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President Trump made good on a campaign promise to ask the Department of the Interior to recognize the Lumbee people of North Carolina — a tribe whose Native identity has long been called into question. (Image credit: Chris Seward)

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When the German philosopher Immanuel Kant puzzled over why nature looks beautiful to us, he considered the case of replicas. Imagine, Kant wrote in the late 1700s, a jovial innkeeper who, for lack of a nightingale to enchant his guests,

TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas militants handed over four captive female Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday after parading them in front of a crowd. Israel was set to release 200 Palestinian prisoners or detainees

Young female “spotters” for Israel’s army reported suspicious activity across the border. When Hamas attacked, 15 were killed and seven abducted. Four came home on Saturday.

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Israel receives names of four female hostages Hamas is due to release Saturday  CNN Live updates: More hostages and prisoners set to be released during Israel-Hamas ceasefire  CNN Friends and family of released hostages express joy at return of ‘heroic’ female soldiers

Secret Service agents, not ICE, visited Chicago school, officials say amid deportation fears  The Associated Press Secret Service approached Hamline Elementary School in Back of the Yards, not Immigration and Customs Enforcement: CPD officials  ABC7 Chicago Secret Service, Not ICE Agents Turned

Four female soldiers taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023 by Hamas were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on Saturday morning, and then transferred to the Israeli military. (Image credit: Omar Al-Qattaa)

The hostages are the second set to be released since the multiphase agreement came into effect, raising hopes for a lasting end to the war.