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How India's blocking of a film exposing real-life police abuses backfired

Omkar Khandekar

When Indian authorities scrubbed the biopic of activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, local villagers and activists turned its censorship into a grassroots movement.
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Striking hospital employees sound alarm over workplace violence

Lynn Arditi

In addition to pay, striking hospital workers say patient violence is an issue. Hospital workers are seven times more likely to be injured at work due to violent acts than the general working population.

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Congo's Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts

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Government data showed the outbreak had so far recorded 5,021 cases, including 2,378 deaths. The outbreak has infected and killed more people at a greater speed than any other outbreak in history.
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Feeling restless? Level up your life by starting a side quest

Malaka Gharib, Brittany Luse, Marielle Segarra, Corey Antonio Rose, Clare Marie Schneider

Feeling restless in life? Level up your main quest with an activity that has no other purpose than to add whimsy to your life. Play experts share tips on how to find the perfect side quest.
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Why more than 400,000 kids are on waitlists for federal childcare assistance

Joe Hernandez

The Child Care and Development Fund, the U.S. government's main source of funding to help low-income families pay for childcare, serves over 1.6 million children in a typical month.
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15 states have laws that allow corporal punishment in schools. Here's where, and why

Kadin Mills

There is broad consensus among psychologists that corporal punishment can be harmful to children, but the U.S. has no federal laws banning it in public schools.

A portrait of Gov. Elbridge Gerry hangs in a hallway at the State House in Boston. In 1812, Gerry drew up a redistricting plan to protect his cronies — leading to the word "gerrymander."

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Elbridge who? How the name of a forgotten founder lives on in the word 'gerrymander'

Scott Neuman

Elbridge Gerry was an important early figure in the American Revolution, but his decision to approve a "gerrymandered" state legislative map inadvertently won him lasting infamy.

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Israel strikes an air base in Syria to prevent Turkish troops from deploying

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Liberia's President Joseph Boakai addresses the 80th session of the UN General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Sept. 22, 2025.

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Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S.

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Trump says U.S. and Canada reached deal to delay 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports

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President Trump said he was delaying the 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports after the two countries reached a last-minute deal less than two hours before the sanctions were to go into effect.
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Trump administration moves to open untouched national forests to logging

Brian Mann

The end of "roadless rule" protections would open millions of acres of pristine forests to commercial use. Supporters say it will lead to better managed forests.
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Embattled Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills loses his fight to keep his House seat

Catherine Welch

Mills is the latest lawmaker in a recent string of congressional members facing scandals and allegations of domestic abuse while trying to run for elected office.
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ABC and Disney sue FCC, alleging First Amendment violations

David Folkenflik

The ABC network has sued the Federal Communications Commission, alleging that the Trump administration is violating its First Amendment rights by challenging ABC broadcast licenses and investigating the network's talk show The View.
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'Shrinking' star Jason Segel isn't afraid to share the 'dirty underneath'

Terry Gross

"If I have a superpower that I can't take credit for ... [it's] that I'm very vulnerable," Segel says. He plays a widowed therapist who offers very blunt advice in the Apple TV series Shrinking.