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Hundreds of people rallied on the University of Minnesota campus on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, to protest Israel's war with Hamas. Earlier in the day, nine antiwar protesters were arrested as police took down an encampment organizers said was set up to show solidarity with the people of Gaza.

Columbia to continue talks with student protesters after deadline to clear out passes

After the arrests of dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters, students across the country have erected encampments on campuses in solidarity.

Sophia Ferst (left) and her wife, Madison Bethke, outside of Helena, Montana. After <em>Roe v. Wade </em>was overturned, Ferst decided to get sterilized. She is one of many people under 30 now seeking permanent contraception.

How ob-gyns are handling more requests for sterilization after ‘Roe’ was overturned

Tubal ligations doubled in the 16 months following the Dobbs decision. Vasectomies also increased, but men still get sterilized much less often than women.

The fall of Syria's dictatorship ripples out to one family in Toledo, Ohio

When Syria's dictatorship fell, celebrations broke out around the world, including in Ohio, where Mohammed al-Refai, a refugee from Syria, lives now. NPR has followed his story for nearly a decade.

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President Donald Trump speaks during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Monday.

4 takeaways from Trump's second inaugural address

In what was arguably the most unusual inauguration in American history, President Donald Trump pledged a "golden age" for the country. Here are the key moments.

An Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala. A Senate investigation found that Amazon workers were nearly twice as likely to be injured compared to workers at other warehouses in the industry.

Amazon manipulated injury data to make warehouses appear safer, a Senate probe finds

A Senate committee investigation, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, accused Amazon of risking worker safety for speed while manipulating injury data to make its warehouses seem safer than they are.

So-called atomic veterans who worked on nuclear weapons tests, like this one from July 25, 1946 file photo above Bikini atoll in the Marshall Islands, are fighting to renew funds that compensate them for health effects from their work.

Atomic vets are on the verge of losing federal benefits. Congress hasn't helped

Veterans who helped test nuclear weapons are fighting to renew a 34-year-old law meant to help compensate for the long-term health effects of their work.

Three young spectators covering their faces from rubber debris and smoke at the spinning pitch, at Wheelz n Smoke arena, on July 7th 2024, Johannesburg, South Africa

From convict to cabinet: South Africa's new sports minister promotes gangland motorsport

South Africa's new sports minister once drove getaway cars in bank heists. Now he's in government, with plans to bring the dangerous pastime of car spinning into the mainstream.

People rested at the Oregon Convention Center cooling station in Portland, Oregon during a record-breaking heat wave in 2021. FEMA has never responded to an extreme heat emergency, but some hope that will change. (Photo by Kathryn Elsesser / AFP via Getty Images)

Why isn’t extreme heat considered a disaster in the U.S.?

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has never responded to deadly or damaging extreme heat. Environmental groups and labor unions are asking for that to change.

This cartoon illustrates the campaign of 1888 when Republican Benjamin Harrison and Democrat Grover Cleveland were the candidates.

Trump is hoping to win non-consecutive terms. Only one president has done it

If reelected, Trump would only be the second president to serve non-consecutive terms after Grover Cleveland in the late 1800s. Here's a look at how that happened — and who else has tried.

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