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Syrian President Sharaa makes the 1st White House visit by a Syrian head of state

In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, President Trump shakes hands with Syria

Formerly aligned with al-Qaida with a U.S. bounty on his head, Ahmed al-Sharaa became Syria's president after leading the rebels who toppled the country's authoritarian Assad regime.

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Trump ramps up the 'insider pardon' for those in his personal, political orbit

President Trump holds up a signed executive order relating to clemency for anti-abortion protesters in the Oval Office in January.

This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says.

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Senators reach deal to reopen the government. And, countries gather for climate talks

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to reporters following a vote on Capitol Hill on Nov. 9, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The Senate convened for a rare Sunday session in an attempt to end the government shutdown.

Several Senate Democrats break ranks to join Republicans in a deal to reopen the government. And, world leaders gather in Brazil for a major climate conference, but the U.S. is not expected to attend.

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Trump grants pardons to Giuliani, Meadows, others linked to 2020 election efforts

FILE - Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani participates in a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks in New York, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025.

The pardons include 77 allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and former Trump attorney Sidney Powell.

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In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments

Members of the National Guard patrol near the U.S. Capitol on October 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. As the administration started sending troops into several Democratic-led cities this summer, some members of the Ohio guard began expressing concern in a Signal group chat.

As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.

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Alaska's public schools can serve as emergency shelters. The buildings are in crisis

Emergency supplies fill the lobby of the Chief Paul Memorial School in Kipnuk, Alaska. Nearly 700 people sheltered there for two days after ex-Typhoon Halong.

Alaska's public schools are being used as emergency shelters, though many of the buildings are crumbling.

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People want to avoid ultra-processed foods. But experts struggle to define them

The majority of foods sold in U.S. grocery stores are considered ultra-processed. But some nutritionists say not all of them are unhealthy.

The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.

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Countries are gathering for climate negotiations. Here's where the U.S. stands

Nearly 200 countries gather every year at Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings to discuss and negotiate ways to address global climate change. Brazil will host COP30 from November 10-21 in the northern city of Belém.

Under President Trump, the U.S. has taken steps to roll back climate policies. Here are six significant changes.

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Typhoon Fung-wong leaves 4 dead and 1.4 million displaced in the Philippines

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, rescuers evacuate residents to safer grounds Laurel, Batangas province, Philippines as Typhoon Fung-wong affects the country, Sunday Nov. 9 2025.

Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the Philippines after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least four people and displacing more than 1.4 million.

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Senators take first step toward reopening the government after historic shutdown

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol Building on Sept. 30.

The Senate voted late Sunday evening on a compromise that could reopen the government following the longest shutdown in history.

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MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches

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Two Major League Baseball pitchers have been indicted on charges they took bribes to give bettors advance notice of the types of pitches they'd throw and intentionally tossed balls instead of strikes.

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Some UPS and FedEx planes are grounded. What does that mean for holiday shipping?

The tails of three UPS aircraft are shown parked at Miami International Airport in Miami in 2020. Some UPS and FedEx planes are grounded after a UPS plane crashed.

UPS and FedEx's fleets of MD-11 planes are grounded, which can each carry thousands of packages. Logistics experts say some cargo could shift to passenger planes, trains and trucks.

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Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner for 17 years, dies at 84

NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue responds to questions during a news conference at the conclusion of the National Football League

Paul Tagliabue, who helped bring labor peace and riches to the NFL during his 17 years as commissioner but was criticized for not taking stronger action on concussions, died on Sunday at 84 years old.

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BBC director resigns after criticism of the broadcaster's editing of a Trump speech

BBC Director-General Tim Davie is pictured at BBC World Service offices in London, Thursday, April 28, 2022.

The BBC said that director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism of the broadcaster's editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Trump admin tells states to 'immediately undo' steps to fund November SNAP benefits

Jen Janecek Hartman helps prepare bagged meals for a food bank for students at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in New Town, N.D.

The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.

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Israel receives remains of hostage that Hamas says is IDF soldier killed in 2014

Freed Israeli hostage Matan Angrest holds a photo of Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier killed in 2014 whose body has been held in Gaza since then, during a rally calling for the return of the deceased hostages who are held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.

Hadar Goldin was killed on Aug. 1, 2014, two hours after a ceasefire took effect ending that year's war between Israel and Hamas.

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A first-time HPV vaccination campaign sees some success -- and strong resistance

Vaccinators administer the HPV vaccine inside a home in Sihala in Islamabad, Pakistan.

The goal: inoculate 90% of girls in parts of Pakistan to immunize them against the infection that causes cervical cancer. "Our biggest challenge was to counter misinformation," says a spokesman.

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Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo

Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, right, walks past as police officers block an entrance to the Louvre after thieves carried out a daylight raid on French crown jewels, in Paris, Oct. 19, 2025.

"I didn't want to say immediately it was me," fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux said. "With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last."

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Many would-be buyers are frozen out of the housing market

High prices and high mortgage rates are making it hard for many people to get a toehold in the housing market. A new report from the National Association of Realtors says the share of homes sold to first-time buyers dropped to a record low in the last year.

Only about one in five homes sold in the last year went to a first-time buyer. And the average person buying their first home was 40 years old — a record high. A new report from the National Association of Realtors shows how challenging it's become for young people to get a foothold in today's costly housing market.

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Nearly a million people evacuate as Super Typhoon Fung-wong threatens the Philippines

In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Communications Office, damaged homes are shown beside Mananga Bridge in Talisay, Cebu Province, central Philippines on Friday Nov. 7, 2025 after Typhoon Kalmaegi devastated the province and claimed lives.

Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, started battering the country's northeastern coast ahead of landfall on Sunday.

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Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment

The Washington headquarters of the Department of Education on March 12. A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of Education Department employees when it replaced their personalized out-of-office notifications with partisan language.

A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies.

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Trump says boat crews are narco-terrorists. The truth is more nuanced, AP finds

Robert Sánchez dropped out of school as a teenager and like many others in the region became a fisherman like his father, according to friends and relatives.

In interviews in villages on Venezuela's northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists.

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4 dead, 11 injured after a car chased by police plows into a crowd outside Tampa bar

The Tampa Police Department is investigating a deadly crash Saturday in Tampa

A deadly crash in Tampa's Ybor City neighborhood early Saturday morning has left four people dead and 11 injured.

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After 40 years, plans to deploy a new undersea habitat are in progress

A British engineering and research company is unveiling a "subsea human habitat," a base that four people can live and work in for missions of a week or more. It's the first new underwater habitat developed since the 1980s.

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CRISPR gene-editing works to reduce high cholesterol in a new study

Patients with high cholesterol often take medicine for years to manage it but a new gene-editing treatment has potential to make a difference.

An experimental gene-editing treatment shows promise for permanently lowering levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, possibly helping cut the risk for heart disease.

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Doctor in Sudan wins $1 million prize for his extraordinary courage: 'It is my duty'

Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan is the winner of the $1 million Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, in recognition of his medical work during the ongoing civil war. He says: "There are days ... when you wonder if what you are doing will ever be enough. But then you

Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan has been awarded the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He says, "Every day we work in the impossible conditions with barely enough to keep people alive."

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Opinion: Remembering Bob Trumpy — NFL great, broadcaster, and life-saver

Announcer Bob Trumpy circa 1981.

Bob Trumpy has died. While he leaves a fine legacy as a Cincinnati sportscaster, his best moment might have been the two hours he spoke with a desperate and depressed woman who called into his show.

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An Israeli military court considers fate of U.S. teen charged with stone-throwing

Israeli soldiers arrested Mohammed Ibrahim in February for allegedly throwing stones in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. An Israeli military court is weighing the fate of the Florida teenager.

A Israeli military court will weigh the fate of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly throwing rocks in the West Bank. U.S. lawmakers have urged his release.

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Wait, what? A RAT caught and ate a BAT? And there's video! What does it portend?

Scientists were surprised to see their recording of swarming bats revealed a rat attack.

Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans?

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Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people

Two ICE agents film the press using smartphones in the hallway outside the immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza in New York USA on July 11 2025. The Department of Homeland Security has been acquiring new tools to identify people and monitor them.

The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike.

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