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News Articles: Politics

A hairdresser straightens a woman's hair by applying a hair product. A delayed proposal by the Food and Drug Administration would ban the use of formaldehyde as an ingredient in hair relaxers and hair straighteners.

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  • National

The FDA misses its deadline again to propose a ban on formaldehyde in hair products

The FDA's proposed rule would take a large step in shedding light on the potential harm that formaldehyde can cause to the many Black women who typically use hair straightening products.

July 20, 2024
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally in Butler, Pa., after an assassination attempt on his life.

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  • National

Trump's close call: A detailed time line

A day-by-day and hour-by-hour look at the events surrounding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13.

July 20, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Neuman and
  • Eric Westervelt
Flares fired by the Israeli military north of Nuseirat are pictured from Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip late on July 1.

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  • World

'We're inside the 10-yard line': Secretary of state on an Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal

Antony Blinken talks speaks on everything from the prospect of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, to the war in Ukraine and what the U.S. is doing to bring home Americans detained in Russia.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Sarah Handel,
  • and 1 more
President Biden does some retail campaigning at Mario's Westside Market in Las Vegas, alongside Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., on July 16. A case of COVID took Biden off the trail the following day.

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  • Politics

More Democrats ask Biden to drop out. His campaign says he'll be back next week

It's been a rough few weeks for President Biden. On Friday, more Democratic lawmakers said he should step aside. His campaign says he'll be back on the trail next week.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram,
  • Deirdre Walsh,
  • and 3 more
A photo of the floor of the Republican National Convention.

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  • Politics

What we saw at the RNC in Milwaukee

Four days, dozens of speakers and many balloons later, the 2024 Republican National Convention is officially over.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Grace Widyatmadja,
  • Keren Carrión,
  • and 1 more
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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and reading

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Watching the WNBA, celebrities throwing first pitches, the novel The God of the Woods, and the Criterion sale at Barnes & Noble.

July 19, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Netflix announced it will no longer offer the basic plan, its cheapest ad-free subscription tier, for U.S. and French users. The plan had already been phased out in Canada and the U.K.

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  • Television

Netflix ends its cheapest ad-free subscription

Netflix says it will no longer offer its basic plan for U.S. and French subscribers, which had already been phased out of other markets.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Lola Murti
 Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones play rival storm chasers in <em>Twisters</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Twisters' swirls an old-fashioned rom-com into an effects-happy action movie

This follow-up to the 1996 blockbuster Twister updates the original by making its heroine — not its hero — the center of gravity, but alas, the script doesn’t let her be a whole lot of fun.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • John Powers
Microsoft, which hosts cloud services with businesses and governments, said it was grappling with service outages after a glitch triggered by software distributed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

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  • National

What we know about the computer update glitch disrupting systems around the world

A tech meltdown left workers at airlines, banks and hospitals staring at the dreaded “blue screen of death” as their computers went inert in what is being described as a historic outage.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn,
  • Brian Mann,
  • and 2 more
Southwest Airlines says it's taking steps to keep its onboard beverages cooler.

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  • National

Soda cans are exploding on Southwest flights due to sky-high temperatures

The extreme heat searing the U.S. this summer is having an unexpected consequence thousands of feet in the air: It's causing some beverage cans on Southwest Airlines flights to burst when opened.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Months away from the U.S. presidential election, 73% of respondents in a poll by the American Psychiatric Association say they are feeling anxious about the election.

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  • Health

Stressed about politics? Here are 5 ways to take care of your mental health

Psychologists say it's normal to feel stress and negative emotions in times of uncertainty. There are also things you can do to take care of yourself.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
City of Woodstock Fire & Rescue truck. (Woodstock Fire Department, GA/Facebook)

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Tax breaks for disabled people, fire safety, lowering prescription costs

For the week ending July 19, Warnock and Ossoff worked on providing fire safety upgrades to Georgia communities, lowering the costs of prescriptions, extending tax benefits for individuals with disabilities, and supporting the education of military children who have lost a parent who served.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
 An artist impression of <em>Fona herzogae.</em>

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  • Science

A newly discovered dinosaur may have spent part of its life underground

A new dinosaur has been discovered in Utah by North Carolina researchers and paleontologists. They believe it was a burrowing species.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Jordan-Marie Smith
Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26.

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  • Europe

Russian court sentences U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison

A Russian court convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of espionage Friday, sentencing him to 16 years in a Russian prison colony in a trial the U.S. denounced as a sham.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
Trump watch party

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  • News

'One big family': Georgia Republicans react to first Trump speech since assassination attempt

Georgia Republicans gathered at a Sandy Springs movie theater to watch former President Donald Trump speak at the final night of the Republican National Convention, just days after an assassination attempt. 

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Mira Donaldson
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