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Israeli official says Friday is the soonest the deal with Hamas would take effect. Black Friday remains the busiest day for U.S. stores. Protests continue over a police training facility near Atlanta.
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N.Y. governor says no sign of terrorism in deadly vehicle explosion at border bridge
Two occupants in the vehicle that exploded at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, N.Y., are both dead, officials said. "At this time there is no indication of a terrorist attack," the governor said.
Broadway costuming legend accused of sexual assault in civil suit
William Ivey Long, a six-time Tony Award winner and past chairman of the American Theatre Wing, is one of the defendants in a lawsuit filed Wednesday by Court Watson, a set and costume designer.
Wisconsin's Supreme Court hears case that may mean new legislative maps for the state
New districts could be on the way for Wisconsin's state legislature. The state's Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could mean new legislative maps.
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Israel and Hamas agree to a four-day pause in fighting to free some hostages. Sam Altman will return to OpenAI as CEO. Wisconsin's Supreme Court hears case that could change district voting maps.
He disappeared in 1995. His mother's search led to a mass grave and changed laws
LaMont Dottin was a sophomore at Queens College when he vanished one day in 1995. His mother became a "one-woman search party" whose journey would lead her to a mass grave.
Over 200 convicted in relation to Italy's most powerful mafia group
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Queens University professor Antonio Nicaso about the conviction of 207 people in a trial against Italy's most powerful crime syndicate.
A novel prison program for pregnant women and their babies
Minnesota is believed to be the first state that allows some mothers to live outside of prison with their new babies.
Genocide is the word hanging over the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Gaza
NPR's Leila Fadel asks David M. Crane, founding prosecutor for the U.N. special court for Sierra Leone, to define genocide in legal terms.
Musk's X sues Media Matters over its report on ads next to hate groups' posts
Elon Musk's social media company X, formerly called Twitter, filed a lawsuit against the liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America on Monday.