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Canadians cast votes for parliament Monday, after an 11-week campaign. It's the longest in Canada's modern history — and one of the most contentious. CBC's John Northcott explains what's at play.

President-elect Donald Trump picked Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general. Georgetown law professor and former federal prosecutor Paul Butler discusses the next chapter for the Justice Department.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the most important voice for liberal democracy in Europe, announced on Sunday that she will run for another term in 2017.

A leadership crisis continues in South Korea, where prosecutors announced Sunday that President Park Geun-hye will be investigated as a suspect in a growing corruption and cronyism scandal.

Thanksgiving is all about the turkey dinner — but at an animal sanctuary in Maryland, that means dinner with the turkeys. At this vegan feast, the animals dine before the humans.

On the mission, she's projected to once again become the U.S. astronaut with the most time spent in orbit.

Donald Trump wrote in a tweet that global warming is "nonexistent." NPR's Rachel Martin talks to climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about what Trump's presidency will mean for climate policy.

In 1991, Julie Dash became the first African-American female director to achieve nationwide theatrical distribution of her film, Daughters of the Dust. She discusses its re-release 25 years later.

Loneliness and social isolation can affect health for the worse. A California hospital is training volunteers to provide companionship and friendly assistance.

Lung cancer affects mostly older people, but they're often not offered surgery as a treatment. A study finds that most older people can tolerate surgery, and that it extends lives.