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A blast ripped through Al Ahli Arab hospital in war-torn Gaza late on Oct. 17, killing hundreds. This aerial view, taken a day later, shows the aftermath.

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  • Middle East

Questions still swirl around Al Ahli Arab Hospital blast in Gaza. Here's what we know

Israel and Hamas have put forth dueling explanations about what caused the deadly blast at Gaza's Al Ahli Arab Hospital. Publicly available evidence presents problems for both versions of the story.

October 24, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
A woman holds a pillow near the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, the site of a blast that killed hundreds on October 17. In the aftermath, Hamas and Israel traded blame.

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  • Media

News outlets backtrack on Gaza blast after relying on Hamas as key source

The BBC and The New York Times are among the news outlets revisiting their coverage of a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital. They relied on Hamas as an authoritative source of information.

October 24, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Almost half of all babies born in the U.S. in 2019 were born to unmarried mothers, a dramatic increase since 1960, when only 5% of births were to unmarried mothers.

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  • Economy

Why children of married parents do better, but America is moving the other way

Almost half of all babies born in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. That's not good for children, says progressive economist Melissa Kearney in her new book, The Two-Parent Privilege.

October 22, 2023
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By:
  • Pallavi Gogoi
An aerial view of the complex housing the Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City after an explosion on the hospital grounds that killed hundreds, according to Palestinian officials. Unraveling the facts behind the explosion has been made difficult because of swarms of social media accounts spreading false information about the explosion.

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  • World

Fake accounts, old videos and rumors fuel chaos around Gaza hospital explosion

Misleading and false information is muddying efforts to uncover who is responsible for the deadly blast that killed hundreds of people.

October 20, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Syrian soldiers raise their hands in surrender on Oct. 10, 1973, in the Golan Heights, five days into the Yom Kippur War.

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  • Politics

Israel's battle with Hamas recalls Yom Kippur War and its fateful effects

It is too soon to know whether current events will be nearly as momentous as those of 1973 — for the region, for the U.S. or for the world at large. But it is also possible they could be more so.

October 20, 2023
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By:
  • Ron Elving
A crowd of mostly Evangelical Christians waves U.S. and Israeli flags during the Christians United For Israel (CUFI) "Night to Honor Israel" event during the CUFI Summit 2023 on July 17, 2023, in Arlington, Va.

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  • Politics

This is how the Republican Party became so strongly pro-Israel

The GOP hasn't always been so focused on Israel, but evangelicals, partisan sorting and neoconservatism all helped change that. Those ties take center stage now as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.

October 19, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
President Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, Wednesday in Tel Aviv.

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  • Politics

Biden is embracing Israel. So far, he doesn't have much to show for it politically

President Biden has shown strong support for Israel in the wake of a deadly attack by Hamas, even traveling to the region. But it isn't making political waves in a deeply divided America.

October 19, 2023
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
A view shows an area of Al Ahli Arab Hospital where hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast. The blast area was relatively small but occurred in a courtyard packed with Palestinian civilians.

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  • Middle East

Here's the available evidence of what happened at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza

Videos and photos provide some clues, but much remains unknown about the horrific explosion at the site.

October 18, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel,
  • Becky Sullivan,
  • and 3 more
The investigation into the murder of Tupac Shakur (on stage here in 1994) has long evaded closure. But in the last month, an arrest in connection with his shooting on Sept. 7, 1996, has brought the case back into the spotlight.

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  • Music

Can the Tupac Shakur murder trial salvage any justice from a 27-year-old case?

The arrest of Duane Davis in the 1996 shooting of the rapper in Las Vegas is a huge development in a case that has evaded closure, as competing narratives and mythologies have emerged in its place.

October 17, 2023
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By:
  • Sheldon Pearce
People walk past a decorative installation for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on Sunday in Beijing.

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  • Analysis

As China's Belt and Road project turns 10, it's about more than just development

China's global infrastructure initiative has always been controversial. As Xi Jinping's signature project turns 10, leaders and representatives of 130 countries are in Beijing to mark the anniversary.

October 17, 2023
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Israeli troop reinforcements take position at the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Monday. Social media and messaging apps have been flooded with false and out of context images since fighting started this weekend.

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  • World

Video game clips and old videos are flooding social media about Israel and Gaza

"This is propaganda 101. You flood the gap, especially in those early hours, with content that suggests a certain narrative," said one observer.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Kevin McCarthy of Calif., then the newly elected speaker of the House, picks up the gavel as he begins to speak in the House chamber on Jan. 7.

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  • Politics

McCarthy's fall marks new low in the speakership's declining status

The status of the speakership has been declining for years. McCarthy's ouster is an extreme example in a sequence of events that have made the speaker more vulnerable — and thus weaker.

October 07, 2023
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By:
  • Ron Elving
NASA Harvest analysis of unharvested crops (in purple), along the front line of the war in Ukraine.

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  • National Security

The bruising artillery battle in Ukraine has left a scar that is visible from space

NASA-backed researchers say that millions of acres of farmland have been abandoned due to the conflict.

October 06, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Daniel Wood

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  • Education

Student loans for parents can be a debt trap. But there's a loophole

Until July 2025, parent PLUS borrowers can paperwork their way into a kinder, gentler repayment plan.

October 04, 2023
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By:
  • Cory Turner
People hold flags during a Sikh rally outside the Indian Consulate in Toronto to raise awareness in the wake of the Canadian prime minister's comments alleging Indian government agents were potentially involved in the June killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia, on Monday.

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  • World

Why India's warnings about Sikh separatism don't get much traction in the West

The current India-Canada crisis has exposed a sharp disconnect between India and the West on the issue of Sikh separatism. Michael Kugelman of the Wilson Center's South Asia Institute explains why.

September 28, 2023
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By:
  • Michael Kugelman
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