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Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C. Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions Democratic ... Read More

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Abshir Rageh had to sneak out from home to see bootleg ... s commonplace practices. Her latest film focuses on an elementary school. Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition ... Read More

A lawsuit alleging abuse at a NH youth center is going to trial. There are 1,000 more to come

David Meehan’s disclosure to his wife seven years ago set into motion an unprecedented criminal investigation into New Hampshire’s ... after former Gov. John H. Sununu, the father of the ... Read More

NH Democratic candidates for governor coming to Exeter for public forum

EXETER — Democratic candidates for governor of New Hampshire will face questions Sunday from high ... From there, the students organized the event, from finding the venue to reaching out to campaigns ... Read More

Lede Stories

The judge overseeing the former president's criminal trial is familiar with his history, in and out of court. Health officials have detected fragments of a bird flu virus in milk. What does that ... Read More

Why it always feels like the government is about to shut down

which wasn’t resolved until early May. This means Congress may spend half of each year struggling to complete its most basic responsibility of funding the government, at the expense of other ... Read More

Political News

The man's lawyer is arguing that fathers of "aborted fetuses" can sue for wrongful death in states with abortion bans even if the abortion happens out of the state. A new ABC News and IPSOS poll ... Read More

His story inspired 'Hotel Rwanda.' Now he's speaking out against the government

From April to July 1994, the world ... Rusesabagina's story has changed drastically. He hasn't lived in Rwanda since 1996 but still cares about his country and has spoken out about the government ... Read More

Up First

The three biggest stories of the day, with reporting and analysis from NPR News — in 10 minutes. Available weekdays by 6 a.m. ET, with hosts Leila Fadel, Steve Inskeep, Michel Martin and A Martinez. Read More

Iconic Papaya King to be replaced by 17-story luxury high-rise as locals decry ‘disgusting’ change in neighborhood

Locals and passersby got frank with The Post on Monday over news that Papaya King’s modest, single-story building at 86th ... Papaya King operated out of the 86th and 3rd Avenue location for ... Read More

World News

Abshir Rageh had to sneak out from home to see bootleg ... s commonplace practices. Her latest film focuses on an elementary school. Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition ... Read More