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A Tennessee judge has blocked the use of the National Guard in Memphis under a crimefighting operation by President Trump but also put the order on hold, giving the government five days to appeal. -
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House. -
The plan authorizes a security force in the devastated territory and envisions a possible path to an independent Palestinian state. Russia, which had circulated a rival resolution, abstained along with China on the 13-0 vote. -
The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has left his post, marking another disruption in a year of staff and policy changes. His leadership was questioned after he delayed responding to deadly floods in Texas. -
The Department of Homeland Security says that 130 people were arrested over the weekend in immigration enforcement operations in Charlotte.
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So, they're doing what they can to reduce the risks of extreme wildfires, including making homes less likely to burn.
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is vowing to overhaul how Ukraine's energy sector is managed after those close to him are implicated in a massive corruption scandal involving the country's nuclear power company.
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For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. -
Ecuadorians have decisively rejected a series of referendum measures, including plans for U.S. military bases and constitutional changes, handing President Daniel Noboa a major political setback amid rising gang violence. -
A tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for her involvement in the use of deadly force against protesters last year. She fled to India and was sentenced in absentia. -
President Trump changes stance on the Epstein files, urging Republicans to support a House vote tomorrow. And, the U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean adds pressure on Venezuela. -
Some senior living communities are caring for people with dementia alongside other residents, not segregated behind locked doors.
