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Rev. Rob Schenck, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute (TDBI) president, speaks during press conference, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings, to call on the Senate to pass gun reform legislation in front of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC on April 17, 2019. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Former evangelical activist says he 'pushed the boundaries' in Supreme Court dealings

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, the Rev. Rob Schenck said he knew the outcome of a pivotal religious freedom decision weeks before the Supreme Court released it in 2014.

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Russians welcome prisoner swap amid worries over war in Ukraine. Tech companies cut tens of thousands of jobs. Eight teams keep their World Cup hopes alive.

20 March 2021, Berlin: A police officer observes participants in the demonstration of right-wing extremists and Reichsbürger on the street of 17 June. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Paul Zinken/picture alliance via Getty Images)

German far-right groups becoming increasingly organized, says a historian

The Reichsbürger or "Reich Citizens" movement believes Germany's modern democratic government is not legitimate, and has grown in the last year.

A woman walks past a billboard promoting vaccination outside a shopping mall in Beijing on February 26, 2022. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP) (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)

Why vaccine hesitancy persists in China — and what they're doing about it

The reluctance of many citizens — especially the elderly — to get vaccinated is a problem for a government facing intense pressure to roll back strict COVID policies.

AL RAYYAN, QATAR - DECEMBER 09: Neymar of Brazil takes a shot against Dejan Lovren of Croatia during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 quarter final match between Croatia and Brazil at Education City Stadium on December 09, 2022 in Al Rayyan, Qatar. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Croatia stuns top-ranked Brazil to advance to the World Cup semifinals

Croatia does it again - winning a penalty kick shootout to advance to the semifinals for the second World Cup, eliminating Brazil. Croatia's defense stymied the 5-time champions the entire match.

FILE - Peter Møller, fourth from left, attorney and co-founder of the Danish Korean Rights Group, attends a press conference with a group of South Korean adoptees in front of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Seoul, South Korea on Nov. 15, 2022. Nearly 400 South Koreans adopted as children by families in the West have requested South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigate their adoptions through application deadline on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, as Seoul faces growing pressure to reckon with a child export frenzy driven by dictatorships that ruled the country until the 1980s. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

More South Korean adoptees who were sent overseas demand probes into their cases

Nearly 400 South Koreans sent as children to families in the West want an inquiry, saying their adoptions were marred by fake documents that changed child identities or falsely declared them orphans.

LIMA, PERU - 2022/10/11: Pedro Castillo, president of Peru, gives an emergency press conference to foreign correspondents accredited in Peru and denounces as an attempted coup d'état being constitutionally denounced by the nation's prosecutor for allegedly leading a criminal organization. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Granthon/Fotoholica Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

From president to prisoner: The rapid descent of Peru's Pedro Castillo

Peru's Pedro Castillo gambled away power in one breathtaking day.

NEW YORK - JULY 2: Three people hold U.S. flags as they wait to be sworn in as American citizens at a naturalization ceremony on the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum July 2, 2004 in New York City. During the Fourth of July weekend, more than 16,000 people will raise their right hands and become American citizens. Each year America welcomes 640,000 new citizens with naturalization ceremonies. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Nearly a million adults became U.S. citizens this past year, a record high since 2008

Despite the setbacks caused by the pandemic, the federal government naturalized a record number of adult immigrants this year and reduced its application backlog by nearly half.

Oleksandr Breus, a Ukrainian and French Legionnaire was killed in his car during the Russian invasion and Oleksandr Golod alleges he witnessed it from his window as he describes events and rides his bike past the charred remains of the vehicle in Nova Basan, Chernihiv Oblast on June 28, 2022. His neighbor disputes his claims.

There have been 50,000 alleged war crimes in Ukraine. We worked to solve one

Investigators in Ukraine have opened more than 50,000 inquiries into alleged Russian war crimes since the war began. NPR looked into the death of one man to show the challenges investigators face.

Animal welfare advocates ask Hochul to sign puppy mill ban

Animal welfare advocates are asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign a bill that would ban the sale of puppies, kittens and rabbits from so-called puppy mills, which opponents say use inhumane practices to breed pets for sale in pet stores.

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