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Boeing workers wave picket signs to passing drivers as they strike in Everett, Wash.. The machinists walked off the job more than six weeks ago as they bargain for higher pay and a return of their pension plan. Lindsey Wasson/AP hide caption

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BOEING PENSION FIGHT

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Sikh activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun stands for a photograph in New York City, U.S., October 25, 2024. Jeenah Moon for NPR hide caption

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American activist talks about how having a target on his back has changed his life

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Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, arrives on stage during a town hall campaign event at the Lancaster County Convention Center on Oct. 20 in Lancaster, Pa. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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Lil Durk poses in the press room with the award for best melodic rap performance for "All My Life" by Lil Durk featuring J. Cole during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 4 in Los Angeles. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption

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Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at in Traverse City, Mich., on Friday. Trump recorded the Joe Rogan Experience podcast earlier Friday and delayed his Michigan appearance by three hours. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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University of Chicago student Rudra Patel happily shows off the work of famed artist Ando Hiroshige that he'll get to display in his dorm room for one year. Hiroshige was a master of Japanese woodblock printing whose work focused on landscapes and everyday life in Edo-period Japan. Alison Cuddy for NPR hide caption

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University of Chicago students can borrow a real Picasso or Miro for their dorm room

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Dr. Emily Boevers, an OBGYN based in Waverly, Iowa, poses for a portrait at her family's farm in nearby Tripoli. She says the state's rape exception requirements threaten the privacy, trust and intimacy of the patient-doctor relationship. Geoff Stellfox for NPR hide caption

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Many state abortion bans include exceptions for rape. How often are exceptions grant?

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Josh Abate and Micah Coomer inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption

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for Heidi - Embedded - A Good Guy

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Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Ahead of the 2024 election results, civil society groups are working to prevent future violence. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption

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Political violence scenarios

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A person leaves an early voting site after casting a ballot on Oct. 21 in Deland, Fla. Florida is one of three states that recently sued the Biden administration over citizenship checks of voters. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 19: Rudy Giuliani stands next to a map during a press conference about various lawsuits related to the 2020 election, inside the Republican National Committee headquarters on November 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Election battles are being waged at the ballot box and in the courtroom.

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Former President Donald Trump stands alongside appears at a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on August 26. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Army releases report on Trump campaign incident at Arlington Cemetery

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Former model Stacey Williams at Woodstock Film Festival - 'Beyond The Gaze: Jule Campbell’s Swimsuit Issue' World Premiere At The Woodstock Playhouse. Marion Curtis/Starpix/INSTARimages/Reuters hide caption

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Publisher and CEO Will Lewis says the Washington Post' is "returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates," although 1988 was the last time it abstained in a general election. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption

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WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL

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