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John Awiel Chol Diing and his family fled South Sudan when he was 4. He grew up in camps but always hoped he’d find a way out of the “end zone.”

When he was just 26 years old, Emmet Jopling Bondurant II argued and won a foundational voting rights case in the Supreme Court. This week, he returns to take on partisan redistricting.

Also in this week’s roundup: the White House outlined its proposals on the Higher Education Act, and only 7 black students were admitted into one of New York’s most selective high schools.

This is not the first time Bill Barr has led the Justice Department. The seasoned D.C. lawyer has expressed expansive views on the powers of the president — and supported past presidential pardons.

Sleeping in on the weekend or taking a brief nap can help you recover from a single bad night. But just five consecutive nights of too little sleep can lead to weight gain and elevated blood sugar.

Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati faces charges of covering up multiple claims of sexual abuse in Chile’s Catholic Church. Pope Francis has named Monsignor Celestino Aos Braco as a temporary replacement.

Helicopters were being used to evacuate some of the vessel’s 1,300 passengers after its crew issued a mayday call on Saturday amid engine problems, high seas and strong winds.

A contrast agent doesn’t make you feel better or treat what’s ailing you. But by making CT scans clearer, contrast might be crucial in helping your doctor make the right diagnosis.

The Democratic National Committee wants to avoid a crush of candidates in TV debates during the presidential primaries. So it set a qualifying threshold: 65,000 donors spread across 20 states.

Democrats have long said the results of the special counsel’s investigation into the Russian attack on the 2016 presidential election should be fully transparent. Now, some Republicans say they agree.

Law enforcement officials, prosecutors and members of Congress are expected to keep up inquiries into the president’s campaign, inauguration, business and other topics.

A jury of seven men and five women, including three black jurors, found the former officer not guilty of murder in a racially charged case.

Officials say the new blaze was extinguished after about an hour. Amid a week of environmental mishaps, the Texas attorney general filed a lawsuit alleging violations of that state’s clean air laws.

Attorney General Dana Nessel reached a settlement with the ACLU. It requires agencies not to discriminate against gay people who want to adopt or foster children referred by the state.

A new report says students who received media literacy training were 18 percent better at identifying false reports than students without the lessons. Girls gained more knowledge than boys.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has completed his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. It is unclear how much of the report will become public.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has been working for nearly two years to uncover how Russia attacked the 2016 presidential election and whether anyone in the U.S. was involved.

Mueller is not recommending any more indictments, a senior Justice Department official said. Members of Congress in both parties are calling for the report to be released.

Opponents of decriminalization say the multi-billion-dollar industry exploits sex workers. But activists and academics say legalization would protect workers and benefit public health.

Police say they have arrested a 17-year-old male for allegedly making threats targeting specific ethnic groups at Virginia’s Charlottesville High School.

Moore, a conservative commentator and former Trump campaign adviser, has joined the president in criticizing the central bank. “The Fed is sucking the oxygen out of the economy,” Moore has said.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced Friday that ISIS’ territorial caliphate has been eliminated in Syria. Even so, its threats remain.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who ousted an elected government in 2014, is seeking to remain in power. But many analysts say the military has sought to silence opposition voices.

While Sen. Elizabeth Warren may be dominating the policy debate, there is little evidence that voters are rewarding politicians who flesh out their plans over others with strong personal brands.

The president signed an executive order on Thursday conditioning research grants on “compliance with the First Amendment.”

A week after a gunman killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, friends and family have been gathering for funerals and to listen to the Muslim call to prayer.

The president said he was ordering the Treasury Department to withdraw “additional large scale sanctions” against North Korea on the same day Pyongyang quit a liaison office with South Korea.

Several states require doctors who perform medical abortions to tell their patients the procedure can be “reversed” with progesterone. There’s an absence of evidence to support that contention.

European Union leaders gave the country two different deadlines, depending on whether U.K. lawmakers can agree on a path forward. One deadline is in two months; the other in two weeks.

The Trump administration wants to increase transparency in prescription drug pricing. But health economists say the administration’s call to tie prices to what other nations pay might work better.

The information was held in a readable format within the company’s internal data storage systems. Facebook says it “found no evidence to date” of abuse.

The island nation, still reeling from last Friday’s attacks, heard a message of healing amid plans to change gun laws in hopes of preventing future attacks.