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A fan uses a smartphone to access an online ticket sales website to purchase tickets for Oasis' "Live '25" tour. Oasis fans queued online early Saturday to buy tickets for the eagerly awaited reunion tour, but many tickets had already been scooped up by resellers charging many times over original ticket prices. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A damaged bus is shown after several people were killed and dozens injured after the commercial bus overturned on Interstate 20 early Saturday in Warren County, Miss., according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. WAPT/via AP hide caption

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A nurse administers polio vaccine drops to a young Palestinian patient at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas militant group. Jihad Al-Sharafi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Children in Gaza get polio vaccines but the virus may already be spreading

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Mina al-Najar, who is almost 3, received a liver transplant in April and needs surgery for complications. Her parents believed she was on an evacuation list but that turned out not to be the case. Her parents, reached by phone this week, say her only hope is medical evacuation
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As Israel blocks most medical evacuations in Gaza, a family tries to save their baby

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A locator map shows Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country's western desert. ‎/AP hide caption

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AI and technology will be at the center of modern warfare, experts say. Anton Petrus hide caption

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Why the US isn't ready for the wars of the future, according to experts

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Bull trout and Westslope Cutthroat Trout are among the native fish species in Western Montana that are prized by anglers and threatened by warming waters. Jonny Armstrong/U.S. Geological Survey hide caption

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In a scene from the German TV series Miss Merkel, actress Katharina Thalbach, playing the amateur detective based on the former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, takes a closer look at her pug Helmut. RTL/Maor Waisburd hide caption

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'Miss Merkel,' Germany's former chancellor is a crime-solving amateur detective

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Grief is complicated, but author Annie Sklaver Orenstein tells Morning Edition there are simple ways to help those grieving a loss. Getty Images hide caption

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Complex grief: Coping with the loss of a sibling

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In this file photo, Vice President Harris (L) and second gentleman Doug Emhoff attend the 100th National Christmas Tree Lighting on The Ellipse south of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 30, 2022. Harris and Emhoff host holiday celebrations at their official residence, including recently for Diwali and Rosh Hashanah. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Political opponents Harris and Vance show Americans modern, interfaith marriages

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Friday