The militant group says it's examining the latest Israeli suggestions for a cease-fire in Gaza, seven months into the conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.
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New Mexico is the twelfth state to require a waiting period for gun purchases. Safety experts say waiting periods can help reduce gun related suicides, but advocates say more needs to be done.
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We look at how one town in Colombia pays homage to the donkey at one of the country's most popular annual festivals.
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Food writer and editor Ruth Reichl's new book, "The Paris Novel," is a coming-of age story full of the author's favorite things: Art, fashion, literature, 1980s Paris, and - of course - oysters.
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In the upcoming elections, the German Anti-Immigrant Party seeks votes from Turkish-German Voters.
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On this week's StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, Marine Staff Sergeant Nick Bennett talks about his desire to be deployed to the field after running the internet cafe on base.
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The heat bore down on Palestinians living in tents and aid groups working in the sun. UNRWA reported several heat injuries among its staff, and at least one 18-year-old Palestinian died from the heat.
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Three decades since the first democratic election in South Africa, will the generation that has never known apartheid turn out to vote, or has politics left many of them too disillusioned?
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The state currently bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That will drop to six weeks, with a few exceptions — a timetable that abortion rights advocates say is hard to meet
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Members of the Washington, D.C., school Arab students club say their rights were violated "because the school does not want their viewpoint ... to be heard."
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On the risky journey from the Global South to Europe, migrants often perish. In a town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, near a river where dozens have drowned, citizens seek to provide closure to the families.
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Researchers have found that a warm, close bond with a sibling in early adult life is predictive of good emotional health later in life, with less loneliness, anxiety and depression.
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A new regulation to protect the rights of pregnant workers is the subject of an anti-abortion lawsuit because it includes abortion as a pregnancy "related medical condition."
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Photojournalists at NPR member stations have been documenting the demonstrations around the country this week.
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The French Iranian author and artist, best known for her graphic novel Persepolis, edited and contributed to a new graphic anthology titled Woman, Life, Freedom, inspired by Iran's recent protests.
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