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The impact of Biden's popular humanitarian parole for migrants, one year later

5:20pm October 18, 2023

by Tim Padgett

A year ago, the Biden administration started a humanitarian parole program for migrants escaping dictatorships and economic collapse in four countries. It hasn't stopped illegal border crossings.

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Biden makes deal on aid delivery to Gaza

5:20pm October 18, 2023

In his visit to Israel, President Biden made a deal on limited humanitarian aid delivery to Gaza. Twelve days ago, Hamas killed 1,400 people in Israel. More than 3,400 people have been killed in Gaza.

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A breakdown of the chaos going on in the House

5:11pm October 18, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Norman Ornstein, a senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, about what's is happening in the House.

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How the consumer sentiment index is made

5:11pm October 18, 2023

When the Fed wants to see if its policies are working to tamp down inflation, it looks to the Consumer Price Index. But to see into the future, policymakers look to the consumer sentiment index.

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How a family-owned Chinese restaurant shaped Curtis Chin's worldview

5:08pm October 18, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Curtis Chin's new memoir, Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant tells the story of how he came of age helping out at his parents' business in Detroit.

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Rep. Jim Jordan fails second ballot for speaker

4:52pm October 18, 2023

by Susan Davis

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, failed a second ballot for Speaker of the House, leaving the chamber and the GOP without a path forward.

Beth Holloway speaks to media after the appearance of Joran van der Sloot outside a federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala. on Oct. 18, 2023. Van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance in Aruba admitted he killed her and disposed of her remains, and pleaded guilty that he tried to extort money from the teen's mother.

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18 years after she disappeared, Natalee Holloway's family finally has answers

3:25pm October 18, 2023

by Melanie Peeples

Holloway went to Aruba in 2005 on a high school graduation trip. She was last seen with Joran van der Sloot the night she vanished. He told Holloway's mom how she died and what he did with the body.

A view shows an area of Al Ahli Arab Hospital where hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast. The blast area was relatively small but occurred in a courtyard packed with Palestinian civilians.

Here's the available evidence of what happened at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza

3:18pm October 18, 2023

Videos and photos provide some clues, but much remains unknown about the horrific explosion at the site.

Leonard Allan Cure spent 16 years in prison after a wrongful conviction by a Florida jury.

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Leonard Allan Cure, freed after a wrongful conviction, is shot dead in a traffic stop

3:05pm October 18, 2023

Cure was exonerated in 2020 after more than 16 years in prison for a robbery he did not commit. He was fatally shot by a Georgia sheriff's deputy after being pulled over for speeding.

A cosplayer dressed as a boxed Barbie doll attends the MCM Comic Con at ExCeL exhibition centre in London on May 26, 2023.

It's a pink Halloween. Here are some of the most popular costumes of 2023

2:57pm October 18, 2023

by Kaity Kline

People are spending more money than ever on Halloween costumes. Here are the ones people are buying the most in 2023.

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