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Anita Bryant, popular singer who became vocal opponent of gay rights, dies at 84

Supported by the Rev. Jerry Falwell among others in the 1970s, Bryant and her “Save Our Children” coalition opposed gay rights around the country, denouncing the “deviant lifestyle” of the gay community and calling gay people “human garbage.”

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Venezuela’s Maduro begins new term as US raise bounty for his arrest

The US announces an increased $25 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelas President Maduro on day he’s sworn in for a third term. (Image credit: Matias Delacroix)

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Second judge finds Giuliani in contempt of court for lying about Georgia election workers

Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Friday for the second time this week — by a second federal judge — for continuing to spread lies about two former Georgia election workers after a jury awarded the women a

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Second judge finds Giuliani in contempt of court for lying about Georgia election workers

Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Friday for the second time this week — by a second federal judge — for continuing to spread lies about two former Georgia election workers after a jury awarded the women a

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Cristina Kahlo on What People Get Wrong About Her Great-Aunt Frida

The TIME Studios doc Frida is on the 2025 Oscars shortlist for best documentary film. The innovative movie, available to stream on Amazon Prime, is hailed as the first documentary to be entirely told through the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s

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Most Syrian refugees in Turkey are watching the new leadership before returning home

Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Turkey are making a return to Syria every day, according to the Turkish Interior Ministry. But the majority are waiting to see how the new leadership takes shape.

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Biden extends temporary protection for migrants of Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine

People from Venezuela, El Salvador and Honduras has had Temporary Protected Status, TPS, for the longest time. With the Trump administration promising to end TPS, Central Americans are bracing for the possibility of being deported.

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U.S. ambassador to Israel talks about diplomatic efforts in the Israel-Hamas conflict

As the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, prepares to leave his post, he talks about his diplomatic efforts to shape the direction of the Israel-Hamas war.

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Trump’s Panama Canal Threat Stirs a Nationalist Outcry: ‘Yankees Go Home!’

The strategic waterway is a symbol of pride for a tiny country that shed blood to take control of it.

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One Ukrainian unit defends Kherson with Soviet-era weapons and the cover of darkness

NPR’s Brian Mann spends time with a Ukrainian mobile artillery unit as they prep their Soviet-era mobile cannon for a nighttime attack. Their goal? Stop Russia from crossing the Dnipro River and taking Kherson.

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