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Back to SearchSouth Korea Impeachment, Israel Attacks Houthis, Georgia's Political Crisis
South Korea's parliament has voted to impeach the country's acting president. Israel launched its largest and most aggressive attack so far against t…
1 year, 2 months ago
Christmas Attack In Ukraine, Honda-Nissan Merger, Nigeria's Economic Crisis
A Russian attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure leaves thousands of people without heat. The auto sector is in the midst of two seismic changes a…
1 year, 2 months ago
Christmas In Bethlehem, Famine In Sudan, The Year In Space
For the second year in a row, official celebrations have been cancelled in Bethlehem, the city where Christian tradition says Jesus was born. Famine …
1 year, 2 months ago
Ukraine's Drone Use, H-1B Visa Uncertainty, New Species In 2024
Facing a manpower shortage, Ukraine is relying more and more on unmanned flying attack drones. The visas used by foreign-born scientists is an immigr…
1 year, 2 months ago
Biden Death Row Clemency, Long COVID Research, Lebanon Antiquities Damaged
President Biden uses his clemency authority to commute the sentences of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row to life without parole. The National In…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Luckiest of the Unlucky
In part two of our story about Ben Spencer, a man sentenced to life in prison for a crime he said he didn't commit, former NPR correspondent Barbara …
1 year, 2 months ago
The Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction
In 1987, Ben Spencer, a young black man from Dallas, Texas was convicted in the killing of a white businessman. He was sentenced to life in prison by…
1 year, 2 months ago
Government Shutdown Averted, German Christmas Market Attack, Netflix And The NFL
Congress approved a short-term spending deal to keep government running until mid-March. A man drove a car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germ…
1 year, 2 months ago
GOP Stopgap Bill Fails, Battle For Ukrainian Town, Syria's Interim Government
Congress has a midnight deadline to fund the federal government. Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump instructed Republicans to kill a bipartis…
1 year, 2 months ago
Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts
TikTok's U.S. future is up to the Supreme Court. The Chinese-owned company wants the high court to stop a ban of the app from taking effect next mont…
1 year, 2 months ago