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Palestinian artists paint a mural in honor of slain veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Gaza City, after she was killed on May 11. A new U.N. report says Israeli forces fired the shots that killed Abu Akleh and injured a colleague.

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Israeli gunfire killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, U.N. says

10:00am June 24, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"We have found no information suggesting that there was activity by armed Palestinians in the immediate vicinity," U.N. Human Rights Office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said.

Runners compete in the women's NCAA Division I Cross-Country Championships, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, in Terre Haute, Ind.

A new NCAA report show the stark gap in funding for women's sports

6:43am June 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

A newly released report shows men's college athletic programs received more than double that of women's programs in allocated resources in 2020.

Gabby Giffords documentary comes as gun debates stay on center stage

6:05am June 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

The film on the former Arizona congresswoman and her recovery from the 2011 shooting explains how she navigated gun control campaigns and later a Senate campaign.

Volunteers take part in a 2004 voter outreach event in Dearborn, Mich., organized by the Arab American Institute. While there is no federal requirement for Arabic-language ballots, the city of Dearborn recently started requiring election materials to be t

Politics & Government

A federal law requires translated voting ballots, but not in Arabic or Haitian Creole

5:00am June 24, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Voting Rights Act requires some states and local areas to offer election materials in more than just English. But the support for voters is limited to Spanish, Asian and Native American languages.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson signs the visitors book while visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, Thursday June 23, 2022.

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British Conservatives lose 2 elections in blow to PM Boris Johnson

2:22am June 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

Defeat in the two district contests increases jitters among Conservatives who worry the erratic and divisive prime minister is no longer an electoral asset.

Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, the lead Republican negotiator, talks to reporters after giving a speech in support of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Senate passes gun control bill and sends it to the House

11:05pm June 23, 2022

by NPR Washington Desk

The first major gun legislation in nearly three decades would incentivize states to pass red flag laws and expand background checks for 18- to 21-year-olds, among other measures.

From left, Steven Engel, former assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, Jeffrey Rosen, former acting attorney general, and Richard Donoghue, former acting deputy attorney General, testify before the House Select Committee to Investigat

Politics & Government

'Just say it was corrupt' and 3 other takeaways from Thursday's Jan. 6 hearing

9:42pm June 23, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

Former Justice Department officials described the relentless pressure Trump put on them to find evidence of voter fraud when it didn't exist and a tense showdown in the Oval Office.

An illlustration of a meeting at the Oval Office of the White House appears onscreen during a hearing by the House select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack in Washington on Thursday.

Former DOJ officials detail threatening to resign en masse in meeting with Trump

8:06pm June 23, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

Witnesses in today's hearing revealed details of a dramatic Oval Office meeting on Jan. 3, 2021.

Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (C) presides over the fifth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol on Thursday.

Politics & Government

Here's every word from the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

7:31pm June 23, 2022

Read the full transcript from the June 23 hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

A video displays a discussion about presidential pardons on Thursday during the fifth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Politics & Government

Republican lawmakers asked the White House for pardons before and after Jan. 6

6:37pm June 23, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

Various Republican House members requested pardons from President Donald Trump in the final days of his administration, according to testimony presented before the Jan. 6 committee.