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Academy Award-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89
by Leila Fadel
Smith's seven-decade stage and screen career included many beloved roles, from "Harry Potter" Professor Minerva McGonagall, to Dowager Countess Violet Crawley in "Downton Abbey."
With control of Congress undecided, Wisconsin demonstrates a divided government
With a Republican senator and a Democratic governor, Wisconsin serves as an example of what a divided government may look like. Wisconsinites share how they feel about it.
Biden assesses midterm results — even as some key races remain undecided
In his first formal news conference since January, President Biden laid out his legislative agenda for the next two years and teased a 2024 reelection run.
After reaching Florida's east coast, Nicole weakens to a tropical storm
Nicole made landfall early Thursday morning south of Vero Beach with 75 mile per hour winds. Parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina are expected to have tropical storm conditions.
Canadian birders in British Columbia help a hummingbird migrate south
Clive and Susan Keen told the CBC that unusual autumn warmth likely confused the bird. Once the first snow fell, the couple captured the bird and drove it nine hours south and set it free in a park.
News brief: Georgia runoff, GOP's 'red wave' is stopped, Russia to leave Kherson
U.S. Senate candidates in Georgia head to a December runoff. Democrats avoided a "red wave" in the midterm elections. Russia says it's withdrawing from a key port city, but Ukraine is skeptical.
Archaeologists find an ivory comb from 1700 B.C.
The Washington Post reports the comb reveals an ancient problem with beard lice. A sentence is inscribed on the comb which translates to: May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.
The climate summit is drawing attention to Egypt's poor human rights record
by Ruth Sherlock
The United Nation's annual climate conference is supposed to be the forum for the world to address global warming — but in Egypt many activist voices aren't being heard.
Ukraine is skeptical of Russian claims that it is withdrawing from Kherson
Russian officials made an announcement that they are withdrawing troops from the key city of Kherson. The city is the capital of a region Russia claims to have annexed.
Struggle for gender equality in Iran began generations before the latest protests
In light of the ongoing protests in Iran, NPR history podcast Throughline explores Iranian women's long history of political activism.
Proposition 31 passes in California: flavored tobacco will be banned
by Yuki Noguchi
Californians voted overwhelmingly to uphold a ban on flavored tobacco products — including e-cigarettes. Anti-smoking advocates hope more states and federal regulators will follow.
NASA returns to its old training grounds: The moonlike lava fields of Arizona
by Melissa Sevigny
As NASA prepares to return humans to the moon in 2025, it is testing a rover and other gear on a piece of land in Arizona where astronauts and engineers tried out Apollo mission gear 60 years ago.
Several state ballot measures resulted in victories for abortion rights supporters
Voters generally favored abortion rights in abortion-related ballot initiatives this year. That could have implications for both policy and strategy.