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Columbia University shifts classes to remote-only after a wave of protests on campus
Yale University, Emerson College and New York University are among the few schools where students are staging encampments calling for divestment from Israel.
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What the Starbucks case at the Supreme Court is all about. Hint: It’s not coffee
Starbucks and some of its baristas have been in a contentious fight over unionizing since 2021. Now, the Supreme Court is hearing a case that could have implications for unions far beyond Starbucks.
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United Methodists will again debate LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings
The United Methodist Church is holding its first General Conference since the pandemic and will consider whether to change policies on several LGBTQ issues.
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Talks for a plastic pollution treaty are stalling. Could the U.S. be doing more?
Critics say the U.S. has been unwilling to push for measures in a global agreement that would drive big cuts in plastic waste.
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Concerns over antisemitism rise as Jews begin observing Passover
Protests on college campuses related to the Israel-Hamas War have many Jews nervous heading into the holiday.
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The states to watch on the 2024 electoral map
NPR’s electoral map organizes states into seven categories – Toss Up, Lean Republican, Lean Democratic, Likely Republican, Likely Democratic, Safe Republican and Safe Democratic.
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Well, hello, Voyager 1! The venerable spacecraft is once again making sense
After a nasty computer glitch five months ago, Voyager 1 is once again able to communicate with Earth in a way that mission operators can understand.
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Ex-National Enquirer publisher testifies against Donald Trump in hush money trial
David Pecker has previously cooperated with federal investigations into payments made to two women who were going to allege they had affairs with Trump ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
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3 Maryland juveniles are charged with hate crimes. How did it get to that point?
The arrests of the three middle schoolers came last month. Experts say young kids are increasingly exposed to hate ideologies, leaving communities to figure out how to respond.
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New federal grants aimed to support elections. Many voting officials didn’t see a dime
Voting officials cheered when it was announced that a portion of a multibillion-dollar federal grant program would go to election security. But in many cases, the allocations didn’t go as planned.