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Orlando is the primordial soup from which many of the most successful boy bands emerged. In recognition, we have rewritten N*SYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" to be about famous fictional spy spy spies.

The word "doughnut" first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1782 but by the early 1800s, "donut" became widely used.

Is it National Doughnut or National Donut Day? Discuss

Doughnut came first, but donut wasn't far behind. Now, whether it's glazed or jelly-filled, experts say either spelling is equally acceptable.

An Afghan girl on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, in October 2016. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan says the number of children killed or wounded increased 24 percent last year.

For Afghan Children, A Year Even More Brutal Than The Last

The United Nations reports the number of children killed and wounded rose 24 percent in 2016, and that all sides, including the U.S., are to blame for leaving unexploded ordnance in civilian areas.

A boat operator ferries inspectors to the Tzarevich ship, which is carrying 10,000 metric tons of sunflower meal from Chornomorsk, Ukraine, to Bulgaria, on Oct. 6 in Istanbul. The ship stopped en route in the Marmara Sea in order to be checked by officials from the United Nations, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey.

Photos: A close-up look at Ukraine grain export inspections

At the heart of the Ukraine grain export deal is a complex inspection process involving Turkey and the U.N. NPR recently joined a team of inspectors aboard a ship carrying grain in the Marmara sea.

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., was censured by the House of Representatives and lost his committee assignments after posting a violent video on social media of a character with his image murdering a character with New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's image.

Rep. Gosar is censured over an anime video depicting him killing AOC

The mainly party line vote of 223-207 came after GOP Rep. Gosar posted a video on social media with an animated scene of him murdering Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic sits in the court room in The Hague, Netherlands, June 8, 2021, where the United Nations court delivers its verdict in the appeal of Mladic against his convictions for genocide and other crimes and his life sentence for masterminding atrocities throughout the Bosnian war.

Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, has died at 84

Ratko Mladic was one of the most notorious figures of a war that killed over 100,000 people in the 1990s. He commanded his troops to "scorch the brains" of the Bosnian Muslims and boasted of being a "Serbian God."

Portland residents wait inside the Oregon Convention Center, which was repurposed as an emergency cooling center during a heat wave in June 2021. Hundreds of people died in the Pacific Northwest due to the heat wave.

Climate change is killing people, but there's still time to reverse the damage

Some ecosystems have already been irreversibly altered, scientists say. And climate change is wreaking havoc on human health.

New Hampshire may be Nikki Haley's last chance to keep presidential hopes alive

Haley is the only major candidate left facing former President Donald Trump. Even though she has her best polling numbers in N.H., which votes Tuesday, the rest of the calendar is an uphill battle.

Displaced Palestinians wait in long lines for a charitable meal under crowded tents in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, as food scarcity worsens under the ongoing siege. Women and children rely on small charity kitchens to feed thousands amid a daily struggle for survival.

Israel takes steps to shut down international aid groups in Gaza and the West Bank

Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations.

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