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Nov 07, 2024
Federal, state, and local authorities are investigating the offensive messages that have been sent over the last two days.
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Nov 07, 2024
More than 40 monkeys are now roaming the streets of Yemassee, S.C., after staging an escape from a research facility.
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Nov 07, 2024
A longtime veteran of Florida politics, Wiles served as a senior staffer on Trump's campaign, helping guide his path to victory. She will be the first female chief of staff in U.S. history.
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Nov 07, 2024
DIslodged by COVID early in the pandemic, tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease that takes the most lives each year. And the number of cases set a new record. What's going on?
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Nov 07, 2024
Nearly six weeks after Hurricane Helene slammed into Western North Carolina, radio reporter Jose Sandoval's daily Spanish-language broadcasts have become an essential lifeline for the small but growing Latino community in Western North Carolina, providing information about public services and dispelling misinformation as they piece together their lives.
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Nov 07, 2024
Control of the House is still too close to call, according to the Associated Press. Here's a running list of races that are still outstanding.
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Nov 07, 2024
With McCormick's victory, Republicans have expanded their Senate majority in the next Congress to 53 seats, with two races still to be called.
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Nov 07, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, saying he is ready to engage with the United States.
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Nov 07, 2024
The billionaire businessman has spent weeks campaigning relentlessly for Donald Trump. That dedication could lead to major benefits for him and his companies.
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Nov 07, 2024
In 2021, Tanden was nominated to lead the Office of Management and Budget, but she withdrew her nomination after coming under fire from members of Congress.
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Nov 07, 2024
The former president's pending return to the White House could alter the very nature of Medicare, the nearly 60-year-old federal health care program.
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Nov 07, 2024
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point. How much further rates fall could depend on how President-elect Trump approaches his second term.
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Nov 07, 2024
When people can't sleep, they tend to take extreme measures to correct the issue. But that only makes sleep problems worse, say experts. Here are 5 bad habits to avoid when recovering from poor sleep.
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Nov 07, 2024
In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank. Created for formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, its collapse cost depositors millions.
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Nov 07, 2024
Civil and immigration rights groups say they are better prepared this time for potential Trump border policies. But they also expressed disappointment with Democrats on immigration issues.
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Nov 07, 2024
With 23 short essays on creatures ranging from the wombat to the spider, Katherine Rundell's new book is essential reading for anyone whose wonder could use a jumpstart.
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Nov 07, 2024
With a race that was expected to be historically tight behind us, the question is: How did Trump win so decisively?
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Nov 07, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated Trump and praised his "peace through strength" approach, but concerns in Ukraine loom over Washington's continued commitment to Kyiv.
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Nov 07, 2024
President Biden plans to address the nation on Thursday at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the election results and the transition, the White House told reporters.
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Nov 07, 2024
President Biden said Thursday that the American people deserve "a peaceful and orderly" transition and urged Americans "no matter who you voted for to see each other not as adversaries, but as fellow Americans."
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Nov 07, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has won a second term, securing victory in the race against Vice President Harris. Here's a look at how he did it. And, where the federal cases against him stand.
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Nov 07, 2024
Vice President Harris started her 107-day race buoyed by Democratic optimism, but came up short against former President Donald Trump.
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Nov 07, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to roll back some of President Biden's signature policies. Here's what Trump's victory means for Biden policies on climate, the civil service and Ukraine.
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Nov 07, 2024
Raygun, whose real name is Rachael Gunn, said she had a hard time handling the criticism she received online about her performance. She said she will still dance leisurely.
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Nov 07, 2024
Vice President Harris has credited her alma mater Howard University for her achievements,
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Nov 07, 2024
Victims of the opioid crisis, health advocates, and policy experts have called on state and local governments to clearly report how they're using the funds they are receiving from settlements with opioid companies.
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Nov 07, 2024
If the legislation is passed, social media platforms including X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook would have one year to work out how to exclude Australian children.
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Nov 07, 2024
The Category 3 storm knocked out the country's entire power grid just before making landfall, making it almost impossible for people to receive radio or television updates.
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Nov 07, 2024
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the decision to dissolve TikTok of its Canadian business is meant to address risks perceived to be related to TikTok's Chinese parent company.
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Nov 06, 2024
The Mountain Fire, northwest of Los Angeles, destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee as forecasters warned of the potential for "extreme and life-threatening" blazes.
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Nov 06, 2024
A federal administrative law judge says Amazon interfered in the last election on unionization at its warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.
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Nov 06, 2024
In the days leading up to election night, news outlets across the country were predicting a historically close race, one that could take days to call. But as election night progressed, it became clear former President Donald Trump was on a path to victory. So much so, that before anything was official, he thanked his supporters from his campaign headquarters in West Palm Beach.
And then, Wednesday morning at about 5:30, it became official when the Associated Press called Wisconsin for Trump. We're still awaiting final tallies, but it appears Trump is on track to win the popular vote for the first time.
Trump's agenda for a second term will be dissected over and over in the days ahead. Today, we break down how America sent him back to office --- how Trump won in 2024.
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Email us at considerthis@npr.org
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Nov 06, 2024
Donald Trump will again take the White House, according to calls by the Associated Press in key states, and he appears to be on track to do so with full control of the political levers in Washington.
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Nov 06, 2024
Donald Trump will again take the White House, according to calls by the Associated Press in key states, and he appears to be on track to do so with full control of the political levers in Washington.
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Nov 06, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner, paving the way for a confidence vote by parliament in January that is expected to lead to early elections next March.
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Nov 06, 2024
President-elect Trump has excelled at creating his own media image, from his earliest days as a real estate baron. His supporters find him entertaining and feisty, and even critics find it difficult not to talk about him.
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Nov 06, 2024
Special Counsel Jack Smith is taking steps to end both federal cases against Trump before the president-elect takes office, according to a source familiar with the Justice Department deliberations.
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Nov 06, 2024
Leaders from around the world congratulated Donald Trump on his presidential election victory, as governments prepare for his return to the White House and the potential impact that will have.
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Nov 06, 2024
Despite Donald Trump's focus on fossil fuels, his return to the White House won't derail clean energy, analysts and activists say.
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Nov 06, 2024
Trump's victory gives a broader platform to critics of federal health programs. Among other moves, he may try to weaken the Affordable Care Act and cut funding for Medicaid coverage.
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Nov 06, 2024
For months, Donald Trump and his campaign have been promising mass deportations. In a city that has received some 200,000 new migrants in the last two years, that promise has resonated among some.
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Nov 06, 2024
Measures appeared on the ballot in 41 states and focused on issues ranging from abortion access, to noncitizen voting and marijuana legalization, to legalization of some psychedelics.
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Nov 06, 2024
After Oregon and Colorado legalized the use of certain psychedelic drugs over the past few years, voters in Massachusetts rejected a similar proposal.
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Nov 06, 2024
Bomb threats that U.S. officials linked to Russian email domains disrupted what was generally a smooth voting experience across America on Election Day.
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Nov 06, 2024
Trump's goal is to unwind Biden's policies and resume where he left off after his first term. He has promised to close the border and launch the largest domestic deportation operation in U.S. history.
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Nov 06, 2024
Trump has promised to cut taxes and government regulations, slap tariffs on imports and order large deportations of immigrants. Here's how that could impact the economy.
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Nov 06, 2024
In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep this morning, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that the Trump administration, which he will likely be a part of, will recommend removing fluoride from the country's drinking water.
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Nov 06, 2024
The vice president called Trump to congratulate him on his victory ahead of planned remarks at 4 p.m. ET at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
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Nov 06, 2024
Vice President Harris will deliver remarks at 4 p.m. ET at Howard University in Washington, D.C., according to the White House.
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Nov 06, 2024
Some red states approved ballot measures to raise the minimum wage and require employers to provide paid sick time to their workers.
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Nov 06, 2024
NPR's Pien Huang weighs in on RFK Jr.'s skepticism of conventional public health expertise and his recommendation to remove fluoride from the drinking water.
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Nov 06, 2024
Wall Street, crypto investors, and shareholders in Trump Media are all cheering the election results.
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Nov 06, 2024
Voters approved tax hikes to help fund child care for low-income families in the Austin, Texas, and Sonoma County, Calif. A similar measure in St. Paul, Minn., failed.
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Nov 06, 2024
Trump's overall closing focus on the economy and immigration ultimately resonated with enough Americans — more than the message delivered by Harris, who called for unity and warned that Trump was a "petty tyrant" who was obsessed with revenge.
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Nov 06, 2024
The 118th Congress is on track to be the least productive in modern history. If Washington enters a new season of divided government next year, as seems likely, Congress could get even less done.
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Nov 06, 2024
Officials throughout the Middle East welcomed Donald Trump's victory — amid anticipation and anxiety across the region over how he could change the course of the wars raging from Gaza to Lebanon and beyond.
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Nov 06, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has won a second presidential term. The GOP now controls the Senate, while control of the House remains too close to call. And, 10 states voted on reproductive rights.
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Nov 06, 2024
Despite opposition from Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, and others, Montanans vote to protect reproductive rights in the state constitution.
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Nov 06, 2024
Ten states considered adding language guaranteeing abortion rights in their state constitutions during this year's elections. Voters in seven of the states approved the ballot questions. Three rejected them.
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Nov 06, 2024
Becoming just the second president to be defeated and then reelected to a subsequent term, former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Harris and will be the 47th president.
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Nov 06, 2024
Arizona's 15-week abortion ban is expected to fall once the new constitutional amendment goes into effect. But there are dozens of other laws on the books regulating abortion.
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Nov 06, 2024
Nebraska voters faced opposing abortion proposals on the ballot and chose to keep the state's current law and enshrine it into the constitution.
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Nov 06, 2024
The proposal would guarantee abortion access until fetal viability and to protect the life of the pregnant person. It will need to pass again in 2026 to be fully approved.
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Nov 06, 2024
It's already illegal under federal law to cross into the United States outside of legal ports of entry. The Arizona measure would allow local police to arrest undocumented migrants.
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Nov 06, 2024
South Dakota voters rejected an abortion rights amendment to the state constitution, according to a call by the Associated Press. Anti-abortion groups called the proposal ‘too extreme.'
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Nov 06, 2024
Flanked by family and staff, Trump spoke to a convention center ballroom crowd in West Palm Beach after Fox News had projected that he had won — but before the Associated Press called the race.
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Nov 06, 2024
Securing the state's 19 electoral votes is a major victory for Trump and a major blow to Vice President Harris.
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Nov 06, 2024
Cindy Nava came to the U.S. when she was 7 years old. She says she ran for the Albuquerque-area seat to boost political representation of the state's Hispanic-majority population.
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Nov 06, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has won Georgia and its 16 electoral votes, according to a race call by the Associated Press.
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Nov 06, 2024
With the race call for Nebraska's GOP Sen. Deb Fischer, Republicans have successfully flipped control of the Senate, which Democrats currently control 51-49.
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Nov 06, 2024
Harris' narrowing path to electoral victory appears to come down to the "Blue Wall" states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
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Nov 06, 2024
Kamala Harris' narrowing path to electoral victory appears to have come down to the "blue wall" states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
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Nov 06, 2024
Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware, both Democrats, won their Senate races on Tuesday — doubling the number of Black women who have been elected to the chamber.
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Nov 05, 2024
Washington state elects Bob Ferguson as governor. Ferguson, a Democrat, rose to national prominence as the state attorney general, suing the Trump administration nearly 100 times.
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Nov 05, 2024
It is a major victory for Republicans and a serious blow to Democrats' efforts to maintain their majority in the Senate.
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Nov 05, 2024
Missouri's current law bans abortion with almost no exceptions and this amendment would allow abortion to about 24 weeks of pregnancy.
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Nov 05, 2024
It is a crucial win for the former president, who carried the state twice before.
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Nov 05, 2024
Republican Kelly Ayotte wins the race for governor in New Hampshire over Democrat Joyce Craig in what was described as the most competitive race for governor in the country this year.
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Nov 05, 2024
In Colorado, voters have passed Amendment J, repealing a ban on same-sex unions passed in 2006, according to a call by The Associated Press.
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Nov 05, 2024
California has 54 electoral votes, the most of any state. It's among the last states to close its polls on Election Night.
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Nov 05, 2024
Already a regional hub for abortion access, the vote is an example of states that are trying to strengthen their laws for reproductive rights.
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Nov 05, 2024
Abortion rights are part of a sweeping amendment preventing various forms of discrimination.
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Nov 05, 2024
Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride is once again making history — she will be the first openly transgender person to serve in the U.S. Congress.
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Nov 05, 2024
Abortion is already legal in Maryland. Passing the amendment means that voters have made it much more difficult for lawmakers to restrict abortion in the future.
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Nov 05, 2024
Project 2025 refers to a controversial plan drafted by the conservative Heritage Foundation to overhaul the U.S. government.
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Nov 05, 2024
The policy would have authorized the state's medical marijuana growers and retailers to sell to consumers.
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Nov 05, 2024
The vote faced a 60% threshold, and the failure leaves abortion banned across most of the South beyond six weeks of pregnancy — when many still don't realize they're pregnant.
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Nov 05, 2024
Stein is the current attorney general and he noted his work winning opioid settlements. But it was controversy over Robinson's inflammatory rhetoric that dominated the race.
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Nov 05, 2024
Milwaukee election officials are retabulating some 34,000 ballots because the voting machine doors weren't properly secured this morning. They say the issue has been resolved but will delay results.
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Nov 05, 2024
America's geopolitical adversaries, particularly Russia, Iran and China, have been active in trying to influence the election, as part of their larger goals to sow chaos and discredit democracy.
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Nov 05, 2024
The FBI says three statements claiming to be from the agency are in fact a hoax. America's geopolitical adversaries have been active in trying to influence the election.
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Nov 05, 2024
Seven states have been the focus for pollsters and campaigns in this presidential election: The "Blue Wall" and the Sun Belt.
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Nov 05, 2024
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has won the state's open Senate seat, according to a race call by the Associated Press, giving Republicans a boost in their fight to regain control of the chamber.
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Nov 05, 2024
An active 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season continues as Rafael strengthens into a category 1 storm. It's expected to batter Cayman Islands and Cuba before swinging into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Nov 05, 2024
Here seven counties to watch — one in each swing state — that might give some idea how the race is going and why one candidate or the other won:
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Nov 05, 2024
The first-term senator's campaign pitch centered on his experience starting and growing an auto parts business into a multi-million-dollar company.
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Nov 05, 2024
The final day of election season is coming to an end as polling stations around the U.S. close. See what Election Day looked like across the country.
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Nov 05, 2024
Voting hours have been extended by up to 45 minutes at five locations in Georgia's Fulton County, after hoax bomb threats that officials tied to Russian sources.
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Nov 05, 2024
Tune in to NPR starting at 7 p.m. ET on Nov. 5 as polls begin to close, and stay with us throughout the night as results come in.
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Nov 05, 2024
Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
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