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Election day is almost here, and we could soon find out who will become our next president.

But winning doesn’t only happen at the ballot box, and the results of this election are already being litigated in court.

Trump and his allies filed a slew of lawsuits alleging widespread fraud. These efforts failed. But four years later, they are already trying to employ the same strategies again.

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This week and next, world leaders are gathering in Colombia for the 16th United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to check up on their collective progress in slowing biodiversity loss.

Can they successfully turn those plans into action against what the United Nations is calling “humanity’s senseless and suicidal war with nature?”

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If you had any doubts, we can clear them up now. Emo music not only still exists — it’s thriving.

A new exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame focuses on Hopeless Records and its history.

The independent record label has had an impressive roster over the last 30 years, featuring some of pop punk and emo music’s biggest names from Sum 41 to All Time Low to Avenged Sevenfold.

NPR’s Juana Summers travels to Cleveland, Ohio to visit the exhibit and dives into why emo music remains relevant today.

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In his posthumous memoir, Patriot, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote – “If they do finally whack me, the book will be my memorial.”

Though his voice has fallen silent, his wife Yulia Navalnaya is sharing his message. She now leads the movement her husband started, fighting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power.

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An NPR investigation has found more than 100 times when former president Donald Trump has said his rivals, critics and even private citizens should be investigated, prosecuted, or put in jail, or otherwise punished.

So, could he act upon those threats if reelected?

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Millions of ballots are tabulated at the Maricopa County Tabulation Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Inside and out, the building is a fortress.

It’s the legacy of the 2020 election when armed protestors gathered outside the building on election night. After Arizona was called for Joe Biden there were months of allegations about voter fraud.

At a time when election results are routinely challenged, candidates cry foul and protesters threaten violence…what does it take to run an election?

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Two decades ago, only a third of Latinos believed abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Today, that number has risen to 62 percent. So why are Latino voters in this country changing their minds about abortion?

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Today, Israel announced that they had killed Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas.

Sinwar came to power in the wake of the death of hiss predecessor, as well as the head of Hamas’s military wing – leaving him ss the leading figure of the militant group.

What will Sinwar’s death mean for Hamas and for Israel’s war in Gaza ?

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“Israel has a right to defend itself and its people.” It’s a phrase that’s been spoken by Israel’s allies – and American presidents – for decades, especially in the days after Israel launched its war in Gaza after the October 7th attack by Hamas.

But what do those words actually mean in a historically, politically and in the midst of Israel’s incursions into Gaza and Lebanon.

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Legendary journalist Bob Woodward’s new book War, like so many of his books about the American presidency over the last half century, is generating headlines.

But Woodward’s work is about a lot more than juicy nuggets that rocket around cable news and social media.

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