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In excerpt from new memoir, Melania Trump says women have the ‘right to choose’ abortion
The former first lady says she is a longtime supporter of abortion rights. Her memoir is coming out a year after former President Donald Trump said he was "able to kill Roe v. Wade."
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Neighbors have been helping neighbors recover from hurricane Helene
The effort to recover from Hurricane Helene is only beginning. But neighbors and volunteers from humanitarian organizations are pitching in to help.
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Judge unseals new Trump Jan. 6 election interference evidence
Prosecutors provided the most detailed look yet at their election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
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After helping in war and quake zones, this restaurateur feeds residents hit by Helene
The restaurant is providing free meals for those impacted by Hurricane Helene.
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The Fight Over Who Writes the History of Modern China
As China celebrates 75 years of Communist Party rule, there is a fight over who gets to tell the history of those years. The party would prefer to make sure the story is a positive one and is exerting power to control that narrative. One high profile example of that is playing out far away, in California.
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A court blocks a couple from suing Uber over a car crash because of Uber Eats' terms
An appeals court sided with Uber, ruling a couple can't sue over a near-fatal car crash because they had agreed to Uber Eats' arbitration clause. Their lawyer is worried about a "slippery slope."
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How Iran’s missile strike on Israel appears to have hit some targets
Videos posted online suggest that two air bases were targeted by multiple incoming missiles. The strike appears to have been more sophisticated than one earlier this year.
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A Texas man is executed for fatally stabbing twin teenage girls in 1989
Garcia Glenn White, 61, was the sixth inmate put to death in the U.S. in the last 11 days. His execution comes shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected three last-ditch appeals.
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'A damning non answer': Vance refuses to say whether Trump lost in 2020 at debate
Democratic VP hopeful Tim Walz called his response a "damning non answer."
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On the VP debate stage, two visions for policing in America were laid out
The disparate philosophies between Tim Walz and JD Vance on law and order and ensuring public safety in the U.S. were on display in the presidential debate.
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Walz says his teenage son witnessed a shooting, drawing sympathy from Vance
Gov. Tim Walz told Tuesday night's vice presidential debate that his son Gus witnessed a shooting, an admission that visibly surprised and saddened his opponent, JD Vance, onstage.
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Watch: Moderators mute JD Vance's mic during immigration exchange in VP debate
Ahead of Tuesday night's vice presidential debate between Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz, CBS News said the network would reserve the right to turn off microphones if necessary.
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Trump backs out of a '60 Minutes' prime-time interview, CBS says
60 Minutes announced on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump has backed out of an interview he had agreed to do as part of its prime-time election special next week.
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Watch the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate Simulcast On NPR
Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance will take the debate stage tonight starting at 9 p.m. Watch the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate Simulcast on NPR.
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Israel Invades Lebanon, Iran Attacks Israel
Iran launched long-range missiles against Israel, just hours after Israeli forces launched a ground offensive into southern Lebanon against Iran's main proxy, Hezbollah. The dramatic escalation is raising fears of an all-out war in the Middle East. We hear from two NPR correspondents in the region. For more coverage of all sides of this conflict, go to npr.org/mideastupdates
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More than 20 students and teachers are feared dead in Thailand school trip bus fire
A bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok, leaving more than 20 feared dead, officials and rescuers said.
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