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Alex Diaz-Asper, left, and his wife Rachel Lerman, far right, play with their twin boys, Alejandro, center left, and Miguel, 3, at their home in Washington, June 11, 2008.

Multiracial boom in 2020 census was mostly an illusion, researchers say

Alex Diaz-Asper, left, and his wife Rachel Lerman, far right, play with their twin boys, Alejandro, center left, and Miguel, 3, at their home in Washington, June 11, 2008.

January 14, 2025, 3:00pm Nation & World

When the 2020 census results were released, they showed a boom in the number of people classified as multiracial in the United States since 2010. Two Princeton sociologists now say that jump was mostly an illusion. Read story

Catherine, Princess of Wales during a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital on Jan. 14, 2025, in London, England.

Kate Middleton’s cancer is now in remission: ‘It takes time to adjust to a new normal’

Catherine, Princess of Wales during a visit to The Royal Marsden Hospital on Jan. 14, 2025, in London, England.

January 14, 2025, 1:03pm Nation & World

After battling cancer most of last year, Kate Middleton says she’s now in remission. Read story

Biden moves to lift state sponsor of terrorism designation for Cuba, part of deal to free prisoners

January 14, 2025, 1:03pm Nation & World

The Biden administration on Tuesday is notifying Congress of its intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island. Read story

In this video image provided by the FBI, Shamsud-Din Jabbar rides on a bicycle in the French Quarter in New Orleans, on Oct. 31, 2024.

New Orleans attacker had researched similar violent rampage and how to access Bourbon St. balcony

In this video image provided by the FBI, Shamsud-Din Jabbar rides on a bicycle in the French Quarter in New Orleans, on Oct. 31, 2024.

January 14, 2025, 11:32am Nation & World

Before plowing a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing 14 people, the man who carried out the Islamic State group-inspired attack had researched how to access a balcony on the city’s famed Bourbon Street and looked up information about a similar recent attack… Read story

The Wyoming Capitol, where Freedom Caucus lawmakers have taken control of the state House of Representatives, is seen Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Cheyenne, Wyo.

The Freedom Caucus takes over the Wyoming House, marking its first chance to lead

The Wyoming Capitol, where Freedom Caucus lawmakers have taken control of the state House of Representatives, is seen Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Cheyenne, Wyo.

January 14, 2025, 11:31am Nation & World

As President-elect Donald Trump plans bold moves for his first days in office, so too are conservative lawmakers in Wyoming, the first state where Trump-friendly Freedom Caucus members have won control of a statehouse chamber. Read story

FILE - President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 9, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump says he will create an ‘External Revenue Service’ agency to collect tariff income

FILE - President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 9, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.

January 14, 2025, 11:25am Nation & World

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced plans to create a new agency called the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and other revenues from foreign nations. Read story

Rescuers work to retrieve miners from ground in an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from illegal South African mine as hundreds remain underground

Rescuers work to retrieve miners from ground in an abandoned gold mine for months, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

January 14, 2025, 11:24am Nation & World

Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and emaciated survivors to the surface Tuesday with hundreds more still believed to be underground, many of them dead and others too weak to come out on… Read story

Speaker Johnson orders U.S. Capitol flags raised to full height for Trump’s inauguration

January 14, 2025, 11:23am Nation & World

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former President Jimmy Carter. Read story

Harvard study suggests tactic for U.S. jails to reduce inmate deaths

January 14, 2025, 11:21am Nation & World

County jails may be able to improve access to medical care and lower death rates behind bars through health care accreditation, according to new research by Harvard University economists — but the process still leaves inmates frustrated by low standards of care. Read story

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a joint press conference with  French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot after their meeting at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.

Blinken makes the case for post-war reconstruction, security and governance of Gaza

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a joint press conference with  French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot after their meeting at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.

January 14, 2025, 11:21am Nation & World

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a last-minute case Tuesday for a plan for the post-war reconstruction and governance of Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears tantalizingly close to completion. Read story