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Silvia Perez works on the body of the puppet. Members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers work to build a giant puppet for their first-ever Farmworker Freedom Festival to celebrate human rights gains of the Fair Food Program. They plan to call on corporate holdout Wendy’s to join.

Coalition of Immokalee Workers to celebrate 30 years of fighting for human rights

The three-day festival will be held on the island of Palm Beach starting March 8

Ukrainian soldiers, who are also musicians, are on a thank you tour in the U.S.

The Ukrainian soldiers are on a U.S tour to thank Americans for the latest round of military aid to Ukraine -- and to court new support.

Fears are growing of a widening war in the Middle East

The Middle East is bracing for tit-for-tat responses between Iran and Israel that could spin out into an all-out regional war.

Quincy Hall celebrates winning the gold medal for the U.S. after competing in the Men's 400m final on Wednesday at Stade de France at the Paris Summer Olympics.

Quincy Hall wins the Olympic 400-meter race, bringing gold back to the U.S.

For decades, the U.S. dominated the men's 400-meter race, one of the most difficult and prestigious events at any Olympic Games. But no American man had won gold since 2008 — until Wednesday.

Now it's four. Léon Marchand of France has won four individual gold medals during the Paris Summer Games, shattering an Olympic record each time.

France's Léon Marchand claims his crown as the next big thing in Olympic swimming

Léon Marchand entered the Paris Summer Games with no gold medals. He now has claimed four gold - while shattering four Olympic records - and has emerged as a national French icon.

Former President Donald Trump looks on alongside Marlon Bateman (left), Marine Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews during a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 26 to honor the lives of those who died at the Abbey Gate bombing in Afghanistan.

Despite evidence, Trump calls Arlington Cemetery incident a 'made up story'

Meanwhile, members of Congress are asking for details about the incident, which was first reported by NPR.

Companies are increasingly concerned about how Earth's changing climate might affect their businesses, such as crop failures from drought, heat and storms.

As The Climate Warms, Companies Scramble To Calculate The Risk To Their Profits

Companies are trying to figure out the risks to their profits from a warming planet. Some of them are turning to high-tech tools of climate science.

Will Lewis became publisher and CEO of<em> The Washington Post</em> in January. On Sunday, he ousted Executive Editor Sally Buzbee and replaced her with a former colleague temporarily. In November, another former colleague will permanently take the helm of the newsroom.

New CEO of 'The Washington Post' puts former colleagues in power

The Post's new CEO has ousted Executive Editor Sally Buzbee, replacing her with a former colleague of his at The Wall Street Journal. Post journalists worry about the choice, and the paper's future.

FHSAA approves athlete name-image-likeness pay rules

The Florida High School Athletic Association on Tuesday opened the door for student-athletes to earn money from business agreements such as endorsement deals, with the organization’s president calling the move a “good starting point.”The FHSAA’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve a seismic change in the organization’s bylaws to allow athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness, or NIL. The changes will be in effect for the upcoming school year.

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich stands inside a defendants' cage during a pretrial detention hearing at the Moscow City Court in Moscow on Sept. 19, 2023. Gershkovich was detained during a reporting trip in Russia in March 2023 and accused of spying — charges that he, the U.S. government and his employer, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, vehemently deny.

American journalist Evan Gershkovich to stand trial on espionage charges in Russia

Gershkovich was arrested while reporting in Russia for The Wall Street Journal. He has vehemently denied the charges against him, and President Biden has called his detention "totally illegal."

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