Josh Hart of the Villanova Wildcats races the ball upcourt Monday in the first half against the North Carolina Tar Heels during the NCAA championship game in Houston.

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Villanova Beats UNC 77-74 On Buzzer-Beater To Win Hoops Title

The Wildcats' vaunted defense locked down the Tar Heels in the second half, winning the school's second national championship. But not before a thrilling exchange of three-point shots in the last five seconds.
The anonymous Web surfing system Tor is run by volunteers — and sometimes they get caught between the police and criminal suspects.

The anonymous Web surfing system Tor is run by volunteers — and sometimes they get caught between the police and criminal suspects. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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All Tech Considered

When A Dark Web Volunteer Gets Raided By The Police

What happens when law enforcement is frustrated by encryption that's run by private citizens? In one Tor volunteer's case, they showed up with a warrant and asked for computer passwords.
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Victoria Thomas' backyard was overrun with rats a few years ago. She tried everything from trenching to underground fencing to poison traps but nothing worked — until she got three feral cats.

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Animals

Facing A Growing Rat Problem, A Neighborhood Sets Off The Cat Patrol

Chicago's rat problem gets worse when the city demolishes old buildings. Residents of one neighborhood decided to counter the rodent invasion with rats' natural enemies: feral cats.
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People gather to demonstrate against Iceland's prime minister in Reykjavik on Monday. The prime minister insisted he would not resign after documents leaked allegedly linked him to an offshore company that could represent a serious conflict of interest.

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Here's What You Need To Know (So Far) About 'Panama Papers'

Who leaked the papers? Are the schemes uncovered illegal? We answer some pressing questions about the huge document leak.
Human sacrifice helped solidify systems of social hierarchy, according to a new study of traditional cultures in the Pacific Ocean. Here, an engraving shows English explorer James Cook witnessing a human sacrifice ritual in Taihiti in the 1770s. The image comes from the 1815 edition of Cook's Voyages.

Human sacrifice helped solidify systems of social hierarchy, according to a new study of traditional cultures in the Pacific Ocean. Here, an engraving shows English explorer James Cook witnessing a human sacrifice ritual in Taihiti in the 1770s. The image comes from the 1815 edition of Cook's Voyages. Universal Images Group/Getty Images hide caption

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Human Sacrifice Is Linked To Social Hierarchies In New Study

"Our results," scientists say, "suggest that ritual killing helped humans transition from the small egalitarian groups of our ancestors, to the large stratified societies we live in today."
Relatives of Iraqi prisoners being held at Abu Ghraib denounce detainee treatment as they hold local newspapers featuring photos of U.S. soldiers abusing the prisoners inside the jail in May 2004.

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'It Was Torture': An Abu Ghraib Interrogator Acknowledges 'Horrible Mistakes'

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The techniques Eric Fair used still weigh on his conscience. "There is no middle ground," he says. "Torture is an enhanced interrogation." His new memoir is Consequence.

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The Supreme Court of the United states ruled Monday that the total population as defined by the Census Bureau should be used when counting people for political purposes.

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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To 'One Person, One Vote'

The court ruled unanimously that all persons residing in a particular state or district should be counted — not just those who are eligible to vote — when drawing legislative districts.
Jimmy Carter holds up an early edition of the Milwaukee Sentinel, which declared Rep. Morris Udall winner of the 1976 Democratic primary. Late returns gave the state to Carter.

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Politics

Wisconsin, Long The Front-Runner's Friend, Could Play Spoiler On Tuesday

The polls might be wrong of course, but they do comport with signals from the ground: Wisconsin is Cruzing and feeling the Bern, and both could ride the thermal updraft for the next two weeks.
An image from a CHP video shows a Chihuahua leading officers on a chase across the Bay Bridge.

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Chihuahua With Chutzpah: Dog Leads Police On Chase Across San Francisco Bridge

The dog's only identifying tag — black, with a silver human skull — served to cement his status as a hardcore animal who's not wowed by authority. Now he has actor Erik Estrada on his side.
Rowhouses in Baltimore sit across the street from a church where Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) held a meeting last summer about, among other things, reducing ex-convict recidivism.

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Denying Housing Over Criminal Record May Be Discrimination, Feds Say

New guidance released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development warns landlords that they may be breaking the law by turning down tenants based on their criminal records.