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Vice President Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff listen to a guide as they tour Ghana's Cape Coast slave castle, a prison and embarkation point for slaves en route to the Americas. Misper Apawu/AP hide caption

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Harris wiped away tears as she toured the Cape Coast slave castle in Ghana

The vice president visited a castle that was one of the last stops before enslaved people were transported across the Atlantic. "The horror of what happened here must always be remembered," she said.

Committee ranking member Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., with Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Feb. 28, 2023. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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An aide to Sen. Rand Paul is recovering after an assault in Washington, D.C.

Paul described the attack as brutal, and said a suspect had been arrested. The incident comes as a House panel this week holds the first in a series of oversight hearings on D.C., including on crime.

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This is the period talk you should've gotten

We asked two experts how they would give the period talk. Here are six pieces of advice — including the science of periods, management techniques, and how to know when something is wrong.

This is the period talk you should've gotten

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From left, lawyer Kevin Spellacy, defendant Chase Cominsky, lawyer Gregory Gentile and defendant Jacob Runyan (left to right) appeared in court Monday in Ohio, where the defendants pleaded guilty to one felony and one misdemeanor charge each for cheating during a 2022 fishing tournament. Matthew Richmond/Ideastream Public Media hide caption

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The fishermen caught cheating during a walleye tournament plead guilty

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Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky will be sentenced on one felony and one misdemeanor each after walleye they claimed to have caught during a fishing competition in September were found to have weights inside them.

Former Fox producer Abby Grossberg is alleging the network's attorneys pressured her to portray the network in a favorable light in testimony about what happened after the 2020 election. Here, a display outside the Fox News headquarters in New York in July 2020. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Fired Fox News producer says she'd testify against the network in $1.6 billion suit

Abby Grossberg, a producer for Tucker Carlson and Maria Bartiromo, alleges Fox News attorneys coerced her to lie under oath in a defamation case against the network. Fox fired her on Friday.

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A principal is fired — and invited to Italy — after students are shown Michelangelo's 'David'

A picture of the Renaissance statue is shown each year to sixth-grade art students at Tallahassee Classical School in Florida, but this month it drew fury. Italians, though, are praising the educator.

Richard Lonsinger at his home in Lawrence, Kansas, holding a photo of himself as a child shortly after he was adopted. Sam Yellowhorse Kesler/NPR hide caption

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Blood, oil, and the Osage Nation: The battle over headrights

In the 1920s, oil and mineral rights made the Osage some of the wealthiest people in the world. But that wealth also made them a target and subject to paternalistic and predatory laws. The fights over those rights continue today.

Blood, oil, and the Osage Nation: The battle over headrights

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Six months after Hurricane Ian stormed across Southwest Florida, people in many areas are still struggling to rebuild. Fort Myers Beach was particularly hit hard by the 15-foot storm surge. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption

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After Hurricane Ian, Fort Myers Beach struggles to become 'a functional paradise'

Nearly every building on the barrier island in Southwest Florida was damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Ian's 15-foot storm surge. It's left the town with almost a clean slate for redevelopment.

After Hurricane Ian, Fort Myers Beach struggles to become 'a functional paradise'

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Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert attends a demonstration against the Israeli government's controversial judicial overhaul bill in Tel Aviv on March 1. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Israel's former leader says Netanyahu should either reform his coalition or resign

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says the government's choice to delay a vote on a controversial judicial overhaul amounts to a temporary compromise. He tells NPR what he'd like to see next.

Israel's former leader says Netanyahu should either reform his coalition or resign

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The issue before the Supreme Court on Monday: whether a federal law that prohibits inducing unlawful immigration for financial gain violates the First Amendment. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag hide caption

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Immigration fraud case brings tough First Amendment questions to the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case about whether a federal law that prohibits inducing unlawful immigration for financial gain violates the First Amendment.

Immigration fraud case brings tough First Amendment questions to the Supreme Court

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Kennise Nevers holds her son, AJ, in her arms at home. Nevers' mother, Nancy Josey, looks on. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption

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The simple intervention that may keep Black moms healthier

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A Boston hospital gets daily, home blood pressure checks for moms at risk for the pregnancy complication, pre-eclampsia. The effort is a response to alarming rates of Black maternal mortality.

The simple intervention that may keep Black moms healthier

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Protesters march with flares during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, on Tuesday. France's government is unfurling massively ramped-up security measures for a fresh blast of marches and strikes against unpopular pension reforms. Daniel Cole/AP hide caption

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A new wave of pension protest breaks out in France as police brace for violence

Fears that violence could mar the demonstrations against President Macron's unpopular pension reforms has led to deployment of 13,000 officers, nearly half of them concentrated in the French capital.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is welcomed by Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo in Accra, Ghana, on Monday. Harris is on a seven-day African visit that will also take her to Tanzania and Zambia. Misper Apawu/AP hide caption

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Vice President Harris pledges aid to Ghana amid security and economic concerns

Vice President Harris opened her weeklong trip to Africa by vowing support for Ghana, a democratic pillar in the region that's being squeezed by an economic crisis and security concerns.

This May 21, 2020, photo provided by Victor Gensini shows a tornado in Moscow, Kan. A new study says warming will fuel more supercells or tornados in the United States and that those storms will move eastward from their current range. Victor Gensini/AP hide caption

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Warming-fueled supercells will hit the southern U.S. more often, a study warns

America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently.

Transgender youth in Idaho are one step away from being unable to obtain cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers or gender-confirmation surgery. James Dawson/Boise State Public Radio hide caption

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Lawmakers in Idaho are the latest to pass a ban on gender-affirming care for minors

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State senators passed the bill Monday. It makes it a felony for doctors to prescribe hormones or puberty blockers to transgender minors, facing up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

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