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Holocaust survivor, Senator Liliana Segre chairs the opening session of the Italian Senate of the newly elected parliament, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Italy voted on Sept. 25 to elect a new parliament. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Holocaust-surviving lawmaker opens Italy's Senate, even as the far-right takes office

Liliana Segre presided over the first seating of Parliament since general elections last month, when Italians voted in their first far-right government since World War II.

A police vehicle is parked near a bridge where social media videos earlier appeared to show smoke and protest banners in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. China's internet censors moved quickly to scrub social media posts Thursday after reports of banners criticizing the Communist leadership being hung from a busy intersection in the capital Beijing. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

A rare protest in Beijing calls for change ahead of a key Communist Party meeting

Online images showed banners that demanded "votes not leaders, dignity not lies" and urged students and workers to strike. Censors quickly scrubbed social media posts of the protest.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 13: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz tugs at his shirt collar as he is seated at the defense table for the verdict in his trial at the Broward County Courthouse October 13, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Cruz, who plead guilty to 17 counts of premeditated murder in the 2018 shootings, is the most lethal mass shooter to stand trial in the U.S. He was previously sentenced to 17 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for 17 additional counts of attempted murder for the students he injured that day. (Photo by Amy Beth Bennett-Pool/Getty Images)

A jury recommends life in prison for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz

Fourteen students and three staff members were killed in the rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day in 2018. Cruz, 24, pleaded guilty last year to first-degree murder.

This April 26, 1989 file photo shows Norma McCorvey (L), known as "Jane Roe" in the 1973 landmark Roe vs Wade ruling that expanded abortion rights in the US, holding a pro-choice sign with attorney Gloria Allred (R) in front of the US Supreme Court building prior to attending arguments on an abortion case in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO / Greg GIBSON / AFP PHOTO / GREG GIBSON (Photo credit should read GREG GIBSON/AFP via Getty Images)

The forgotten story of Jane Roe, who fought for and then against abortion rights

Norma McCorvey is the real name of the woman many Americans now know as the Roe in Roe v. Wade. Her story shows the ways class, religion and money shape abortion politics in the United States.

SAN CARLOS ISLAND, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 06: Power crews work to restore electricity in the wake of Hurricane Ian on October 06, 2022 on San Carlos Island, Florida. While many homes and businesses have had their power restored already, significant numbers of Lee County residents remain without power one week after the storm made landfall. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Florida governor eases voting rules in counties slammed by Hurricane Ian

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an order extending early voting and mail ballot access for certain voters who were affected by Hurricane Ian ahead of elections this fall.

The US House Select Committee members after they voted to subpoena former US President Donald Trump to testify, during a hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The Jan. 6 committee votes unanimously to subpoena Trump

All nine members of the committee voted to subpoena the former president to testify before them. Presidential subpoenas are complicated but not unprecedented.

Basil Seggos (right) and his team with Ukraine Friends delivering first aid kits to soldiers at the front. Photo: Chantal Mistral Bernard

New York's DEC chief felt 'pulled' to volunteer in Ukraine

Seggos took a leave of absence from his post at the DEC and drove ambulances across the border from Slovakia to Kyiv for the not-for-profit Ukraine Friends.

FILE - An old hotel is submerged by rising water levels in Lake Baringo in Kampi ya Samaki, Kenya on July 20, 2022. Madeleine Diouf Sarr, the chair of an influential negotiating bloc in the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Egypt has called for compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change to be high up on the agenda. Sarr said that the bloc will push for funds to help developing countries adapt to droughts, floods and other climate-related events as well as urging developed nations to speed up their plans to reduce emissions. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Developing nations suffering from climate change will demand financial help

The chairperson of an influential negotiating bloc in the upcoming U.N. climate summit has called for compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change to be high up on the agenda.

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2018, file photo, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) building is visible behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved a video game for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children. The FDA said Monday, June 15, 2020, the game built by Boston-based Akili Interactive Labs can improve attention function. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The FDA has officially declared a shortage of Adderall

The FDA has confirmed the nation is experiencing a shortage of Adderall after many pharmacies around the country have been unable to fill prescriptions and keep up with demand.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 21: Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jamie Dimon testifies during a hearing before the House Committee on Financial Services at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on “Holding Megabanks Accountable: Oversight of America’s Largest Consumer Facing Banks.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

It's almost impossible to find a CEO who isn't bracing for a recession

Nearly all the chief executives in a new survey — 98% — say they're getting their ducks in a row for an impending economic downturn in the United States.

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