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The plan is to disinter more than 650 sets of unidentified Korean War remains at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. This represents nearly 10 percent of those still missing from the war.

Major Project To Identify Long Nameless Korean War Dead Begins

Advances in DNA and other forensics now make identification of Americans who died in the Korean War highly likely. The Pentagon is exhuming hundreds of remains in a Honolulu military cemetery.

Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Tuesday March 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden says he never meant to keep classified documents. Hur stands by report on president’s memory

Over five hours of interviews, President Joe Biden repeatedly told a special counsel that he never meant to retain classified information after he left the vice presidency, but he was at times fuzzy about dates and said he was unfamiliar with the paper trail for some of the sensitive documents he handled.A transcript of the Biden interviews was made public Tuesday, just as the special counsel, Robert Hur, went before the House Judiciary Committee to face questions about his investigation of the Democratic president.

Biden drops out of presidential race

President Biden drops out of the 2024 presidential race, and endorses Vice President Kamal Harris to replace him atop the Democratic ticket.

'We don't want to be first place.' Wyoming tries to address high gun suicide rates

For years, Wyoming has had one of the highest suicide rates and one of the highest gun ownership rates in the United States. But until recently, it was taboo to draw a link between those two things.

Here's what's on stage at area theaters the week of November 18

Christmas is in the air at area theaters. With three holiday show openings and a few other shows closing, theatergoers have plenty of entertainment options.

One voted Biden. One picked Trump. It's a tale of two counties in pivotal Wisconsin

Wisconsin is one of a handful of pivotal states in the 2024 presidential election. Within the swing state, there are swing counties that could decide the election — even as people remain divided.

Prince Harry's case against Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids goes to trial

A trial begins Tuesday over complaints filed by Prince Harry and a senior British lawmaker against Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspapers. The trial carries high stakes on both sides of the Atlantic.

How Can Gun Violence Be Solved?

NPR's Michel Martin discusses solutions to gun violence with a panel of experts who work on the issue.

LA Times owner boosts RFK Jr. online, as writer says paper cut his critique

Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong has become a fierce champion online for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.

For these seniors, DOGE's affordable housing pause means suffering longer without AC

The Trump administration froze funding for a program to upgrade aging low-income housing and make it energy efficient. The move threatens hundreds of projects around the country.

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