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The Imvanex vaccine is one of two available vaccines that are used to protect against the mpox virus. Vaccines were widely used during the 2022 mpox outbreak. But currently no vaccines are available in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has reported thousands of cases so far this year. Alain Jocard /POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The Federal Communications Commission has restored net neutrality rules that ban content providers from restricting bandwidth to customers. Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images hide caption

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Britain's King Charles III (center), next to Queen Camilla, waves as they arrive at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on March 31. Hollie Adams/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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A Palestinian baby girl, saved from the womb of her mother Sabreen Al-Sakani, who was killed in an Israeli strike along with her husband Shukri Jouda and her daughter Malak, lies in an incubator at the Emirati hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, April 21. Mohammed Salem/Reuters hide caption

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A Boeing 767 passenger aircraft of Delta Air Lines arrives from Dublin at JFK International Airport in New York as the Manhattan skyline looms in the background on Feb. 7, 2024. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador said he would "hate to think" hospital administrators are publicizing the number of emergency flights out of state "just to make a political statement." Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

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Idaho's biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant patients up sharply

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Georgia State Patrol officers detain a demonstrator on the campus of Emory University during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Thursday, April 25 in Atlanta. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption

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Campus protests over Gaza could affect graduation; Steve Inkseep interviews Blinken

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Amid the rubble of a collapsed building in Rafah, in southern Gaza, a woman and a girl search for items on April 24, following reported Israeli airstrikes overnight. Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Activists and students participate in an encampment protest at the University Yard at George Washington University on Thursday. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Despite there being official bans on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings, many local geographic conferences of the church — especially in the U.S. — chose not to enforce them. David Goldman/AP hide caption

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United Methodist Church begins reorganization over LGBTQ+ issues

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Twyla Stallworth, a Black woman from Andalusia, Al., filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Andalusia, its police department and Ofc. Grant Barton, the police officer involved in the incident. Twyla Stallworth hide caption

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Dazhon Darien had allegedly used the Baltimore County Public Schools' network to access OpenAI tools and Microsoft Bing Chat before the viral audio file of Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert spread on social media. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption

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Former President Trump talks to reporters after his hush-money trial in New York adjourned for the day Thursday. Mark Peterson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A newly signed law requires that the Chinese-owned TikTok app be sold to satisfy national security concerns. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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China's influence operations against the U.S. are bigger than TikTok

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Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth looks over the latest version of the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank as she tours the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center on Feb. 16, 2023, in Lima, Ohio. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption

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