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Ishar Das Arora, 83, watches a 3-D video of his birthplace in Pakistan, through a virtual reality device.

75 years after India's violent Partition, survivors can cross the border — virtually

Aug 13, 2022

A virtual reality project helps survivors of India's Partition glimpse long-lost birthplaces they fled as children. Fraught relations between India and Pakistan mean they can't visit in person.

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Shots - Health News

Abortion-rights advocates are using social media to reach young people who have more questions than ever about how to get an abortion.

Long uncertain, young people's access to abortion is more complicated than ever

Aug 13, 2022

As more states restrict abortion, the obstacles for minors who need the procedure are growing. Abortion-rights advocates warn the legal upheaval is leaving young people confused and without options.

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National

A new poll finds white adults are more than twice as likely as others to get sizable financial help from parents or grandparents. By contrast, Black adults are more likely to give money to elders.

Here's one reason why America's racial wealth gap persists across generations

Aug 13, 2022

A new poll finds white adults are more than twice as likely as others to get sizable financial help from parents or grandparents. By contrast, Black adults are more likely to give money to elders.

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Europe

Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko speaks to The Associated Press reporters during an interview on Friday.

Ukrainian health minister says Russia is blocking access to medicines

Aug 13, 2022

In an interview with the AP, the health minister said Russian authorities repeatedly have blocked efforts to provide state-subsidized drugs to people in occupied cities, towns and villages.

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Elections

Here are the key primary election results from Hawaii

Aug 13, 2022

Voting concludes Tuesday in Hawaii's primary elections, including notable races for governor, U.S. Senate and a House congressional district.

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National

A young unidentified man bows during the Dhuhr afternoon prayer at the Islamic Center of New Mexico on Aug. 7, 2022, after the fourth Muslim man was killed in Albuquerque.

The suspect in the killings of 4 Muslim men in New Mexico left a trail of violence

Aug 13, 2022

The lengthy pattern of violence — which began not long after Muhammad Syed arrived in the U.S. in 2016 — has shocked members of Albuquerque's small, close-knit Muslim community.

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Climate

People spend time at the park at dusk during a summer heat wave in Hoboken, N.J., on July 21, 2022.

The U.S. in July set a new record for overnight warmth

Aug 12, 2022

The average low temperature for the lower 48 states in July was 63.6 F. It's not only the hottest nightly average for July, but for any month in 128 years of record keeping, a NOAA climatologist said.

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Europe

Police investigators work at the site of the attack in Cetinje, Montenegro, on Friday.

A gunman in Montenegro killed 10, including 2 children

Aug 12, 2022

A 34-year-old man killed 10 people on the streets of Cetinje before being shot dead by a passerby, officials said. They said it was unclear what had provoked the attack.