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A woman stands in her damaged house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday, following Israeli bombardment amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Up First briefing: South Africa accuses Israel of genocide; Christie ends 2024 race

8:46am January 11, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

A U.N. court opens hearings in The Hague today on genocide charges against Israel. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has ended his 2024 presidential campaign.

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure speaks to reporters after an event in Raleigh,

Cooper, Medicaid leader push insurance enrollment as North Carolina Medicaid expansion also grows

8:43am January 11, 2024

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina is barely a month into the start of Medicaid expansion in the state and over 310,000 low-income adults have now enrolled in the government health care coverage, Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday while hosting the nation's chief Medicaid regulator.

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Congress faces a hard deadline to approve a government spending plan

7:21am January 11, 2024

GOP hardliners are balking at a government funding compromise negotiated by House and Senate leaders. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia about the impasse.

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Stickers encouraging people to register to vote are available in the waiting room of the Native Health center in Phoenix.

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Advocates work to get Native American voters registered in the key state of Arizona

5:13am January 11, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

Ahead of 2024 elections, voting advocates in the swing state of Arizona are aiming to boost voter registration strategies for Native voters, as they still face barriers to the ballot.

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Morning news brief

5:13am January 11, 2024

Closing arguments are to begin in Trump's civil business fraud trial in New York. U.N.'s highest court to hear accusations of genocide in Gaza against Israel. The SEC approves new bitcoin fund.

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Closing arguments to begin in the Trump civil fraud trial in New York

5:13am January 11, 2024

Lawyers for New York State and for former President Donald Trump will present closing arguments Thursday in the civil fraud trial involving his business practices.

Christie drops out, 2 GOP presidential hopefuls debate as Iowa caucuses near

5:13am January 11, 2024

Chris Christie is the latest Republican to drop out of the presidential race. Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are in Iowa — trying to become the top alternative to former President Donald Trump.

In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Military Police guard detainees in orange jumpsuits on Jan. 11, 2002 at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Guantánamo Bay is still open. This week, pressure ramped up to close it

5:01am January 11, 2024

This week, a group of nearly 100 advocacy organizations sent a letter to President Biden urging him to finally close the facility.

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Don Scott becomes first Black Speaker in Virginia Legislature's 400-year history

2:37am January 11, 2024

by Jahd Khalil

Del. Don Scott, a rising star among Virginia Democrats with a unique story, was voted in as speaker of the Virginia Statehouse.

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Hunter Biden, left, President Joe Biden's son, appeared in the audience of House Committee on Oversight hearing on a resolution to hold him in contempt of Congress.

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Hunter Biden makes a surprise appearance at his own contempt hearing

10:56pm January 10, 2024

by Gabriel J. Sánchez

Hunter Biden, the president's son, appeared in the audience at a congressional hearing on holding him in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify behind closed doors.