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Months away from the presidential election 73% of respondents in a poll by the American Psychiatric Association say they are feeling anxious about the election. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Stressed about politics? Here are 5 ways to take care of your mental health

Psychologists say it's normal to feel stress and negative emotions in times of uncertainty. There are also things you can do to take care of yourself.

How to manage election anxiety

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Ice melting from Greenland and the polar regions is causing sea levels to rise, shifting mass around the planet in a way that's starting to slow its spin, scientists are finding. NASA hide caption

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Days are getting slightly longer — and it's due to climate change

So much ice is melting at the Earth's poles that it's affecting the rotation of the planet, scientists say. Its spin is slowing down slightly, causing days to get longer.

Days are getting slightly longer — and it’s due to climate change

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New parents, no time or energy for sex? Here's how to keep the romance alive

Between 3 a.m. feedings and hormonal changes, it can be hard for couples to get in the mood after baby arrives. But that doesn't mean you can't show love and desire in other creative, playful ways.

Keeping intimacy alive after having a baby

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US journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26, 2024. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP hide caption

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A Russian court sentences U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison

A Russian court convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of espionage Friday, sentencing him to 16 years in a Russian prison colony in a trial the U.S. denounced as a sham.

Gershkovich sentencing

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Blake Marnell, delegate from California, shows us his Make America Great Again hat signed by Donald Trump on the floor of the Republican National Convention. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption

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Fashion meets politics on the RNC's red carpet

Every four years, party conventions bring together delegates from across the country, many of whom make sure their outfits sparkle. And this year, they showed off their looks on the Republican National Convention's red carpet.

President Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. A federal appeals court has blocked the implementation of the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a ruling Thursday, July 18, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire loan forgiveness program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Federal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden's student debt relief plan

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion for an administrative stay filed by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire student loan forgiveness plan.

A workmen measures a door in a building damaged by an explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel on July 19. One person was killed and eight people injured following a loud explosion near a branch of the US embassy in Tel Aviv early on Friday. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption

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Drone strikes Tel Aviv, killing one. Houthis claim responsibility

The deadly drone slammed into an apartment building on the Tel Aviv oceanfront just after 3 a.m. The Houthi militia in Yemen said it carried out the attack as part of its support for Palestinians.

Bob Newhart played psychologist Robert Hartley in the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show. Gerald Smith/NBCUniversal via Getty Images hide caption

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Bob Newhart played psychologist Robert Hartley in the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show.

Bob Newhart played psychologist Robert Hartley in the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show.

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'I've lived in an incredible time': Comic Bob Newhart dies at 94

Best known for an everyman persona that powered two classic TV sitcoms, Newhart managed to be the funniest guy in the room while playing unassuming characters.

Legendary comedian and longtime TV star Bob Newhart dies at 94

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As calls grow for Biden to leave the 2024 race, polling shows Harris and Trump statistically tied in a hypothetical matchup. Brandon Bell/Getty Images, Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Polling shows both Harris and Biden tied with Trump

The latest national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, released last week, found that Biden and Trump remain statistically tied, even in the aftermath of the widely panned debate. A Harris-Trump matchup also shows a statistical tie.

FILE - Fox Business News host Lou Dobbs speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), on Feb. 24, 2017, in Oxon Hill, Md. Dobbs, the conservative political pundit and TV host who was a nightly presence on Fox Business Network for more than a decade, has died. His death was announced Thursday, July 18, 2024, in a post on his official X account. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Alex Brandon/AP/AP hide caption

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Lou Dobbs, the controversial Fox News host, has died

The longtime Fox contributor was 78 years old.

Soldiers patrol on a footbridge over the Seine river, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 in Paris. France's armed forces held a demonstration of the security measures planned on the River Seine, both in and out of the water, to make it safe for athletes and spectators during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Organizers have planned a parade of about 10,000 athletes through the heart of the French capital on boats on the Seine along a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) route at sunset on July 26. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard) Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption

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Paris police are sealing off the Seine River ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony

An Olympics anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine seals off a miles-long area to Parisians and tourists who hadn’t applied in advance for a pass.

President Biden steps off Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on July 17 as a case of COVID forced him off the campaign trail. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

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'We can't catch a break.' How the Biden crisis looks from the inside

Hit by a rolling series of punches – turmoil after Biden's disastrous debate, a drip-drip of damaging leaks, and now a presidential case of COVID – people inside the Biden campaign are discouraged.

Workmen searched through the debris of what was the carpenter shop on the pier at Port in Chicago, Calif. on July 18, 1944, after the building was leveled by the explosion of two munition ships the evening of July 17. Other buildings on the waterfront and in the town itself were shattered by the terrific blast, which was felt 50 miles from the scene. EKB/AP hide caption

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The Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished over a 1944 port explosion

The blast that happened at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California during World War II killed 320 people and injured 400 more.

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