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Russian pilots climbing into a fighter jet at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria in October. Credit...
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From Monica Vendituoli at the Fayetville Observer: The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is considering charging Republican presidential...
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From Oliver Morrison at The Wichita Eagle: A Muslim student at Wichita State University says he and...
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BURBANK, California — Matt Fairchild, 46, is in near constant pain. Advanced melanoma has spread to his...
In March 2010, Pam Lipp received the call she’d been dreading for months. She figured it would...
NASA engineers conduct a successfully test firing of RS-25 rocket engine No. 2059 on the A-1 Test...
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly inside the cupola of the International Space Station, a special module that provides...
By Scott Malone MONTPELIER, Vt. (Reuters) – Liberal-leaning Vermont could become the first U.S. state to legalize...
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Illustration from “Death’s Doings” by Richard Dagley (1827) (via British Library) From Allison Meier from Atlas Obscura:...
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Snapchat generation’s chasm of disconnection with Republicans is a long-term electoral crisis. Photo: Scott Olson, Getty Images...
“All I know is what’s on the Internet” Donald Trump is under fire for tweeting an edited...
In the latter half of the 17th century the English polymath Thomas Browne wrote Musaeum Clausum, an...
By Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.13.2016 The Supreme Court ruled in Brandburg v. Ohio (1969) that and...
By Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.13.2016 On CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper, Trump again...
Teacher accused of calling student “dumbest girl he ever met” Shaniaya Hunter, WSB-TV Screenshot From WSB-TV Atlanta:...
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“The gates of civility have been blown apart” Marco Rubio is looking for a win in his...
Discontent behind Trump’s rise has deep roots, analysts say American politics is having a Howard Beale moment....
Many Catholic colleges leave low-income students with big debts. And wealthy Catholic schools that provide generous support...