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Traffic clogs the streets of Khan Younis on Friday with people seeking safety from Israeli airstrikes. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chairwoman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, participates in the panel's last public meeting on Dec. 19, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump stands on the field during halftime in an NCAA college football game between the University of South Carolina and Clemson Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Meg Kinnard/AP hide caption

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In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse, June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. AP hide caption

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COP28 President Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber attends the opening session of the climate conference. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption

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Big Oil Leads at COP28

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Jussie Smollett arrives at the BET Awards on June 26, 2022, in Los Angeles. An appeals court on Friday upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of the actor, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption

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Rachel Maddow uncovers a WWII-era plot against the U.S. government

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Sandra Day O'Connor being sworn in on Sept. 9, 1981. Justice O'Connor was the first female supreme court justice. She died at XX. Wally McNamee/Corbis hide caption

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Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies

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Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes, which may show up in some pre-cut mixes, are believed to be behind a growing outbreak of salmonella infections across the U.S. and Canada. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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A rocket is fired from inside the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as battles resumed between the Israeli forces and Hamas militants on Friday. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Israel-Hamas truce collapses; DeSantis and Newsom debate takeaways

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A child from the Mbendjele people, a hunter-gatherer community that lives in the northern rainforests of the Republic of Congo. A new study found that children in this society have on average 8 caregivers in addition to the mother to provide hands-on attention. Nikhil Chaudhary hide caption

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Bringing up a baby can be a tough and lonely job. Here's a solution: alloparents

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Baltimore illustrator John de Campos isn't happy that AI is being used to create images for commercial purposes, supplanting artists whose real life experience is reflected in their work. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption

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With ChatGPT turning 1, Americans wonder whether AI is coming for their jobs

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The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is moving into the open waters near Antarctica after being essentially stuck in place for decades. It's seen here in satellite imagery from Nov. 15. European Union/Copernicus Sentinel-3/via Reuters hide caption

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Twenty-four people have been put to death so far in 2023, up from 18 in 2022 and 11 in 2021, according to a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center. The center attributed the increase to Florida's return to executions after a 3-year pause. Pat Sullivan/AP hide caption

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Marine Corps veteran Ed O'Connor is seen outside his home in Fredericksburg, Va. He is among tens of thousands of veterans who took a COVID forbearance on a VA home loan. But the VA's program ended abruptly in October of 2022 and many veterans were asked to either pay all the missed payments or face foreclosure. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption

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Veterans fear the VA's new foreclosure rescue plan won't help them

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Many dog owners are worried about reports of a mysterious respiratory illness affecting dogs. THEPALMER/Getty Images hide caption

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Veterinarians say fears about 'mystery' dog illness may be overblown. Here's why

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From left: a possible answer, a black-and-white photo, someone who left wills in her furniture. David Livingston/Getty Images, Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images, Noam Galai/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival hide caption

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