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Pakistan's opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif, center, speaks while other opposition parties leader watch during a press conference after the Supreme Court decision, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 7, 2022.

Pakistani lawmakers to elect new prime minister after Imran Khan ouster

An opposition lawmaker and a brother of disgraced former prime minister appears as a leading contender to replace Khan.

Tank is available to answer questions at his Carnegie Mellon post eight hours a day, five days a week.

Robot Receptionist Dishes Directions and Attitude

A team at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh is exploring how to make robots more engaging over the long term. Their assistant is roboreceptionist Marion "Tank" LeFleur.

Local Police Fight Residency Rules

St. Louis lifts its residency requirement for city police officers. Civic leaders say residency requirements help stabilize neighborhoods. But police officers, citing safety and financial concerns, say they should be able to choose where to live. Member station KWMU's Matt Sepic reports.

Ta'Wan Grant and Lexxus Cherry in the front yard of their home in the Dunbar neighborhood of Fort Myers Florida, on October 2, 2022.

In one Fort Myers neighborhood, Black residents feel forsaken in Ian's aftermath

In historically African American Dunbar, some think that they are being ignored by authorities who are more concerned about helping affluent seaside communities.

Water floods a damaged trailer park in Fort Myers, Fla., on Saturday after Hurricane Ian passed by the area.

Dozens are dead from Ian, one of the strongest and costliest U.S. storms

The powerful storm terrorized millions for most of the week, hitting western Cuba before raking across Florida and then South Carolina.

Firefighters coordinate efforts at a burning property while battling the Fairview Fire on Monday, near Hemet, Calif.

California battles wildfires and faces blackouts during a brutal heat wave

Triple-digit temperatures are expected as energy officials warn the electrical load on Tuesday could reach the state's highest demand ever. Four deaths were reported as multiple wildfires burned.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' flight that took 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard, Mass., is being investigated by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office in Texas. The migrants were flown from Texas to Florida and then on to Martha's Vineyard. Here, DeSantis speaks at a rally on Aug. 19 in Pittsburgh.

DeSantis defends Martha's Vineyard migrant flights after Texas investigation opens

A Texas sheriff has opened a criminal investigation into flights ordered by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that took the migrants to Massachusetts. DeSantis says outrage over the flights was misplaced.

In October 2010, a tiger walks past a vehicle carrying tourists at Ranthambore National Park in India. India's top court has banned tourism in parts of tiger reserves across the country in an effort to save the endangered big cat.

Tourists Banned From India's Tiger Reserves

India's Supreme Court has temporarily banned tourism in core areas of the country's 41 tiger reserves. The unexpected and controversial ruling is aimed at protecting the last of India's 1,700 tigers.

Virginia Solera Garcia helps runs the CYD Santa Maria shelter with her sister, Concordia Márquez, adopting horses that might otherwise end up in the food supply.

Meet The Sisters Saving Spanish Horses From Slaughter

Once status symbols for newly minted millionaires, horses are now the voiceless victims in Spain's economic crash. Two sisters are adopting horses that might otherwise end up in the food supply.

A Uyghur seeks just a place to sleep in 'The Backstreets'

Perhat Tursun's novel explores human rights abuses against China's Uyghur minority through one man's search for a home. The author himself has been imprisoned and a co-translator has disappeared.

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