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A conservative Christian gathering on the National Mall Saturday aims to bring together anti-LGTBQ, anti-abortion, and QAnon activists.

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NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Louise Kennedy Converse whose cheese shop in Sarasota, Florida was flooded during Hurricane Milton.

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A program in Oregon teaches incarcerated youth to train dogs, manage a kennel and help pups find forever homes out in the community.

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The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo. Its members are survivors of the August 1945 U.S. nuclear bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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