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Republican presidential candidates (from left) former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy participate in the NewsNation Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the University of Alabama on Dec. 6 in Tuscaloosa.

Poll: Where Republican candidates align with most Americans — and where they don't

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll tested policy positions on some of the most hot-button political issues facing the country — from abortion rights and gender identity, to immigration and spending.

Poll: Where Republican candidates align with most Americans — and where they don't

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll tested policy positions on some of the most hot-button political issues facing the country — from abortion rights and gender identity, to immigration and spending.

'Buffalo Fluffalo' has had enuffalo in this kids' bookalo

'Buffalo Fluffalo' may seem big and intimidating, but it's all puffery. He really just needs some snuggalos from his friends in this rhyming book from author Bess Kalb and illustrator Erin Kraan.

Using a plastic skull, archaeologist Alicia Odewale teaches a lesson about Tulsa's ongoing search for mass graves containing victims of the city's 1921 race massacre. She taught it at Black History Saturdays, a free private program designed for students to learn unvarnished lessons in African American history that teachers say a new law targeting race education has made harder to honestly teach.

Oklahoma restricted how race can be taught. So these Black teachers stepped up

After Oklahoma Republicans targeted public school lessons on race and gender, some Black teachers and parents in Tulsa have banded together to ensure their kids still get honest Black history.

As the number of electric vehicles in Michigan increases, state lawmakers and local officials are debating how to tax them fairly for road use.

UM study explores link between electric vehicle sales and emissions reduction goals

New research from the University of Michigan investigates how increasing new vehicle sales to 50% electric by 2030 could help achieve the Biden administration's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 50-52% below 2005 levels by 2030.

Adeline Hambley, Ottawa County, Mich., health officer, poses for a portrait outside of the county administration building, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in West Olive, Mich. The top health official in one of Michigan’s largest counties is asking a judge to uphold a $4 million settlement in exchange for Hambley's resignation, coming after months of conflict with local conservative leaders who were elected in response to COVID-19 restrictions. (AP Photo/Kristen Norman, File)

Confused about where things stand in Ottawa County health officer case? Here are some answers.

Conservative commissioners in Ottawa County have spent more than 11 months trying to remove the local health officer, in a case that's had more twists and turns than we can count. Here are answers to some important questions about the case to get you caught up.

Workers stack supplies at one of the warehouses where the Egyptian Red Crescent stores foreign aid destined for Gaza once the Gaza-Egypt border opens on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023 in North Sinai, Egypt. The aid convoy, organized by a group of Egyptian NGOs, set off today from Cairo for the Gaza-Egypt border crossing at Rafah.

Blinken says the crossing to Egypt will open to aid as Israel prepares to strike Gaza

Israel's military said that it would continue to allow Gazans to evacuate south as hundreds of thousands had already moved. Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed more than 2,600 Palestinians.

Reversal: Guinness awards record to French man who made Eiffel Tower from matchsticks

Guinness World Records at first rejected a tower replica that Richard Plaud made from more than 700,000 matchsticks. But on further review, the organization said it might have been too "heavy-handed."

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Rapid City, S.D., on Sept. 8.

5 things to know about the 14th Amendment effort to block Trump from the presidency

Some legal scholars and activists say an obscure provision of the Constitution, dating back to just after the Civil War, should disqualify Donald Trump from a second White House term.

In a photo taken from video released by the Ukrainian Presidential Office, water surges through a break in the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia are both accusing each other of blowing up the dam, which also destroyed an attached hydroelectric power station.

Ukraine blames Russia for blowing up a major southern dam

The surging water from the Kakhovka dam is likely to cause widespread flooding and poses an additional risk to an already troubled nuclear plant. Russia says Ukraine is to blame.

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