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A Personalized Brain Pacemaker for Parkinson’s

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 11:04am
In a new frontier for deep brain stimulation, researchers used A.I. to develop individualized algorithms, which helped a skateboarder and other patients with Parkinson’s disease.
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A New Treatment for Severe Allergic Reactions — Without the Needle

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:59am
A nasal spray can tamp down potentially fatal reactions, a boon to the many patients in crisis who fear using EpiPens.
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6 Things to Watch For at the Democratic Convention

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:31am
Vice President Kamala Harris has never commanded a spotlight this big. The party faces potential fractures over the war in Gaza. And Hillary Clinton’s speech will be a reminder of what might have been.
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7 Last-Minute Escapes for Labor Day Weekend

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:23am
If you’re still hoping to stretch out the last days of summer, there are places in North America that are not too hot, not too crowded and not necessarily that far away.
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Kamala Harris’s Muscular Patriotism

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 9:42am
In recent weeks, the vice president’s message has revolved around progressive patriotism.
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Acres of Solar Panels Are Replacing One of the Nation’s Largest Coal Plants

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 9:19am
One of the nation’s largest coal-fueled electric plants is being replaced with thousands of acres of solar panels and a test of long-duration batteries.
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Division at the Democratic Convention, and an Effort to Impeach Joe Biden

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 7:10am
Plus, a hospital system gets into show business.
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A History of the Chicago DNC Protests in 1968

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 5:33am
When Democrats met that year, the violence that erupted between protesters and the police shook the nation. Here are memories of some of the people who lived it.
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Democrats’ Unity Convention Has One Giant Exception: The Gaza War

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 5:31am
Harris campaign officials and Democratic leaders have stepped up outreach to Arab and Jewish voters before the event, but large protests are still expected.
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Harris’s Early Campaign: Heavy on Buzz, Light on Policy

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 5:31am
On policy, the vice president is drafting off President Biden, essentially cherry-picking the most popular parts of his agenda and betting that a younger messenger can sell them to Americans.
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Ukraine Says Its Incursion Will Bring Peace. Putin’s Plans May Differ.

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 5:30am
President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to hold Russian territory as leverage in future talks. In Moscow, many doubt the strategy.
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7-Eleven Gets Takeover Bid From Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 4:48am
Japan’s Seven & i Holdings, which operates 85,000 stores, said it had received a bid from the Canadian convenience store chain Alimentation Couche-Tard.
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Harris and Walz Venture Into Less-Friendly Terrain to Court Pennsylvania Voters

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 4:41am
The Democratic presidential ticket went to the crucial swing state on Sunday to visit areas that are competitive and somewhat more conservative.
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Survivors of Doomsday Starvation Cult Testify Against Pastor and 93 Associates

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 4:04am
An evangelical pastor in Kenya ordered his flock to shun education and medicine and starve their children to death in order to meet Jesus, witnesses in a manslaughter trial said.
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On Cat Ladies, Mama Bears and ‘Momala’

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 4:04am
“Momala” makes for a charming political biography, but it isn’t powerful enough to counter the racial fears that nonwhite motherhood stokes in the nation.
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Rachel Maddow: What Worries Me Most About Election Night

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 4:02am
Georgia Republicans have empowered local election officials to delay certifying the vote.
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House G.O.P. Makes Impeachment Case Against Biden Without Proof of Crime

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 4:01am
In a lengthy report released on the first day of the Democratic National Convention, Republicans used circumstantial evidence to accuse the president of corruption tied to his son’s foreign business dealings.
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I ❤️ a Hate-Watch. Don’t You?

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 4:00am
TV shows that are expensively made yet irritating to sit through — for some reason, I can’t get enough of them. Why do so many of us watch things we think are bad?
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A Crackdown in Kuwait After a Fatal Fire Is Hurting Migrant Laborers

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 4:00am
After the blaze killed 49 migrant workers, a government crackdown focused on building violations — bypassing deeper problems that leave migrants with low wages and unsafe housing across the oil-rich Gulf.
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The Senator Warning Democrats of a Crisis Unfolding Beneath Their Noses

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 4:00am
Chris Murphy has been trying to understand why our version of liberalism — emphasizing free markets and consumer choice — feels to many like a dead end.
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