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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz (right) will announce new restrictions to gender-affirming care for minors Thursday. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration is expected to announce several moves Thursday that will have the effect of … Read more

Saqer al-Ankah holds his 10-year-old granddaughter, Bayan al-Ankah, after he says she was shot in the head by Israeli forces in northern Gaza about half a mile from the so-called yellow line on Dec. 10. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR DOHA, Qatar — When 10-year-old Bayan Al-Ankah was fatally shot in the … Read more

Bishop Ronald A. Hicks, the new Archbishop of New York, speaks at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Dec. 18. Sarah Ventre/NPR hide caption toggle caption Sarah Ventre/NPR VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV tapped Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to lead the influential Archdiocese of New York, replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who led … Read more

Grocery prices in November were up 1.9% from a year ago, according to a report from the Labor Department Thursday. Overall inflation dipped to 2.7%, from 3% in September. Charly Triballeau/AFP hide caption toggle caption Charly Triballeau/AFP The cost of living continued to climb in November — though a little less than two months ago … Read more

Sister Regina sits in the convent chapel at Schloss Goldenstein in Salzburg, Austria. Esme Nicholson/NPR hide caption toggle caption Esme Nicholson/NPR SALZBURG, Austria — Set against snow-capped Alpine peaks, the convent chapel at Schloss Goldenstein is candlelit and set for Advent. In early December, the mood was contemplative, a sharp contrast to the hubbub here … Read more