| A 16-year-old boy was arrested in England over the felling of an iconic tree
- Thousands see the tree each year as they walk along Hadrian's Wall, which guarded the Roman Empire's northwestern frontier. It appeared in Kevin Costner's 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 20:30:15 -0400
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| Fossil fuel rules catch Western towns between old economies and new green goals
- The Biden administration is trying to dramatically change how and where oil and gas drilling occurs on federal land, which is getting mixed reviews in longtime drilling boom-towns.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 19:03:10 -0400
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| T.J. Mack wants you to know it's OK to sit
- Actor and comedian Brian Jordan Alvarez is a prolific poster online. Now, one of his latest videos has taken on a new life.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 17:07:45 -0400
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| Muscogee Nation judge rules in favor of citizenship for slave descendants
- Citizenship for freedmen, descendants of Black slaves once owned by tribal members, has been a difficult issue for tribes as the U.S. reckons with its history of racism.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:54:10 -0400
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| An appeals court has blocked the redrawing of Louisiana's congressional map
- A federal appeals court blocked the redrawing of Louisiana's congressional map after a lower court found the redistricting plan likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:37:00 -0400
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| The journey of 'seemingly ranch,' from meme to top of the Empire State Building
- Heinz and Primal Kitchen are selling limited-edition bottles of "Seemingly Ranch" dressing. The Empire State Building lit up in red and white. It all started, as so many trends do, with Taylor Swift.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:15:57 -0400
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| Gun violence doesn't discriminate: Quavo and others share their stories
- Almost a year after rapper, Takeoff, of the music trio Migos, was shot and killed, Quavo, his band mate and uncle, travels to Washington, D.C. to discuss gun violence prevention.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:45:19 -0400
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| Exposing the secretive company at the forefront of facial recognition technology
- NYT reporter Kashmir Hill says Clearview AI has a database of billions of photos scraped from the internet, which it sells to governments and police departments. Her book is Your Face Belongs To Us.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:29:56 -0400
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| Suit yourselves: The Senate formalizes a dress code just days after ditching it
- Backlash ensued after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer moved to relax its informal dress code last week. On Wednesday, lawmakers voted unanimously to codify business casual on the Senate floor.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:41:01 -0400
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| Feds offer students new protections against programs that lead to high debt, low pay
- The Biden administration is cracking down on for-profit college programs that don't adequately prepare graduates for gainful employment and leave them with unaffordable loans.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:38:48 -0400
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| 250 million is the new 40: Mammals may already be halfway done on Earth, study finds
- The future is always hard to predict, especially millions of years from now. But researchers found that a future supercontinent centered around the tropics may be tough for mammals to survive.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:30:58 -0400
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| On Lampedusa, there's sympathy for migrants — as long as they don't stay
- Some 12,000 migrants — more than twice the population of this island — arrived in a single week this month. Islanders showed compassion, but prefer that any newcomers leave as quickly as possible.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:24:28 -0400
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| Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter,' dies at 82
- Gambon was best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the Harry Potter movies. The Irish-born actor got his start on stage and worked under Laurence Olivier.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:48:00 -0400
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| Why India's warnings about Sikh separatism don't get much traction in the West
- The current India-Canada crisis has exposed a sharp disconnect between India and the West on the issue of Sikh separatism. Michael Kugelman of the Wilson Center's South Asia Institute explains why.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:40:04 -0400
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| Up First briefing: Biden impeachment inquiry; GOP debate takeaways; get more fiber
- Republicans will hold their first impeachment inquiry hearing on Biden. Six takeaways from the second GOP debate. How to add more fiber to your diet.
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:34:30 -0400
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