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Thursday

Center for Reproductive Rights attorney Molly Duane speaks in the court room at the Texas Supreme Court in Austin, Texas, last month on behalf of 22 women who were denied abortions even though they had serious complications with their pregnancies that were in some cases life-threatening. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Student loan forgiveness isn't dead yet, and other takeaways from 2023

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Friday

US President Joe Biden drives a new electric Ford F-150 Lightning at the Ford Dearborn Development Center in Dearborn, Michigan in 2021. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, and Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, testify before a Congressional Committee about antisemitism on campus earlier this month. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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The Fight Over Free Speech on College Campuses

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Wednesday

Center for Reproductive Rights attorney Molly Duane speaks before the Texas Supreme Court in Austin on Nov. 28. The court ruled in a different abortion case on Monday. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

Palestinian Hamas militants are seen during an event in the Bani Suheila district of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on July 20, 2017. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

President Biden speaks during an event in Washington in October arguing for his administration's "Bidenomics" agenda. But Biden has struggled to convince voters his agenda is helping. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with a picture of North Korea's latest satellite-carrying rocket launch, at a railway station in Seoul on Nov. 22. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What North Korea's shift toward Russia means for its global strategy

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Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption

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5 major takeaways — and one thing missing — from the fourth Republican debate

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Tuesday

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The Symbolism And History Of The Keffiyeh

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Monday

A section of aluminium coils from one of Helion's fusion machines. The company hopes its next-generation Polaris system will produce more electricity than it consumes. Geoff Brumfiel/NPR hide caption

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Companies say they're closing in on nuclear fusion as an energy source. Will it work?

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Thursday

It took two years for Joyce McMillan to be reunited with her children after they were removed from her care nearly 25 years ago. The experience propelled her advocacy for child welfare system reforms. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption

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'Deluged' child welfare systems struggle to protect kids amid calls for reform

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Monday

Nine-year-old Emily Hand, a released hostage, reunites with her father Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023, in Israel. The Israeli Army/Associated Press hide caption

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Rebuilding Life After Captivity

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Monday

Pins are pictured at a display counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Okla., on Sept. 30. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Sometimes overlooked by campaigns, Native voters could decide major elections in 2024

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Sunday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses media during a joint press conference with French President in Jerusalem on October 24, 2023. Christophe Ena/Pool / AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Israel's lack of a strategy is the strategy

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