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The new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked Tuesday. The judge said the law is "unconstitutional on its face."

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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has resigned over accusations that he failed to report physical and sexual abuse to the police.

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A man who authorities said was upset over his divorce settlement rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports complex in southern China, police said.

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The original 2021 ruling ordered Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels. The appeals court said there is "insufficient consensus" on a specific reduction percentage.

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Participant reported relief from chronic low back pain and reduced need for pain-relief medications.

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Sudan's civil war has displaced 10 million citizens. Here are profiles of two young people from the most vulnerable groups: an unaccompanied minor caring for twin brothers, a woman who was raped.

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Congress reconvenes this week with a top priority: electing the leaders of each chamber. Here's a look at the contenders. And, top priorities for Trump's Justice Department.

Gallego led in the polls for much of his race against Kari Lake, a MAGA firebrand who's yet to concede her 2022 gubernatorial loss.

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Where did Democrats go wrong with men this election? How did Republicans win them over, and how might Democrats work to win some of them back?NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Aaron Smith of the Young Men Research Initiative and John Della Volpe with the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics.

Voters really don't like inflation. In fact, whenever there's a sustained jump in the cost of living, the party in power often pays a price.

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The Sing Sing maximum security prison in New York held its first-ever film festival recently, with incarcerated men invited to judge the five entries.

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President Biden used to tell world leaders "America is back," implying the Trump era's go-it-alone ethos was a one-term blip. But Biden needs a new line for this week's APEC and G20 summits.

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Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on Monday.

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An estimated 200,000 people, many of them Indigenous Māori, suffered abuse in New Zealand's foster and faith-based care over a period of seven decades

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John Robinson, the veteran football coach who enjoyed many years of success at the University of Southern California and with the Los Angeles Rams, has died. He was 89.

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A former drugstore worker in the small Indiana community of Delphi was found guilty of murder on Monday in the killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike.

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If confirmed, the Florida senator would become the first Latino to ever serve as the nation's top diplomat.

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As national security adviser, the Florida congressman would play a key role in shaping U.S. policy on geopolitical conflicts ranging from the war in Ukraine to the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

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A coffee shop in a small town in North Carolina has become a place for veterans to get together while also serving as a museum of sorts, as it holds photos and medals from the past 100 years.

President-elect Donald Trump said the New York Republican would help push deregulation and support American businesses. Environmental groups decried the nomination.

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