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Harvard agrees to relinquish early photos of enslaved people, ending a legal battle
Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South ...
Oil and gas have boomed in New Mexico. Its schools are contending with pollution’s effects
On a Tuesday in March, Billton Werito drove his son Amari toward his house in Counselor, New Mexico, navigating the bumpy ...
Family of an Israeli held hostage in Iraq for 800 days hangs on to hope for her freedom
With the world’s attention fixed on efforts to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, talks are quietly continuing to ...
With ‘Karate Kid: Legends,’ Ben Wang is the 1st Asian American new ‘Kid’ on the block
It didn’t occur to Ben Wang right away that in taking on “ Karate Kid: Legends,” he’d be the franchise’s first Asian American ...
Poland holds a presidential runoff election, which Trump has sought to influence
Poland’s presidential election has come down to a stark ideological choice: a liberal pro-European mayor versus a staunch ...
East Timor to deport an ex-Filipino congressman accused of masterminding a governor’s murder
East Timor said Thursday it would deport a former Filipino congressman charged with multiple murders in the Philippines and ...
Paul Maurice, Rod Brind’Amour skipped player handshakes after East final. It was for a good reason
Florida coach Paul Maurice did not shake hands with the Carolina Hurricanes when the Eastern Conference final ended. And he ...
Nordic nations embrace total defense as the risk of sabotage and war rises
In 1944, Norwegian resistance fighters in the town of Kongsberg blew up a factory making cannons for occupying Nazi German ...
What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a court has knocked them down?
A federal court in New York handed President Donald Trump a big setback Wednesday, blocking his audacious plan to impose ...
Trump pardons rapper NBA Youngboy, who was sentenced for gun-related charges
Louisiana rap artist NBA YoungBoy, who was sentenced to just under two years in prison on gun-related charges, was pardoned ...
Man remains missing after a Swiss glacier collapsed and destroyed 90% of an Alpine village
A 64-year-old man remained missing Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before. The landslide sent plumes of dust ...
Australian comic actor Magda Szubanski, star of ‘Babe’ and ‘Kath and Kim,’ reveals cancer diagnosis
Australian comedian and actor Magda Szubanski, best known for roles in the television sitcom “Kath and Kim” and the movie “Babe,” announced on Thursday she had been ...