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The honorees also include the survivor of the Stanford sexual assault, the Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad and three female founders of the Black Lives Matter movement.

In Iraq, counter-terror forces are nudging their way into the ISIS-held city of Mosul. People are fleeing the fighting with only the clothes on their backs. Hundreds of thousands more could follow.

The final score in Game 7 was Cubs 8, Indians 7. The Cubs came back from a 3-1 game deficit in the Series and became baseball's champions for the first time since 1908.

There are no tourists, and Damascenes have thinner wallets these days. But commerce still flows in the ancient Hamidiyeh bazaar in the Syrian capital, where the war feels very distant.

For the first time ever, four judges up for re-election to the Kansas Supreme Court may get voted off the bench. And that raises a question: Are judges impartial arbiters or accountable to voters?

At the Dakota Access Pipeline site, officers used pepper spray against demonstrators on government land. The protesters say the pipeline would violate sacred Indian lands and could cause pollution.

Sophisticated criminals prey on the poor, luring them with false promises of lucrative jobs before depriving them of their organs. The "kidney mafias" benefit from powerful political connections.

Half of the 13,000 residents of Clarkston, Ga., are foreign born — many of them resettled refugees. A nonprofit food truck helps them get job training and work experience, and network with neighbors.

In a surprise ruling, a British court has ruled that the government cannot trigger Article 50 — departure from the EU — without the approval of Parliament. The government is expected to appeal.

Two years ago, Twitter user RaysFanGio wrote, "2016 World Series. Cubs vs. Indians. And then the world will end with the score tied in game seven in extra innings." And so it was.