New polling shows Vice President Harris and Former President Donald Trump are nearly tied in seven critical states in the presidential race. And, a famed Babe Ruth jersey sells for a record $24 million.

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Democrats still face criticism from the left about the war in Gaza. NPR's A Martinez talks to Evgeny Stolyarov, a member of Jewish Voice for Peace Action.

Israel says that early on Sunday it launched a “preemptive” strike against Hezbollah targets . Military officials say they had intelligence that the Iran-backed militants were about to attack.

Security forces killed 12 insurgents, officials said, in one of the deadliest days of violence in the restive Baluchistan province, with reports of other shootings and destruction in the area.

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In his new book At War with Ourselves, My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster recounts his experience working for Trump and his inner circle.

On Sunday, Israel and Hezbollah exchanged some of the heaviest cross border fighting in months.

NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Cerian Richmond Jones of The Economist about the decision by Nigerian and Ethiopian governments to float their respective currencies.

The Russian-born tech billionaire is a citizen of France and the UAE. Telegram, which he co-founded in 2013, has nearly 1 billion users. It’s known for its hands-off approach to content moderation.

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Israel struck targets in southern Lebanon in what they say was a pre-emptive strike. Hezbollah returned fire. The increase in cross-border exchanges happens just as ceasefire talks resume.

One family in Gaza struggles to save their severely ill baby daughter amidst evacuation orders by Israel’s military.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to nuclear expert James Acton from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the dangers of what is being called the new nuclear age.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with journalist Widlore Merancourt about the current situation in Haiti, two months after Kenyan police arrived in an effort to help the country's police control violent gangs.

German police said that a 26-year-old man claimed to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary.

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An Israeli military spokesperson said the military acted in “self defense” to “remove these threats.” Hezbollah said it was still able to fire rockets and drones toward Israel.

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Prosecutors opened an investigation into culpable shipwreck and multiple manslaughter after a yacht capsized off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people onboard. No suspect is currently identified.

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Tony Morris, a 72-year-old former bookkeeper and taxi driver, is taking over Glasgow's clubs with his dance music.

Afghanistan's Taliban codified a long set of rules governing morality, including compulsory beards for men and facial covering for women.

A workers union threatened a strike at one of Canada’s two major railroads. A government-ordered arbitration hearing ended without a decision. Trains are expected to keep moving through Monday.

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