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Inching Toward a Fusion Energy Future

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 2:17pm
A handful of startups are racing to usher in an era of near-limitless fusion energy, but big questions remain.
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The Declining Population Argument Against Abortion Returns

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 2:16pm
Three states are calling on the federal courts for help in making women have more babies.
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Texas Education Board Backs Bible-Infused Lessons in Public Schools

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 2:11pm
School districts serving more than two million elementary-school children would be able to adopt a curriculum that draws on the Bible.
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Putin Lowers Nuclear Weapons Threshold After U.S. Allows Ukraine to Use Missiles Against Russia

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 1:49pm
A decree signed by the Russian leader, though long planned, came days after President Biden authorized the use of U.S.-supplied missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia.
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Sweden, Finland and Norway Update Crisis Advice as Ukraine-Russia War Grinds On

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 1:47pm
Sweden, Finland and Norway have recently updated their advice for citizens preparing to survive war and other crises, wary of Ukraine’s grinding fight against Russia.
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As Pelicot Rape Trial Nears End in France, Wife Speaks of ‘Banality’

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 1:38pm
Gisèle Pelicot made her final address to the court, calling the things her husband allegedly did to her ‘unforgivable.’
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What Are ATACMS Missiles? The U.S. Weapons That Ukraine Fired Into Russia

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 1:22pm
In a major policy shift, the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use the ballistic missiles within Russia.
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What’s Killing Kids?

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 1:17pm
We explore America’s childhood death rate.
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Some Black Women Are Choosing Rest Over Politics

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 1:13pm
Instead of charging to the front lines of the culture wars, many Black women have vowed to prioritize their own well-being first.
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Brazilian Police Arrest Soldiers in Alleged Plot to Kill President Lula

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 12:23pm
Members of an elite army unit planned to kill Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022 as part of an effort to keep Jair Bolsonaro in power after he lost the presidential election.
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Bob Love, Chicago Bulls All-Star, Dies at 81

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 11:32am
Love was a cornerstone of the franchise’s success in the early 1970s. He struggled with a stutter that he overcame only after his playing days were over.
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Delhi Trudges Through Another Air Pollution Nightmare

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 11:10am
The government seems powerless to protect its citizens from this annual crisis, let alone prevent it.
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Arthur Frommer, 95, Dies; His Guidebooks Opened Travel to the Masses

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 10:06am
After publishing “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” in 1957, he went on to build an empire of guidebooks, package tours, hotels and other services.
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Magicians Mount Search for Woman Behind Decades-Old Deception

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 9:17am
A British society of magicians expelled a woman for tricking her way into the club in 1991. Now it wants to invite her back, but the woman seems to have pulled a disappearing act.
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Don’t Blame Polling for Our Infuriating Politics

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 8:37am
Why it can’t fix our messy politics.
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Trump Picks Sean Duffy, Fox Business Host, for Transportation Secretary

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 8:34am
President-elect Donald J. Trump nominated the former representative from Wisconsin to oversee a sprawling agency that includes aviation, rail and transit.
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Cher Can, and Does, Turn Back Time

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 7:19am
In the first volume of her memoir (which she hasn’t read), she explores her difficult childhood, her fraught marriage to Sonny Bono and how she found her voice.
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Book Review: ‘Cher: The Memoir,’ by Cher

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 7:18am
The first volume of her frank autobiography is a testament to resilience, chronicling a grim childhood and the brazen path to stardom, with and without Sonny.
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Explosive Claims About Gaetz, and Dozens Jailed in Hong Kong Mass Trial

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 6:10am
Plus, the man who opened travel to the masses.
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Dozens of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Leaders Sentenced in Mass Trial

Tue, 11/19/2024 - 5:17am
The 45 defendants, including Joshua Wong, were at the forefront of the opposition movement crushed by Beijing. Many had already been in jail for years.
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