The display is permitted by rules that govern religious installations inside the Capitol but has drawn criticism from many conservatives.
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British teen who went missing as a child found in France after 6 years living off the grid
Alex Batty, a 17-year-old who had been missing since 2017, was found by a delivery driver on a remote French road in the middle of the night.
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U.S. homelessness up 12% to highest reported level as rents soar
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge said the data underscored an ‘urgent need’ to support proven solutions that help people quickly exit homelessness and that prevent homelessness in the first place.
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International court rules against Guatemala in a landmark Indigenous and environmental rights case
Guatemala violated Indigenous rights by permitting a huge nickel mine on tribal land almost 2 decades ago, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled.
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How the world’s first deal to ditch fossil fuels was forged at COP28
A controversial leader. A universally hated draft. Against all odds, climate negotiators reached their first-ever agreement on moving away from coal, oil and gas.
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Jury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 vote lies
The judgment adds to growing financial and legal peril for Giuliani, who was among the loudest proponents of Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud that are now a key part of the criminal cases against the former president.
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Congressional Budget Office projects lower inflation, higher unemployment over next 2 years
The office’s Current View of the Economy from 2023 to 2025 report estimates that the unemployment rate will rise to 4.4% by the end of 2024.
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Tesla Autopilot recall threatens its defense in lawsuits over crashes
The electric vehicle company’s biggest recall ever threatens to hurt its defense in several high-profile lawsuits it faces over crashes linked to Autopilot.
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Prince Harry claims vindication in court victory as judge finds British tabloid hacked his phone
Mirror Group Newspapers were ordered to pay the Duke of Sussex $180,000 for using unlawfully gathered information.
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Why more women live in major East Coast counties while men outnumber them in West
There are more women than men in some of the largest urban U.S. counties east of the Mississippi River, on the Eastern Seaboard and in the Deep South.