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Hearings in Topeka Thursday will raise new questions about how the theory of evolution should be taught in the state's schools. Advocates of intelligent design propose new education guidelines to encourage teachers and students to consider other viewpoints.

In an address from the White House Tuesday, President Biden contrasted his administration's plans to tackle rising costs with what he called Republicans' "ultra-MAGA" plan.

Raised in a convent for abandoned kids, The Flight Attendant co-star used to dream of stability and a loving home. Now that she has it, Perez says, "It's priceless."

Asher's dad died in a car crash in Nigeria when she was 5. Her grief-stricken mother used strict and innovative methods to raise 4 kids. Asher honors her mom in the memoir Where the Children Take Us.

Graco Children's Products agrees to pay a $4 million penalty for late reporting of problems with its products, including high chairs and strollers. It's the largest civil penalty issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Christopher Conkey of The Wall Street Journal talks about the fine.

Having met resistance from the Pentagon and from Democrats in Congress, the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee today gave up on his effort to limit the role of women in combat. An unusual coalition changed the course of the defense bill.

The alleged mistreatment of detainees at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay sets off a heated Senate debate. Senator Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, compared a description of mistreatment -- submitted to a Pentagon investigator by an F-B-I agent -- to actions carried out by Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. Some Republicans accused Durbin of maligning American military personnel.

The Senate Judiciary Committee debates the legal rights of detainees at the U.S. Navy prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The panel is also considering what branch or branches of government are authorized to determine procedures for prisoners.

A Russian mini-submarine trapped for three days 620 feet under the Pacific Ocean has surfaced; all seven crew members are alive and in good condition. They were freed after an unmanned British craft cut the undersea cable that had snarled the submarine.

Newsweek says it is retracting its report that a copy of the Quran was flushed down a toilet by U.S. personnel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during an interrogation. The original report drew significant criticism from the U.S. government and was blamed for deadly protests in Afghanistan.