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Nation & World

Raven Waring wears the trans flag in her hair as students rally at City Hall after they walked out of school to protest anti-trans legislation in Philadelphia on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

What to know about Transgender Day of Remembrance and violence against trans people

Transgender Day of Remembrance is marked every Nov. 20 and began in 1999 to honor Rita Hester, a trans woman who was killed in Massachusetts.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon City, Philippines, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024.

National Politics

The U.S. will allow Ukraine to use American antipersonnel land mines to help slow the Russian advance

FILE - Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., speaks during a hearing July 18, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Duffy to be Transportation Secretary. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

National Politics

Who has Trump picked for his cabinet and administration so far? A running list.

Comcast Corp. is cleaving off a huge chunk of its television portfolio to create a new company composed of its cable channels, including MSNBC and CNBC.

Comcast will spin off its cable channels, including MSNBC and CNBC

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Nov. 19, 2024, rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian strike in Hlukhiv, Ukraine.

Russia says Ukraine fired six U.S.-made ATACMS at the Bryansk region, days after President Biden’s policy shift