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A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school's campus in Ithaca, New York, on Jan. 14, 2022. Cornell University administrators dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements appeared on a discussion board Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption

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The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case where two local school board members in Poway, Calif., blocked two persistently critical parents from their social media pages. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Anas Baba, a producer for NPR, has been reporting on the war from his base in Gaza. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption

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Gaza's 34-hour phone and internet blackout, as told in voice memos

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Telegram has removed popular Hamas-linked accounts from the messaging service after a pro-Israel advocacy organization sent letters to Apple and Google asking the tech companies to pressure Telegram to take down the channels. Matt Slocum/AP hide caption

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the U.S. federal courthouse in New York City to submit his not guilty plea on March 30, 2023. Bankman-Fried faced this week tough questioning from prosecutors who sought to paint him as the mastermind behind a massive fraud at FTX. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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An image provided by the Food and Drug Administration shows the three recalled products: WanaBana Apple Cinnamon Fruit Puree pouches, Schnucks cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches and variety pack and Weis cinnamon applesauce pouches. Food and Drug Administration hide caption

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., delivers remarks at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. House Republicans have since introduced a bill that would give some $14 billion to Israel and cut that same amount from the IRS. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Afghan families ride on a truck heading to a border crossing in Torkham, Pakistan, Tuesday, before the expiration of a Pakistani deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. Pakistan's crackdown has worried thousands of Afghans in the country awaiting relocation to the United States under a special refugee program since fleeing the Taliban takeover. Muhammad Sajjad/AP hide caption

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The "bun in the oven" idea goes all the way back 2,000+ years to Ancient Greece, along with some other ideas that discuss pregnancy as a fundamentally passive state, says the author of a new book. Andrew Bret Wallis/Getty Images hide caption

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