Friends and families gather outside the civic center after the mass school shooting on May 24, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.
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Protestant Christians have been debating – and more often than not, supporting – modern contraceptives since they first appeared.
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Community health workers assist patients as they gather their medications and supplements to discuss them during remote visits with pharmacists.
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Protons and neutrons in an atom’s nucleus can be arranged in different configurations, creating nuclear isomers.
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The trial of Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin could be mirrored with similar war crimes prosecutions by Moscow.
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At 6 feet, 8 inches tall, Brittney Griner has become an international basketball star. She is now locked up in a Russian prison after what US officials describe as “wrongfully detained.”
The greenhouse at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is the only source of fresh food during winter.
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Scientists just grew plants in soil from the Moon, but Antarctica has long provided researchers with the perfect place to test their agricultural techniques for a future in space.
Many mass shooters show signs of distress before their attack.
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When young people plan a mass shooting, especially at a school, they typically reveal their plans in advance. Two scholars weigh in on whether the warning signs are being heeded in the right way.
An online audience is reading the vampire novel for the first time, en masse.
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Biden said the Defense Production Act would help end the shortage by directing suppliers of baby formula to prioritize delivery to formula manufacturers.
An art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19, near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.
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We often imitate styles of speech we hear – what’s known as ‘linguistic convergence.’ But a researcher wanted to see if we alter our speech based on the mere expectation of how someone will sound.
Cities are trying to address the baby formula shortage with community drives.
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The closure of a factory in Michigan is the incident that put new parents across the US on edge, but the real causes for the shortage of baby formula are many years in the making.
Dancers Clara Desportes and Simon Lavenaire in Fort de France during Emancipation Day celebrations in 2016.
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After years of marginalization, the bèlè dance has been embraced by a growing community who see it as a form of social and spiritual healing.
Intermittent fasting could have an array of health benefits, but as of yet there are no long-term studies into its effects.
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Since the 2020 election, the slide in ratings for many large networks has been particularly acute. What’s driving this exodus, and where are viewers going?
Marine Le Pen going down well with her young supporters.
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While Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National has engaged in a decade-long campaign to rehabilitate its image with youth voters, the GOP is moving in the opposite direction.
Abortion rights battles look set to go from the Supreme Court to statehouses.
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If the Supreme Court guts landmark rulings that established a constitutional right to abortion, the legal struggle will shift to statehouses and state courtrooms.
Several offshore wind farms are planned for the U.S. Northeast.
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The regionalism that fuels the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is also found in U.S. attitudes about energy production, a new study shows. That could have repercussions for the renewable energy transition.
Could the former tweeter-in-chief make a Twitter comeback?
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Analysis of Trump’s post-Twitter communications suggest that the former president has not moderated his messaging style. So what does that mean if he were to go back on Twitter?
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) with Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller at a launch ceremony for the Nord Stream gas pipeline, Sept. 6, 2011, in Vyborg, Russia.
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