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Two turkeys, named Liberty and Bell, were "pardoned" Monday at the White House ahead of Thanksgiving. Shown here, they're at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington on Monday.

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  • Politics

The president once again pardons turkeys who did nothing wrong, but why?

It's a tradition that ironically features an American president sanctioning an event sponsored by a lobbying group, which advocates the opposite of what actually takes place at said event.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
GPB  NPR

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  • Law

An appeals court has struck down a key path for enforcing the Voting Rights Act

A federal appeals court has struck down the main path for enforcing a key set of Voting Rights Act protections for people of color. The new ruling out of Arkansas sets up a likely Supreme Court fight.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
The Gaza International Airport was shut down amid Israeli-Palestinian fighting in 2001, barely two years after it opened. Today it lies in ruins. This photo is from 2011.

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  • World

The day Gaza got an airport and a presidential visit, fueling dreams of statehood

It seems hard to fathom today, but 25 years ago, a relatively calm Gaza appeared to be progressing toward a Palestinian state — and President Bill Clinton inaugurated the Gaza International Airport.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz has refused Republican calls to recuse herself from a redistricting case for calling the state's legislative maps "rigged" while campaigning.

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  • Elections

A Wisconsin redistricting case centers on voter 'islands' and could lead to new maps

The Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that could toss what critics say are the state's lopsided legislative maps.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Chuck Quirmbach
An enlarged replica of a block of four rare United States airmail error stamps, known as the Inverted Jenny plate block.

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  • National

Why a single 'Inverted Jenny' stamp sold for $2 million at auction

History, intrigue and a misprint combine so that a single stamp from 1918 recently sold for big bucks.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
"I'm better than ever," Brown says. "It just took some time for me to get back to being me again."

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  • Music Features

Danny Brown's clean slate

After battling drug addiction and alcoholism, the Detroit rapper emerges from a downward spiral with Quaranta, his most thoughtful album, embracing the wisdom of his 40s.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • William E. Ketchum III
Colombian performer Shakira leaves court in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday. The global pop star struck a deal with prosecutors as her trial on tax fraud charges was scheduled to begin.

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  • World

Shakira reaches a deal with Spanish prosecutors on the first day of tax fraud trial

After maintaining innocence for nearly five years, the pop star acknowledged failing to pay about $15.8 million in taxes. She will receive a suspended three-year sentence and a fine of $7.6 million.

November 20, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump, shown here at a mixed martial arts event on Nov. 11, is asking to be freed from a gag order in an election interference case.

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  • Law

An appeals court hears arguments about Trump's gag order in Jan. 6 case

Lawyers for the former president and the special counsel team argued before a federal appeals court about the scope of a gag order lodged against him. The court gave no timetable for a ruling.

November 20, 2023
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  • Carrie Johnson
Demonstrators call for the return of 40 children who are among the roughly 240 hostages believed held by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip as they mark World Children's Day during a protest across from UNICEF offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday.

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  • Middle East

A deal for the release of Israeli hostages appears close, officials say

Talk of a possible deal comes as Palestinian health officials say Israeli fire hit another hospital in Gaza, and dozens of premature infants from Al-Shifa hospital are evacuated to Egypt.

November 20, 2023
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  • Scott Neuman,
  • Brian Mann,
  • and 2 more
Stephanie Land's 2019 memoir <em>Maid</em> became a 10-part Netflix series.

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  • Author Interviews

A memoir about life 'in the margins,' 'Class' picks up where 'Maid' left off

"As a country, we don't like giving poor people money and that's what they need the most," says author Stephanie Land. Her 2019 memoir Maid inspired a 10-part Netflix series.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley
A man picks through plastic waste at a garbage dump in Kenya.

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  • Climate

Global talks to cut plastic waste stall as industry and environmental groups clash

The United Nations wants to finish a plastics treaty by the end of 2024. Almost every piece of plastic is made from fossil fuels, and the industry wants a big say in how it's cleaned up.

November 20, 2023
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  • Michael Copley
Cheese testers lean in to inspect pizzas at the University of Wisconsin's Center for Dairy Research in Madison.

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  • National

Is eating cheese on your resume? In Wisconsin, it could be

New panelists at the University of Wisconsin's Center for Diary Research get trained to describe what they like about cheese based on its texture, taste, aroma and other attributes.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Maayan Silver
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter receives a kiss from his wife Rosalynn Carter after a press conference in Plains, Ga., in Oct. 2002.

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  • National

'My equal partner in everything': Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's 77-year marriage

By their own accounts, the former president and first lady weren't just spouses, but full partners who counted their relationship as their greatest achievement.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Emissions from a power plant in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 2022. Global emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases increased between 2021 and 2022, according to a new report from the United Nations.

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  • Climate

This is how far behind the world is on controlling planet-warming pollution

Global emissions of greenhouse gases are rising, according to an annual accounting by the United Nations. It warns development of new oil, gas and coal is incompatible with meeting climate targets.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
Sam Altman is shown at a panel discussion on artificial intelligence at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco on Thursday.

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  • Business

Ousted OpenAI leader Sam Altman joins Microsoft

The surprise development follows Altman's abrupt ouster from OpenAI by its board of directors over an apparent rift over balancing AI safety with the push to publicly release new powerful AI tools.

November 20, 2023
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  • Bobby Allyn
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