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Trump re-enacts policy banning aid to groups abroad that discuss or provide abortions

The Mexico City Policy cuts off U.S. aid to health groups in other countries that offer abortion services or counseling. As in 2021, Trump has reinstated this policy, which was deactivated by Biden.

The European Court of Human Rights, located in Strasbourg, eastern France, said the French woman should not be at blame for her divorce because she refused sexual relations with her husband. Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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French woman who refused sex with husband not to blame for divorce, rights court says

Europe's top human rights court ruled the woman's right to respect for private and family life had been violated when French courts found her solely at fault for her divorce because she withheld sex.

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Local governments across U.S. signal they won't aid Trump migrant crackdown

Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.

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Elon Musk tried to turn the salute controversy into a joke

The incident lasted only seconds, but it sparked what has become a global debate about how to interpret what Musk did. Then Musk started posting Nazi-themed jokes.

MUSK GESTURE

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Aja Monet: Tiny Desk Concert

Transformed into a lush garden, the Tiny Desk blooms with the stanzas, sounds and legacy of jazz poetry.

President Trump signs executive actions at the White House after his inauguration Monday. Among those orders is one labeling Mexican drug cartels terrorist organizations. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Trump wants to label drug cartels terrorist organizations. Here's what that means in practice

The full implications of designating the cartels as terrorist organizations will depend, in large part, to how the administration follows through.

UnitedHealthCare named Tim Noel, a company executive, as its next CEO. The previous top executive, Brian Thompson, was shot on a New York City street in early December. Shown here is a general view outside the United Healthcare corporate headquarters in Minneonka, Minn., on Dec. 4, 2024. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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UnitedHealthcare names new CEO after Brian Thompson's killing

The largest U.S. insurer promoted company executive Tim Noel to replace Thompson, whose death sparked a national outcry over the health care industry.

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In this haunted house horror you see what the ghost sees — and it's terrifying

In Steven Soderbergh's supernatural thriller Presence, a family finds they aren't alone in their new house. It's a ghost story told masterfully from the ghost's point of view.

In this haunted house horror you see what the ghost sees — and it's terrifying

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Lebanese citizens return to their homes heavily damaged by Israeli attacks, after Israeli forces withdraw from the area in An-Naqoura, Lebanon, on Thursday. Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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Lebanese long to return to war-damaged homes, but Israeli troops remain — for now

Lebanese residents waiting to return to their villages say the Israeli military has destroyed nearly everything.

ISRAEL WITHDRAWS SLOWLY FROM LEBANON

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The U.S. just experienced its slowest annual sales of homes since 1995

The market sputtered amid high mortgage rates, high prices, and homeowners with lower rates who have no plans to move.

[HFR] 2024 was slowest year for home sales in decades

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Eric Barone, also known online as ConcernedApe, says that some fans have called 'Stardew Valley' a "chore simulator." Eric Barone hide caption

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The legacy — and future — of the farming game 'Stardew Valley'

Eric Barone, the creator of Stardew Valley, keeps updating his video game. And has no plans of stopping.

Stardew Valley

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Sadako Nimura Kashiwagi, 91, holds a photo of her parents, Juninhi Nimura and Shizuko Nimura, at her home in Berkeley on Jan. 15, 2025. Sadako was incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, at the age of 9, where she lived there with her family for four years. Gina Castro/KQED hide caption

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Bay Area Japanese Americans draw on WWII trauma to resist deportation threats

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In 1941, the U.S. government used the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to authorize the immediate imprisonment of Japanese nationals. On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump vowed to use the centuries-old law to expedite the removal of people in the U.S. without legal status.

The U.S. has accused an Israeli private investigator of orchestrating a hacking campaign that targeted American climate activists. Extradition hearings for the private investigator, Amit Forlit, were held at Westminster Magistrates Court in London. Alberto Pezzali/AP hide caption

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The U.S. is trying to unravel a hacking plot that targeted climate activists

The U.S. claims the hacking was commissioned by a lobbying firm working on behalf of one of the world's biggest oil companies.

LONDON HACKING HEARING

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Unstable funding for federal statistical agencies such as the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, both based in Suitland, Md., is putting at risk the government statistics the U.S. uses to track changes in the country's economy and population, officials and data users warn. Brian Witte/AP hide caption

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Experts warn about the 'crumbling infrastructure' of federal government data

Unstable federal funding puts at risk the government statistics used to track the U.S. economy and population, officials and data users warn. That's before any cuts by President Trump and Congress.

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