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Taylor Swift, seen onstage in Amsterdam earlier this month during the European leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour, has broken another record with her latest album, <em>The Tortured Poets Department.</em>

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  • Music

This may sound like a broken record, but Taylor Swift has broken another record

Swift's The Tortured Poets Department has been the biggest album in the country for 12 consecutive weeks, the longest run atop that chart of her career.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
President Biden is expected to announce his support for changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, including term limits and a mandatory ethics code.

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  • Law

Biden is eyeing big changes for the Supreme Court. But he needs Congress to make them

The president is preparing to back term limits and an enforceable ethics code for U.S. Supreme Court justices. But these changes would require Congressional backing, and that won't be easy to get.

July 17, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
President Biden walks out of the Oval Office towards the South Lawn of the White House on July 15 as he left to campaign in Las Vegas.

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  • Politics

Why Democrats plan to vote on Biden’s nomination before the convention

In May, Democrats decided to hold their roll call vote for their nominee well before the party’s convention. But the plan has rubbed some lawmakers the wrong way.

July 17, 2024
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Tamara Keith
The Republican Party of Waukesha County walks down during the annual Lions Daze parade on Sunday morning in Sussex in Waukesha County.

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  • News

Wisconsin Republicans have a plan for engaging new voters

Republicans hope to return Wisconsin to former President Donald Trump in November. While they hope the RNC can deliver resources, they are also building a ground game to engage voters new voters.

July 16, 2024
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
From left, Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation Mike Carroll, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Dave Brown, owner of Splits and Giggles Cafe, and Lancaster, Pa., Mayor Danene Sorace speak next to one of the city's new protected bike lanes in June 2024.

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  • National

Federal dollars speed up work on safe streets, but money isn’t the only roadblock

Cities across the country are using billions of dollars in federal funding to make streets safer. But in some places, that’s accelerating conflict with local residents who don’t like the changes.

July 16, 2024
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By:
  • Joel Rose
 Corey Comperatore poses in a photo from a GoFundMe page dedicated to his daughter Allyson in the aftermath of his death. The GoFundMe has raised more than $400,000 so far.

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  • National

The man killed in the assassination attempt on Trump died shielding his family

Who was Corey Comperatore, the man killed in the assassination attempt at this weekend's Trump rally in Pennsylvania?

July 15, 2024
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  • Meg Anderson
GPB  NPR

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  • Elections

After Biden's debate performance, the presidential race is unchanged

The poll also found that, at this point, no other mainstream Democrat who has been mentioned as a replacement for the president on the ticket does better than President Biden.

July 12, 2024
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Some of the reusable items to avoid single use plastics.

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  • National

How to live without plastics for a month, according to the founder of a global movement

Plastic Free July is upon us! Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, founder of Plastic Free July, encourages people to take the challenge with friends, start small and keep a “plastic-free kit” on hand.

July 12, 2024
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  • Claire Murashima
Shaboozey performs during the 2024 BET Awards in Los Angeles in June 2024.

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  • Music

Shaboozey's slow-burning hybrid of hip-hop and country is finally the biggest song in the land

This week, Shaboozey becomes only the second Black artist ever to top Billboard's pop and country singles charts at the same time. The first, earlier this year, was his collaborator, Beyoncé.

July 12, 2024
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Tweens and young teens are now major consumers of skin care products, but some ingredients are not good for young skin.

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  • Health

Social media is fueling a tween skin care craze. Some dermatologists are wary

Tweens are now major consumers of skin care products, fueled by social media. But dermatologists are seeing kids with rashes caused by products not meant for young skin. What should tweens be using?

July 12, 2024
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Florida on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

The ACLU has a blueprint to constrain Trump in a second presidential term

The American Civil Liberties Union is developing a legal strategy to counter former President Donald Trump in the event he returns to the White House.

July 11, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a campaign rally at Trump National Doral Miami on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

It seems like Project 2025 is everywhere. But what is it?

After calling Project 2025 "ridiculous," Trump continued to distance himself from the conservative roadmap for the next Republican president. Meanwhile, the Biden team wants to tie the plan to Trump.

July 11, 2024
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
On July 6, volunteers dispense medication at a makeshift emergency clinic, set up in a former school in eastern Sudan, for people displaced by conflict.

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  • News

Attacks on Sudan's hospitals, clinics put millions at risk

Health-care facilities have been under attack by both sides in Sudan’s year-long civil war. Aid groups are trying to shore up care with mobile clinics but fear the need is too great.

July 11, 2024
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis
Three young spectators cover their faces from rubber debris and smoke at the spinning field, at Wheelz N Smoke arena, on July 7, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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  • Africa

From convict to cabinet: South Africa’s new sports minister promotes gangland motorsport

South Africa's new sports minister once drove getaway cars in bank heists. Now he's in government, with plans to bring the dangerous pastime of car spinning into the mainstream.

July 11, 2024
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By:
  • Kate Bartlett
The Woodland Plantation House sits near the banks of the Mississippi River in LaPlace, La. The raised creole-style building with a rusty tin roof and wide front porch has Black owners for the first time. The site is historically significant because it's where one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. history began.

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  • Race

Louisiana plantation where historic slave revolt started now under Black ownership

The Louisiana plantation home where one of the largest slave revolts in U.S. history began has Black owners for the first time. They say the 1811 uprising can inspire a new generation to fight racism.

July 10, 2024
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  • Debbie Elliott
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