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Three Austrian nuns are still on the run

By Esme Nicholson

Published December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM EST

Three elderly Austrian nuns recently fled a nursing home and broke into their former convent. They have rejected an offer to stay in convent if they promise to get off of social media.

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Student Podcast: Fry bread's complicated place in Native culture

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Fry bread is a popular food in many Native communities — but has a dark history. One student talks to her grandmother about its complicated place in Native culture.
Pope pushes interfaith dialogue in Lebanon, a country once torn by sectarian war

Ruth Sherlock

The pope is calling for interfaith harmony in a country still haunted by sectarian divides.
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Kaleb Roedel

Outside Reno, Nev., a massive data center campus is being built to support artificial intelligence. The center sits in the nation's driest state and will need billions of gallons of water to operate.
As political winds shift, top chipmaker TSMC looks beyond Taiwan

John Ruwitch

The lifeblood of Silicon Valley — advanced microchips — pumps from a science park on Taiwan's west coast, mostly from TSMC, the world's biggest chipmaker. But now the company is looking abroad for places to grow.
From subways to galleries: Miami's Museum of Graffiti traces the appeal of street art

Greg Allen

A new show at Miami's Museum of Graffiti traces the origins and development of street art. What began in the 1970s with teenagers tagging New York subway cars has grown into a worldwide art movement.