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Abu Zubaydah, an alleged al-Qaida operative who was reportedly subjected to waterboarding at a secret location in Thailand in 2002.

Thailand Says It Was Unaware Of CIA 'Black Site' On Its Soil

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says the U.S. never told Thai officials of the existence of a safe house where top al-Qaida operatives were allegedly subjected to torture.

Tiger Woods plays his shot from the bunker on the second hole during the third round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Saturday.

Tiger Woods shoots a career worst in 3rd round of the Masters

After 17 months without participating in high-stakes golf, Woods says he's thankful to be competing at all.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, shown here in a hospital in Denver.

CDC, FDA To Review J&J Shot After 6 Blood Clot Cases Reported Out Of Nearly 7M Doses

In a statement on Tuesday, U.S. authorities said they are "reviewing data involving six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the J&J vaccine."

A child receives the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Fairfax County Government Center in Annandale, Va., in November 2021. A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Wednesday that the agency expand authorization of COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as 6-months-old.

Advisers to the FDA back COVID vaccines for the youngest children

A committee of experts voted unanimously to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration authorize COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech for children as young as 6-months-old.

Rohingya refugees gather in the "no man's land" behind Myanmar's barbed-wire-lined border in Maungdaw district, Rakhine state, in 2018. Some 700,000 refugees fled into Bangladesh following a brutal crackdown by the Myanmar military in 2017.

Nearly 71 Million People Forcibly Displaced Worldwide As Of 2018, U.N. Report Says

The record number headlined the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' annual "Global Trends" report published Wednesday, just a day before World Refugee Day.

Asheville Primary Election On Tuesday

Tuesday is primary election day for the city of Asheville. Up for election this year are the mayor's office, and three city council seats currently held…

'Consumer Reports' Says Laundry Pods Are Too Risky To Recommend

More than 6,000 incidents involving children and liquid laundry packets have been reported to poison control centers so far this year. The health problems include respiratory distress and vomiting.

House panel wraps up an important week in the probe into the Capitol attack

It's been a busy time for the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, as the investigation moves closer to former President Donald Trump's inner circle.

How schools (but not necessarily education) became central to the Republican primary

Education isn't a top voting issue. So, what's behind Republican politicians' focus on K-12? (This story first aired on All Things Considered on December 27, 2023.)

Japan's Naomi Osaka returns the ball to the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova during their third round tennis match at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday.

Japanese Tennis Star Naomi Osaka Bounced Out Of Tokyo Olympics

Osaka has been the face of these Olympics and was chosen to light the cauldron in the opening ceremony. She easily won her first two tennis matches but lost in the third round.

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