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Yooree Kim, who was sent to a couple in France by the Holt adoption agency when she was 11, displays some old photos of her and her brother in her apartment in Seoul, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C.

Did this happen to me also? Korean adoptees question their past and ask how to find their families

October 4, 2024, 1:45pm Latest News

Dozens of South Korean adoptees, many in tears, have responded to an investigation led by The Associated Press and documented by Frontline (PBS) last week on Korean adoptions. The investigation reported dubious child-gathering practices and fraudulent paperwork involving South Korea’s foreign adoption program, which peaked in the 1970s and ‘80s… Read story

Flames and smoke rise from a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, as Rafik Hariri International airport is seen in the background, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.

U.S. arranges flights to transport Americans out of Lebanon

October 4, 2024, 1:39pm Nation & World

U.S.-arranged flights have brought about 350 Americans and their immediate relatives out of Lebanon this week during escalated fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, while thousands of others still there face airstrikes and diminishing commercial flights. Read story

Crews work to clean up the tons of sand and debris pushed onto Gulf Boulevard from Hurricane Helene storm surge, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Indian Shores, Fla.

Helene’s powerful storm surge killed 12 near Tampa. They didn’t have to die

October 4, 2024, 1:22pm Latest News

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Aiden Bowles was stubborn, so even as Florida officials told residents of the barrier island north of St. Petersburg that Hurricane Helene’s storm surge could be deadly, the retired restaurant owner stayed put. Read story

FILE - Mats Larsson, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, standing at left, speaks during the announcement of the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics, at the Royal Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, on Oct. 3, 2023.

The Nobel Prizes will be announced against a backdrop of wars, famine and artificial intelligence

October 4, 2024, 11:46am Nation & World

Wars, a refugee crisis, famine and artificial intelligence could all be recognized when Nobel Prize announcements begin next week under a shroud of violence. Read story

Peru Guinea Pigs are bred at an agricultural research farm for distribution to farms across the country, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Peruvian guinea pigs, locally known as 'cuy,' have been traditionally raised for meat consumption since pre-Inca times.

Peru celebrates 2 decades of a fast-growing breed of guinea pigs eaten as a delicacy

October 4, 2024, 11:42am Nation & World

Peru on Thursday celebrated two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the diet of people in the Andean nation for thousands of years. Read story

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Did this happen to me also? Korean adoptees question their past and ask how to find their families

U.S. arranges flights to transport Americans out of Lebanon

Helene’s powerful storm surge killed 12 near Tampa. They didn’t have to die

The Nobel Prizes will be announced against a backdrop of wars, famine and artificial intelligence

Peru celebrates 2 decades of a fast-growing breed of guinea pigs eaten as a delicacy

Senators ask Justice Department to take tougher action against Boeing executives over safety issues

US launches air attacks on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels

Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden administration environmental regulations

Garth Brooks accused of rape in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artist

Iranian supreme leader praises missile attack on Israel, saying Iran will do it again if necessary