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N.Y. tour bus crash leaves 5 passengers dead and many others injured

First responders work to rescue victims at the scene of a tour bus that crashed and rolled over on the New York State Thruway near Pembroke, N.Y., on Friday.

A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls with 54 people on board crashed and rolled on a highway near Pembroke, killing five passengers and injuring many others, authorities said.

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Famine is declared in Gaza: What does it take to make this pronouncement?

A malnourished Palestinian child is examined at a Gaza hospital. A U.N.-backed panel has now declared that famine is underway in northern Gaza and warned it could extend to central and southern Gaza by late September.

An announcement of famine — as has now happened regarding Gaza — is a complicated decision. Here's what must be considered before such a declaration is made.

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Intel will give the U.S. government a 10% stake, Trump says

The Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, US, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

The president's highly unusual announcement underscores the Trump administration's desire to take control over U.S. businesses.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from federal custody pending criminal trial

Senator Chris Van Hollen, right, sits with Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Salvadorian citizen deported by the Trump administration — in El Salvador on April 17, 2025.

The case of Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man originally from El Salvador, raised basic questions of due process in Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants after he was arrested and sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador, violating a U.S. immigration judge's 2019 order prohibiting his deportation to his home country.

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Release of Uvalde school shooting documents raises questions for victims' families

Family members of the victims of the 2022 Uvalde school shooting where 19 students and two teachers died, recently got a look at newly released files from the Uvalde Consolidated School District and Uvalde County from the day of the shooting. More than three years after the tragedy, their suffering lingers without answers to their questions about how the security protocols failed that day.

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Justice Department releases transcripts from its conversations with Ghislaine Maxwell

In this July 2, 2020, file photo, Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell during a news conference in New York.

Maxwell spoke with top DOJ officials over the course of two days in late July. Asked about President Trump, she said she had never witnessed him "in any inappropriate setting in any way."

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The EV tax credit ends soon — but there's a little bit of wiggle room for car buyers

A selection of Kia EV6 sedans, which are fully electric vehicles, are displayed at a dealership, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Manchester, N.H.

A federal EV tax credit worth up to $7,500 ends Sept. 30. But the IRS has just clarified that shoppers don't need to actually have the keys in hand by the deadline to get the credit.

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Canada removes some of its retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.

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Canada is dropping retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday.

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See how new voting maps in Texas and California would shift the political landscape

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The major parties' redistricting battle escalated this week, with lawmakers in the country's two most populous states each taking a notable step toward a new congressional map.

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Joe Gruters, a Trump ally, elected new head of Republican National Committee

Joe Gruters, shown here in 2020, was elected to Florida

Joe Gruters, a Trump-backed Florida state senator, was elected on Friday to serve as the Republican Party's new chairman. Former chair Michael Whatley is running for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.

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Nothing lasts forever, except maybe the Goo Goo Dolls

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The band's frontman John Rzeznik talks about their new EP Summer Anthem and how, as he approaches 60, he might consider taking guitar lessons.

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell signals possible rate cut, sending stocks sharply higher

Fed Chair Jerome Powell, pictured here, signaled a potential rate cut at his much anticipated speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming — but stopped short of promising a rate cut at the next Fed meeting in September.

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell signaled a possible interest rate cut in the months to come, sending stocks sharply higher.

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She's bracing and saving to pay $2,800 a month for ACA health insurance next year

Ellen Allen, 63, needs health insurance to be able to keep paying for an expensive eye drop medicine that prevents blindness.

Raiding retirement savings. Pondering job changes or even marriage. People who buy their own health insurance are strategizing ahead of major price hikes in 2026. Open enrollment starts Nov. 1.

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FBI searches home of former Trump adviser John Bolton

Then-National Security Advisor John Bolton (R) listens to President Trump talk to reporters at the White House in February 2019 in Washington, DC.

The FBI said its search of Bolton's home was authorized by a court, but declined to provide further details. Bolton is a frequent critic of the president.

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U.N.-backed panel confirms famine in Gaza. And, DOJ to send Congress some Epstein docs

Palestinians gather to receive cooked meals from a food distribution center in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on August 18.

A U.N.-backed panel of experts has declared that northern Gaza is suffering from famine. And, the DOJ is expected to release to Congress the first wave of documents related to its Jeffrey Epstein probe.

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U.N.-backed agency says famine exists in northern Gaza

Palestinians, including children, who are struggling to access food due to Israel

A U.N.-backed food security group has issued a dire warning: famine has officially now taken hold in northern Gaza and is expected to spread in the coming months.

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Thai court acquits ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of royal defamation charge

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at Criminal Court for a verdict for allegedly defaming the monarchy in Bangkok on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025.

Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was acquitted of a royal defamation charge by a court on Friday, in a case that could have sent him to prison for up to 15 years.

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These programs help poor students with college. Trump wants to pull the funding

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For 60 years, TRIO has helped millions of people along the path to a degree, but the administration says it is no longer needed.

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DHS to states: Follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money

Election workers process absentee ballots on Nov. 4, 2024, in Portland, Maine. Maine is forgoing roughly $130,000 in election security grant money because the state does not plan to comply with new requirements from the Trump administration.

The Trump administration has tied new requirements to election security grants. Some states told NPR they're passing on the grants as a result.

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She's cared for America's elderly for decades. Trump wants her gone by Sept. 8

Immigrants make up a large share of workers caring for older adults and people with disabilities. Now some who had legal authorization to live and work in the U.S. are losing those protections.

The Trump administration has moved to end temporary protected status for immigrants from Honduras and other countries. Among them are health care workers tending to older and disabled people.

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Offered a cash price for a prenatal genetic test? It may be your best bet

The company Natera offers a blood test to pregnant women that checks for fetal abnormalities. Natera offers what it calls a "prompt-pay cash price" for these tests.

An expectant mom got a $750 bill for a blood test to check for genetic abnormalities in her baby. Then she tried to figure out why it was so high.

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Trump DOJ hired lawyer who compared Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust

Before joining the DOJ, Jonathan Gross was an outspoken attorney for Jan. 6 defendants. In September 2024, he appeared on One America News, where the chyron referred to the riot defendants as "regime hostages."

Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."

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First wave of Epstein files is being sent to Congress, says Oversight Committee chair

The chairman of the House Oversight Committee says the Justice Department will begin sharing files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation starting on Friday. Above, federal prosecutors announce charges against Epstein on July 8, 2019 in New York City.

The Justice Department is expected to deliver files from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation to the House Oversight Committee starting Friday. The panel plans to release some of the files publicly.

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A year ahead of the midterms, Medicaid cuts take center stage in Michigan

Two campaign signs sit on chairs at a Democratic town hall event in Macomb County, Michigan.

With roughly a quarter of Michiganders enrolled in the program, Democrats are hoping the issue gives them an edge in battleground districts.

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After a few chilly years, the real estate market is looking a little warmer

An aerial view of single family homes earlier this month in Miami.

High mortgage rates cooled home sales over the last few years. But data released this week shows signs that things may be thawing a bit.

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Timeline: Trump administration's words as critics press for Epstein records

President Trump arrives for a presentation ceremony for the Commander-in-Chief Trophy to the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen at the White House on April 15.

The Trump administration has shifted its tone and message in response to persistent pressure about the Epstein records — especially from supporters who see the unreleased files as an unfulfilled promise.

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Florida must stop expanding 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration center, judge says

President Trump tours "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, on July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla.

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday halting further expansion and ordering the winding down of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades.

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Kennedy Center terminates dance programming team

Dancers rehearse at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

This is the latest shakeup since Trump took over the cultural center. "We will have an exciting announcement about the new direction for Dance programming soon," said a Kennedy Center spokesperson.

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Supreme Court allows NIH to stop making nearly $800M in research grants for now

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But the court, in its emergency docket order, also left in place by a 5-4 order a lower court ruling that threw out NIH memos that enforced the administration's policies.

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Vance touts tax cuts, Trump's domestic agenda in Georgia

Vice President Vance speaks at Alta Refrigeration in Peachtree City, Ga., on Thursday to tout the Trump administration

The vice president spoke about the administration's domestic agenda enacted in a sweeping bill last month that will shift resources from social safety programs to immigration enforcement and tax cuts.

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