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Apollo 1 astronauts Ed White (from left), Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee, 1967. The astronauts died as a result of a fire in the cockpit during a training session on Jan. 27, 1967. Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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Space

50 Years Later, NASA Creates Tribute To 3 Astronauts Who Died In Space Race

On Jan. 27, 1967, three astronauts were killed when a fire broke out in their Apollo 1 cockpit during a test on the launchpad. The capsule will be put on public view for the first time Friday.

50 Years Later, NASA Creates Tribute To 3 Astronauts Who Died In Space Race

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Merriam-Webster's Twitter account weighs in on trending words and phrases and has waded into linguistic matters in politics, including a big campaign question: Did Donald Trump say "bigly" or "big league"? Marian Carrasquero/NPR hide caption

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All Tech Considered

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary Has Been Trolling Trump On Twitter For Months

Throughout the presidential campaign, the linguistic institution developed its funny style of delicately poking at Donald Trump and his associates on Twitter.

Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) and Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) have been through a lot together across 13 seasons. Eric McCandless/ABC hide caption

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Television

'Grey's Anatomy': The Secret Sauce Is Blood ... And Friendship

The ABC series Grey's Anatomy, set in a hospital full of possibly cursed doctors, has been on TV for 13 seasons. What has kept it popular with its fans for so long?

'Grey's Anatomy': The Secret Sauce Is Blood ... And Friendship

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Pyramidal neurons are among the few neurons in the brain that can be seen with the naked eye. Courtesy of Instituto Cajal del Consjo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid hide caption

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Shots - Health News

Art Exhibition Celebrates Drawings By The Founder Of Modern Neuroscience

Santiago Ramón y Cajal's drawings of nerve cells changed scientists' understanding of the brain. Now, 80 of those drawings are going on display at an art museum in Minnesota.

Art Exhibition Celebrates Drawings By The Founder Of Modern Neuroscience

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People waited on the tarmac of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International airport after a shooting caused Terminal 2 to be evacuated on January 6. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way - News Blog

Alleged Fort Lauderdale Shooter Indicted For Airport Killings

Esteban Santiago Ruiz has been indicted on 22 counts related to the five people he allegedly killed in the baggage claim area of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport earlier this month.

The death chamber at the Southern Ohio Corrections Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, as seen in 2005. A federal judge has rejected the state's lethal injection drug protocol, postponing three upcoming executions. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way - News Blog

Federal Judge Blocks Ohio's Lethal Injection Protocol

The judge rejected the state's use of midazolam, one of the drugs used in botched executions in Arizona, Ohio, Oklahoma and Alabama. The ruling puts Ohio's next three scheduled executions on hold.

Fast-food workers in Los Angeles on Thursday protest against restaurant-chain mogul Andrew Puzder, who has been tapped as President Donald Trump's nominee for labor secretary. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Salt

Trump's Labor Pick Faces Slew Of Legal Complaints From Fast-Food Workers

Andrew Puzder runs the empire behind Carl's Jr. and Hardee's. So far, 33 current and ex-employees have alleged wage theft, harassment and discrimination at his company. The industry stands by its man.

Crews clean up the diesel fuel spill after a pipeline broke in Worth County, Iowa on Wednesday. Chris Zoeller/Mason City Globe Gazette/globegazette.com hide caption

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The Two-Way - News Blog

'It's A Big One': Iowa Pipeline Leaks Nearly 140,000 Gallons Of Diesel

The leak from an underground pipeline in north-central Iowa was first discovered in a field on Wednesday morning. Crews for the company, Magellan Midstream Partners, are working to clean it up.

Rutland, Vt., is home to 16,000 residents — including two Syrian refugee families that arrived this month. Nina Keck/VPR hide caption

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Parallels - World News

In Vermont, A Town Is Divided Over Syrian Refugees

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The aging town of Rutland opened its doors to Syrian families, but not everyone's happy. "My heart aches for the refugees," says a resident. "But my heart also aches for the locals, our own, first."

In Vermont, A Town Is Divided Over Syrian Refugees

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Roxane Gay is also the author of Bad Feminist as well as An Untamed State and Ayiti. She recently wrote World of Wakanda #1, a Black Panther prequel. Jay Grabiec/Grove Atlantic hide caption

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The Two-Way - News Blog

Roxane Gay Pulls Book, Protesting Breitbart Editor's 'Egregious' Book Deal

When she realized her book was on an imprint of Simon & Schuster, which is also publishing controversial conservative Milo Yiannopoulos, "I just couldn't bring myself to turn the book in," Gay said.

Researchers are trying to tease apart the reasons why girls are less likely to become scientists and engineers. Marc Romanelli/Getty Images/Blend Images hide caption

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Shots - Health News

Young Girls Are Less Apt To Think That Women Are Really, Really Smart

Girls are less likely to identify their own gender as brilliant than boys are, even at age 5. One question is whether it's the girls who need to change their thinking about innate intelligence.

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Television

'Archie Got Hot' Is A Sentence You'll Hear In New, Noir 'Riverdale'

The CW's new show takes the sunny, optimistic teens of the classic Archie Comics and drops them into a re-imagined hometown full of sex, secrets and murder — and, yes, Archie now has great abs.

'Archie Got Hot' Is A Sentence You'll Hear In New, Noir 'Riverdale'

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These three "new Canadians," as immigrants are called in Canada, have made Toronto their home. They work or own a business at Kensington Market. (Left) Dolkar Tsering was born in Tibet and grew up in Nepal. (Center) Michael Thomas came from Jamaica to reunite with family in 1987. (Right) Wynnona Yumol came to Canada from the Philippines with her parents when she was 2 years old. Marisa Penaloza/NPR hide caption

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Parallels - World News

For A Stark Contrast To U.S. Immigration Policy, Try Canada

Some point to Canada's immigration system as a model for U.S. reform. Canada is nearly a quarter foreign-born, yet it doesn't seem to wrestle with anti-immigrant nativism that has erupted in the U.S.

For A Stark Contrast To U.S. Immigration Policy, Try Canada

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