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Rimah Shahada poses in her daughter Aseel's bedroom in Qalandiya refugee camp in Ramallah, West Bank Nov. 22. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

What the resumption of Israel-Hamas fighting means for Palestinians in Israeli jails

Human rights groups say Israel stepped up arrests in the occupied West Bank during the war. Only a fraction of those arrested have been released as part of hostage and prisoner exchanges.

U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, Victor Manuel Rocha, talks to the press 11 July 2001. Gonzalo Espinoza/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Former U.S. ambassador charged with being an agent for Cuba

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and influential Iowa evangelical Christian leader Bob Vander Plaats speak ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's speech upon completing his 99 county tour of Iowa in Newton, Iowa. Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio hide caption

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Trump and DeSantis display different campaign styles in competing visits to Iowa

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Maria Emilia Martin created the radio show Latino USA. Conocimientos Press hide caption

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Pioneering Latina public radio journalist Maria Martin dies at 72

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The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a challenge to a deal to compensate victims of the opioid epidemic that shield the Sackler family from lawsuits. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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It's money v. principle in Supreme Court opioid case

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Karli (left) and Elmo (right) appear in Season 51 of Sesame Street. In separate videos and stories available for free online, Karli, Elmo and supportive adult characters discuss how Karli's mother is in recovery for an unspecified addiction. Sesame Workshop hide caption

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Muppets from Sesame Workshop help explain opioid addiction to young children

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Rimah Shahada poses in her daughter Aseel's bedroom in Qalandiya refugee camp in Ramallah, West Bank Nov. 22. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption

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Middle East crisis — explained

What the resumption of Israel-Hamas fighting means for Palestinians in Israeli jails

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What the resumption of Israel-Hamas fighting means for Palestinians in Israeli jails

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