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Reporter Selina Cheng says she lost her Wall Street Journal job after refusing her supervisor's request to withdraw from the election to lead the journalism group, which advocates for press freedom.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast on Istiklal Avenue. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed that the nation will not bow to terrorism.

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The Israeli military recovered the bodies of six hostages taken to Gaza in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack. Hamas says some captives have been killed and wounded in Israeli airstrikes.

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Offering health benefits can help elite restaurants hire and keep ace employees. But owners would rather focus on great food, they say, than drown in administrative costs. Is single-payer the answer?

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House has rejected a plan for cutting personal income taxes further and setting the state's sales tax at 6 percent in July to prevent budget shortfalls. The vote Tuesday was 71-42 against the measure. Republican legislative leaders said they're not sure of their next step. The measure was drafted by House and Senate negotiators to reconcile differences on legislation following individual income tax cuts enacted last year. Republican Governor Sam Brownback wants to raise new sales tax revenues to stabilize the budget. The tax is 6.3 percent but is set by law to drop law to 5.7 percent in July. GOP lawmakers' disagreements on taxes have blocked action on a proposed $14.5 billion budget for each of the next two fiscal years, starting in July.

MI6 may be the world's most legendary secret service, but fiction and film can't uncover its actual history. For that, you need BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera and his new book, The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of MI6.

Four of the top pianists in this year's International Institute for Young Musicians Academy at KU performed live in KPR's studios: Chaeyoung Park, 13, of Lawrence, KS; Albert Wang, 17, of Solon, Ohio; Bryan Ho, 14, of Potomac, MD; and Kyle Jannak-Huang, 13, of Chicago. Just click to hear this performance.Engineer(s): Jason Slote and Chubby Smith