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French President Emmanuel Macron said France was "facing a completely unprecedented fire," describing the situation as France's worst fire-related crisis since World War II.
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This year, Tennessee banned political campaigns from using artificial intelligence in their ads without some sort of disclosure. Two Republican frontrunners in the race for the 6th Congressional District have used AI to attack the other, but there’s a chance neither will face consequences for violating the new law.
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The Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in southern Illinois will lay off staff and undergo several operational changes in the coming months, including the elimination of the state-run facility’s entire general residential program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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In another loss for the U.S. Department of Justice, a federal judge dismissed their lawsuit attempting to gain access to sensitive Kentucky voter registration information.
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KET's Renee Shaw will leave the public television network at the end of July.
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The ACLU and National Immigration Law Center have renewed their challenge to a Tennessee law making illegal immigration a state crime after a federal judge dismissed a nearly identical lawsuit last month.
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A social media campaign has helped propel a book by the late Kentucky feminist author bell hooks onto the New York Times bestseller list for the first time since its first publication more than two decades ago.
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John Moe was languishing at his job when a woman in HR reminded him of his potential.
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I'll Take the Fire is the third book in a trilogy inspired by generations of Leïla Slimani's Moroccan French family. She is also the author of the bestselling thriller The Perfect Nanny.
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South Asia's leaders have long boasted about their demographic dividend. But the region's young people are turning it into a political reckoning.
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In southern France, a wildfire in the region of Gironde is still active, while two major fires in central Spain are finally coming under control, ahead of the fourth heat wave of the summer.
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Beginning Aug. 1, NPR Music will publish a week-long list of stories and podcast episodes exploring the legacy and future of the Grateful Dead. And we want to hear from you!
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Baltimore is rethinking what it means to call 911, and who responds. Callers who don't need police will get help finding social services and healthcare before they actually fall into crisis.