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M23 rebels patrol the streets of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday.

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  • Africa

5 things to know about the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to claim more territory in one of the world's most mineral-rich territories.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Emmet Livingstone
Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, pictured at the 1995 World Figure Skating Championships in England. They had since worked as coaches at a training club in Boston. Russian authorities confirmed they were on board the American Eagle flight that crashed after a collision near Washington, D.C.

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  • World

U.S. and Russian figure skaters are among the victims of the D.C.-area plane crash

At least a dozen figure skaters, coaches and their family members were on the plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., including two teenage competitors and a Russian husband-and-wife coaching duo.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Rachel Treisman
In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington.

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  • News

Investigation into the fatal plane-helicopter crash. And, future of nuclear testing

The next steps in the fatal midair plane and helicopter crash investigation. And, why nuclear testing could ramp up in the U.S., as well as a look inside the secret lab where weapons testing happens.

January 31, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
Tigers are visible at the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur, India.

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  • World

Study finds India doubled its tiger population in a decade

The study found that some local communities near tiger habitats have also benefited from the increase in tigers because of the foot traffic and revenues brought in by ecotourism.

January 31, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A man takes a picture of his wife with Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont, in the background in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

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  • World

A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori

The recognition acknowledges the mountain's theft from the Māori after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement from the country's government to Indigenous people.

January 31, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Vehicles with the International Committee of the Red Cross arrive, while Palestinian militants and civilians stand by, for the release of Israeli hostage Agam Berger in Jabalia, Gaza Strip, Thursday.

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  • World

3 Israeli and 5 Thai hostages are freed in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

Three more Israeli and five Thai hostages have been released by Palestinian militants from captivity and returned to Israel, after being held for more than 15 months in Gaza.

January 30, 2025
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  • Kat Lonsdorf and
  • Daniel Estrin
Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport.

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Plane, Black Hawk helicopter collide near D.C. And, Trump's plans for Guantánamo

An American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last night. And, President Trump plans to use Guantánamo as a waystation for deportees.

January 30, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
An aerial view of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, after the ceasefire in Gaza came into effect, Jan. 28. Months of Israeli shelling caused heavy damage.

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  • World

Trump's Mideast envoy visits Gaza before meeting with Netanyahu

Steve Witkoff helped negotiate the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. His visit to Gaza on Wednesday was the first by a senior U.S. official in more than a decade.

January 29, 2025
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  • Kat Lonsdorf
Beijing, China: Dragon dancers perform at a park on the first day of the Lunar New Year of Snake on Jan. 29.

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  • World

Photos: Celebrations commence the Year of the Snake

For many, the Lunar New Year is a time to reflect on people they have lost. But it's also a time to set intentions and welcome the new energy of the future.

January 29, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, waits to meet a Ukrainian delegation on Dec. 30, 2024 in Damascus, Syria.

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  • World

Ahmed al-Sharaa, who toppled Assad, is named Syria's interim president

Sharaa was already de facto head of Syria's government ever since a coalition of rebel fighters swept through most of Syria and ousted Assad's regime.

January 29, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
The 2025 Doomsday Clock time — displayed at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday — is the closest it's ever been to midnight.

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  • World

The Doomsday Clock has never been closer to metaphorical midnight. What does it mean?

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history. Here's a look at how — and why — it's moved.

January 29, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
President Donald Trump has promised to greatly curtail the federal government and a memo released Monday by the Office of Management and Budget aims to follow through on that promise by halting a large swath of federal grant programs.

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  • News

Two ways Trump aims to reshape government. And, how U.S. children are doing in school

President Trump's actions this week reveal his broad effort to reshape the federal government. And, the new Nation's Report Card shows the pandemic's impact on education nearly five years later.

January 29, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
A lump of chewed up crinoid fragments from 66 million years ago is now at a museum in Denmark.

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  • Science

66 million years ago, a fish chewed up and spit out food. It's now a fossil in Denmark

The fossil was found at a cliff in Denmark. Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite, and it's a type of trace fossil, which tells scientists about an organism's daily life.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • James Doubek
A policeman gestures as the belongings of Hindu devotees lie scattered after a stampede when Hindu devotees rushed to take a holy bath in the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on "Mauni Amavasya" or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India on Wednesday.

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  • World

Several people are feared dead in a stampede at massive festival in India

Millions continued to throng the site even as police urged them to avoid the area. Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas.

January 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech in front of the <em>Mona Lisa</em> by Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre in Paris on Tuesday.

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  • World

The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room

French President Emmanuel Macron laid out an ambitious plan for a "reimagined, restored and expanded" Louvre. An art critic says Macron is aiming for another success after restoration of Notre Dame.

January 28, 2025
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  • Nick Spicer
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