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After months of obstacles, a Gaza man reaches a hospital in the West Bank for surgery

A Gaza man waited for more than two months before he got Israeli permission to leave Gaza for a Palestinian hospital in the West Bank.

Casey White (left) is an Alabama inmate charged with two counts of capital murder who disappeared from custody on Friday. Vicky White (no relation) is the Lauderdale County assistant director of corrections who said she was going to transport Casey White to a local courthouse before the pair went missing.

Missing Alabama corrections officer and inmate had a prior relationship, official says

Corrections officer Vicky White told jail staff she was transporting inmate Casey White (no relation) to a mental health evaluation before the two went missing.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) and John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, meet this week in Moscow. Kerry's trip was clearly aimed at improving the bilateral climate as well.

The U.S. Climate Envoy Went To Moscow And Talked About More Than Climate

John Kerry, the former secretary of state and now President Biden's special envoy for climate, is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Moscow since Biden took office.

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry is interviewed by NPR's Lucian Kim on Thursday at Spaso House, the official Moscow residence of the U.S. ambassador to Russia.

The U.S. Climate Envoy Went To Moscow And Talked About More Than Climate

John Kerry, the former secretary of state and now President Biden's special envoy for climate, is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Moscow since Biden took office.

Tom Daley said his work on knitting projects helped him stay calm between events at the Tokyo Olympics, where he won a gold medal. He recently launched an online store, selling knitting kits.

Olympic diver and knitter Tom Daley launches his own online knitting shop

The British diving star was often seen knitting at the Tokyo Olympics, where he won a gold medal. He sold doggie jumpers for charity; now the purler's going pro with a shop that sells knitting kits.

"What happens on social media doesn't stay on social media," Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa said on Friday, as she accepted the award in Oslo's city hall.

Nobel Peace laureates blast tech giants and warn against rising authoritarianism

"If you're working in tech, I'm talking to you," Rappler CEO Maria Ressa said. She later added, "What happens on social media doesn't stay on social media."

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A signed copy of Emancipation Proclamation.

To Celebrate Juneteenth, Listen To A Reading Of The Emancipation Proclamation

To mark Juneteenth, NPR staff members read the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth — the celebration to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States — is now a federal holiday.

More people died of malaria in 2020 than in 2019. Here's why

A new report from the World Health Organization contains some encouraging numbers but also cause for concern, with both cases and deaths on the upswing last year. The pandemic is just one reason.

A teacher walks through an empty classroom at Hazelwood Elementary School in Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 11.

How social-emotional learning became a target for Ron DeSantis and conservatives

Florida officials recently rejected a slew of math textbooks, claiming they included "prohibited topics." Journalist Dana Goldstein theorizes the objections related to social-emotional learning.

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