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Bardot's Animal Rights Foundation says she died at her home in southern France but did not provide a cause.

She was 91 years old.

At age 21, Bardot became an international sex symbol, shooting to worldwide fame in the 1956 movie «And God Created Woman».

She later became an animal rights activist.

Abortion and abortion counseling now banned for veterans in the Veterans Affairs health system.

NPR's Selina Simmons-Duffin reports on the change in VA policy following a Justice Department opinion issued Friday.

This weekend is the last big travel weekend of the year, but winter weather is doing its best to muck things up for travelers, including Tanisha Clifford at Chicago's Midway Airport.

Another winter storm could further complicate the trek home following Christmas.

Forecasters are warning of a strengthening storm that's set to move through the upper Midwest, bringing with it snow, ice, and rain.

Forecasters warning of potential blizzard conditions and frigid temperatures to follow, expected to push deep into the southeast tomorrow.

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Kennedy Center President Richard Grinnell is criticizing a musician's decision to cancel an annual Christmas Eve jazz performance and is threatening to seek $1 million in damages.

Musician Chuck Redd withdrew from the concert after President Trump's name was added to the facility.

A judge in Brazil has issued house arrest orders for 10 people involved in a plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in power after his election loss in 2022.

The decision came after Paraguay arrested and extradited a former police commander linked to the plot.

Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison in September.

In 2025, generative AI came out of its novelty phase and fully entered the cultural mainstream.

NPR's Chloe Veltman reports on one major shift.

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