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Alabama is under a federal court order to draw a new congressional map with two districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred candidate. But its GOP-led legislature refused.

With his new novel, author Yann Martel joins the genre that anthropologist Barbara J. King calls "chimpanzee fiction" — and through an ape's eyes shows us new possibilities.

Israel's military said it had resumed combat operations in the Gaza Strip minutes after a temporary truce with Hamas expired Friday, blaming the militant group for breaking the cease-fire.

It's a nod to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea and the tensions between Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews who live there. But what does it actually mean?

Israeli forces control the area around a desalination facility and a sewage treatment plant, and troops appear to be stationed in several schools in Gaza City.

In Israel, families of some of the more than 200 hostages taken by Hamas during its deadly Oct. 7 attack concluded a march across the country from Tel Aviv to the prime minister's office in Jerusalem.

The conference, known as COP28, opened in Dubai on Thursday. Questions focus on whether real action will be taken to slow global warming, and on the host country as a major oil producer.

Gaza is cut off from food, water and fuel. Israel is raining down destruction on the Palestinian enclave as its residents try to survive.

By the end of the window, NPR had not encountered anyone able to use this so-called safe passage. Several drivers said it was impossible for anyone to make it through.

House Republicans are still struggling to coalesce around one candidate for Speaker while multiple crises add urgency to the search.