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President-elect Donald Trump wants Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to play a major role in U.S. food policy as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Some farmers and agriculture experts worry that Kennedy will push unscientific and unproven ideas.

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Some in the U.S. farm industry are alarmed by Trump's embrace of RFK Jr. and tariffs

President-elect Trump won landslide support in much of farm country, but his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his plan for a tariff fight with China alarms many farmers and agriculture experts.

November 17, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks after being elected Senate Majority Leader for the 119th Congress following the Senate Republican leadership elections on Nov. 13.

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Trump picks loyalists for top jobs, testing loyalty of Senate GOP

Nominees for several key Cabinet posts in the new administration of President-elect Trump caught officials in Washington off guard and ignited a firestorm of criticism — not all of it from Democrats.

November 17, 2024
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  • Ron Elving
Erykah Badu opens up on whether there's more to reality than we can see or touch.

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Erykah Badu likes chasing unreachable goals. Here's why

Erykah Badu opens up on Wild Card about wanting to live in a space shuttle, how music is the undertone to her life, and whether there's more to reality than we can see or touch.

November 17, 2024
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  • Rachel Martin
Scientists noted the kitten's unusual muzzle shape in their paper. The kitten had small ears and a large mouth opening.

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Scientists find a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed kitten in the Siberian permafrost

The kitten, which was found in Russia's northeastern Sakha Republic, still had fur and whiskers when it was discovered.

November 16, 2024
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  • Mansee Khurana
President Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 16, 2024.

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Biden and Xi take a first step to limit AI and nuclear decisions at their last meeting

The leaders agreed that humans should control decisions to use nuclear weapons — not AI. And they talked about the importance of stability during the transition to a new U.S. administration.

November 16, 2024
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  • Asma Khalid
The Department of Energy building is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2019. Trump picked Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright as his energy secretary.

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Trump announces oil executive Chris Wright as his pick for energy secretary

Trump announced Chris Wright, the CEO of oil and natural gas fracking services company Liberty Energy, as his pick for energy secretary.

November 16, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
Skiers ski past dry ground at a ski resort in 2015 in Olympic Valley, Calif. The resort changed its name in 2021 and has been among the places removing a derogatory word from their names.

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A derogatory term for Native women will be removed from place names across California

The word "squaw" was declared derogatory by the Department of Interior in 2021. Since then, hundreds of geographic features have been renamed with input from local tribes and Indigenous communities.

November 16, 2024
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  • Mansee Khurana
President-elect Donald Trump is calling on the GOP-led senate to use all options to approve his nominees.

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How far can Trump go to get his nominees confirmed?

If the Senate puts up a fight against President-elect Trump's demand for recess appointments, could Trump force Congress to adjourn and ram his nominees through anyway?

November 16, 2024
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  • Barbara Sprunt and
  • Susan Davis
From left: Michelle Salaün, Jeannine Plassard and Marie-Annick Gouez, the daughters of Catherine Tournellec Salaün, stand at their mother's grave in Plabennec, in France's Brittany region, in June.

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In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder

In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: a murder and sexual assault so traumatic they are only now coming to terms with it.

November 16, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Montgomery County, Maryland is currently meeting at the Lutheran Church of St. Andrew, after their building suffered a fire. It is one example of interfaith cooperation in the most religiously diverse county in the country.

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This county is the most religiously diverse in the U.S.

This stretch of New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland is so packed with houses of worship, it's been called the Embassy Row of Religions. But locals know it as the Highway to Heaven.

November 16, 2024
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  • Sarah Ventre
A portion of a house that collapsed during the overnight hours of Thursday and Friday is seen in the water in Rodanthe, N.C.

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Sixth beach house collapses in North Carolina's Outer Banks in the past 6 months

The daily effects of strong winds, large waves, as well as rising sea levels — which are fueled by human-caused climate change — are causing beaches on the Outer Banks to wash away.

November 16, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer waves from the stage on the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 22, 2024.

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  • Arts & Life

'Wait Wait' for November 16, 2024: Live in Detroit with Governor Whitmer!

This week, Wait Wait is live in Detroit with special guest Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and panelists Josh Gondelman, Hari Kondabolu, and Roxanne Roberts

November 16, 2024
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People attend a rally as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, 2023, by the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

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What Trump's win could mean for transgender health care access, athletes

President-elect Donald Trump promised to limit transgender health care access and ban trans athletes from school sports. We asked two experts what that would mean for trans people in the U.S.

November 16, 2024
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  • Michel Martin and
  • Mansee Khurana
The first season of <em>Bad Sisters </em>was adapted from a 2012 Belgian series called <em>Clan. </em>But Season 2 is all-new, Apple TV+ territory. Above,<em> </em>Eva Birthistle, left, Sharon Horgan, Sarah Greene and Eve Hewson as the Garvey sisters.

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Good news for 'Bad Sisters': They're just as fearless in Season 2

In the first season of this Apple TV+ black comedy, the Garveys plotted to kill their sister's abusive husband. And, yes, he ended up dead. But in the second season, things get even more complicated.

November 16, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
Players and coaches from Bay F.C. huddle before last Sunday's quarterfinal playoff game against the Washington Spirit in front of a sellout crowd at Audi Field in Washington, D.C.

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The NWSL rides a 'rocket ship' of interest in women's sports to a record-setting year

Across the board, 2024 was a record year for women's sports. The WNBA saw record audiences. In college basketball, the women's March Madness tournament outdrew the men's. The NWSL was no exception.

November 16, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
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