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Journalists from the Philippines, Russia win the Nobel Peace Prize
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia.
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The remnants of one of the nation's oldest Black churches have just been found
The discovery of the First Baptist Church in Colonial WIlliamsburg comes as the living history museum is reckoning with its storytelling about the country's origins and the role of Black Americans.
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Pope Francis expresses shame at the scale of child sexual abuse by clergy in France
The pope spoke about a report released Tuesday that estimated some 330,000 French children were abused by clergy and other church authority figures dating back to 1950.
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Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics
The Department of Health and Human Services said Monday its new regulation, which will go into effect Nov. 8, will restore clinics' ability to refer women seeking abortions to a provider.
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Refugee admissions hit record low, despite Biden's reversal
A total of 11,445 refugees were allowed into the United States during the budget year that ended on Thursday, according to figures obtained by The Associated Press.
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After a week of scandal, the CEO of Ozy Media says he now hopes to stay in business
Carlos Watson said it had been "premature" to shut down the company and hopes to keep operating, despite a scandal-ridden week that exposed Ozy as an outlet without much of an audience.
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Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram go down in major, worldwide outage
The company said it was "aware that some people are having trouble accessing Facebook app" and it was working on restoring access. It did not say what may be causing the outage.
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Ex-Facebook manager alleges the social network fed the Capitol riot
The whistleblower, Frances Haugen, asserted in an interview with 60 Minutes that Facebook repeatedly made decisions that benefited the company's own interests at the expense of protecting the public.
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A London Police Officer Has Been Given A Life Sentence For The Death Of Sarah Everard
Prosecutors said that Wayne Couzens handcuffed Everard on the pretext that she broke COVID-19 lockdown rules, drove her far outside the capital and then raped and killed her.
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U.S. Says Ivory-Billed Woodpecker And More Than 20 Other Species Have Gone Extinct
Government scientists warn climate change, on top of other pressures, could make such disappearances more common.