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Oregon becomes first state to add gender-neutral option on driver's licenses

By Corinne Segal

Residents will be able to use "X," rather than "M" or "F", on their driver's licenses starting July 3.

CNN sues Justice Department for copies of Comey's memos on Trump

By Associated Press

Comey prepared multiple contemporaneous memos documenting conversations with Trump that made him uneasy in the weeks before his May 9 firing.

Judge questions Dakota Access Pipeline permits, prompting review

By Joshua Barajas

While the decision is a victory for Standing Rock Sioux tribe and other environmental activists, it does not stop operations for the 1,170-mile pipeline.

This lawyer helps Mongolian herders and Indian tea farmers fight injustice

By Larisa Epatko

Natalie Bridgeman Fields started her nonprofit in 2009 "as a direct response to seeing communities all over the world having pressing human rights and environmental abuses go unaddressed."…

WATCH: Parents of U.S. student freed from North Korea speak out

By Dake Kang, Associated Press

WYOMING, Ohio — An American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea and returned to his home state of Ohio in a coma suffered a "severe neurological injury," a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday.

5 important stories that have nothing to do with the Russia investigations

By Laura Santhanam, Erica R. Hendry, Joshua Barajas, Iman Smith, Andrew Wagner

Here are five important stories that were overlooked in the media frenzy.

Watch new poet laureate Tracy K. Smith read two of her poems

By Larisa Epatko

Tracy K. Smith, the nation’s newest poet laureate, says writing is not just about expressing emotion but of the choices you make when putting words on the page. She reads two of her poems here.

Senate approves sanctions bill to punish Russia for meddling

By Richard Lardner, Associated Press

The Republican-led Senate voted decisively to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 election by approving a wide-ranging sanctions package that targets key sectors of Russia's economy and individuals who carried out cyber attacks.

Michigan's top health official charged with involuntary manslaughter in Flint crisis

By Dayana Morales Gomez

The director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services was charged with involuntary manslaughter Wednesday for his role in the Flint water crisis. The felony charge makes Nick Lyon the highest-ranking state official accused of wrongdoing as part…

Mattis: Trump has delegated decisions on Afghan troop levels

By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday he can now set U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan after receiving the authority from President Donald Trump. It's a break from past practice that Mattis said will enable him to more effectively…