible' but does not order cease-fire

The International Court of Justice ordered Israel to ensure its military does not take actions that violate the Genocide Convention, but the court did not call for a cease-fire.

January 26, 2024
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  • Fatima Al-Kassab
United Nations and Red Crescent workers prepare aid for distribution to Palestinians at a UNRWA warehouse in the Gaza Strip. The U.S. says 12 employees of UNRWA, which provides aid to Palestinians, were involved in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

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  • Middle East

U.N. agency in Gaza fires employees over alleged involvement in Oct. 7 attack

The U.N. has announced it has launched an investigation into the allegations. The U.S., which said 12 employees were involved, said it would pause funding to UNRWA, which provides aid to Palestinians.

January 26, 2024
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
Britain's King Charles III attends a ceremony in Paris on Sept. 20, 2023. The monarch was admitted to a private London hospital on Friday to undergo a "corrective procedure" for an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Palace said.

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  • Europe

King Charles III 'doing well' after scheduled prostate treatment, Queen Camilla says

The 75-year-old British monarch is doing well after undergoing a "corrective procedure" for an enlarged prostate, Queen Camilla said Friday as she left the private hospital where he was being treated.

January 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
During the winter months, American alligators go into a state of brumation, the cold-blooded version of hibernation.

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Texas cold leaves alligators 'frozen' underwater, but still alive. Here's how

Alligators rely on external sources to regulate their body temperatures — so during winter, they will go into brumation. A viral video captured the phenomenon during the Texas winter freeze.

January 26, 2024
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  • Diba Mohtasham
Hotter than normal temperatures are exacerbating the megadrought that's depleted Western water reserves, like Elephant Butte Reservoir in southern New Mexico, new research finds.

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'Hot droughts' are becoming more common in the arid West, new study finds

Scientists looked at trees to better understand the interplay between temperatures and droughts in the Western U.S. Human-caused climate change is exacerbating both.

January 26, 2024
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  • Nathan Rott
Alaska Airlines N704AL, a 737 Max 9, which made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport on Jan. 5, is parked at a maintenance hanger in Portland, Ore., this week.

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  • National

Here's how to tell if your next flight is on a Boeing 737 Max 9

After a green light from the FAA, the Max 9 is set to return to the skies. Here's what travelers need to know about the plane after a terrifying scene on an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this month.

January 26, 2024
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  • Diba Mohtasham
So many Oscar nominations, so little time! Let us help.

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  • Movies

Lights, Camera, Oscars: Your guide to nominated movies and where to watch them

If the Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning left you with a long to-watch list, we've got you covered. We've assembled all our past coverage of films nominated in six major categories.

January 26, 2024
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  • Julia Carney
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