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Jeep: Why This American Icon Could Soon Be Part Of A Chinese Company

The Chinese company Great Wall Motor has expressed interest in acquiring the Jeep brand from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Sales of Jeep and other U.S. brands have been growing in China.

Hadza man eating honeycomb and larvae from a beehive. Matthieu Paley/National Geographic hide caption

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Is The Secret To A Healthier Microbiome Hidden In The Hadza Diet?

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A man takes a selfie on the hood of a destroyed limousine during an Inauguration Day protest against President Trump on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. The Department of Justice has been cleared to search through website records related to organizing protests that day. Zach Gibson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Government Can Search Inauguration Protest Website Records, With Safeguards

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Alex Williams (right) trains younger cadets to sky-dive. Williams started at the Air Force Academy at what he calls "the young but old age of 20" after serving in an Air Force honor guard for two years. Tom Kimmell/Courtesy of The Hechinger Report hide caption

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An Air Force Cadet At 25: A Sign Of The Times In Higher Education

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The Navy says it has identified the body of Electronics Technician 3rd Class Kenneth Aaron Smith, 22, from New Jersey. The Navy on Thursday named all 10 sailors who went missing when the USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker near Singapore on Monday. U.S. Navy via AP hide caption

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U.S. Navy Suspends Sea Search For Missing Sailors From USS McCain

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El Corrido de Boyle Heights, or The Ballad of Boyle Heights, was painted in 1983 by the East Los Streetscapers, an artist collective that painted a number of murals across Los Angeles' Boyle Heights neighborhood. Monika Evstatieva/NPR hide caption

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'¡Murales Rebeldes!': These Disappearing LA Murals Mirror Their Community

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Jeep: Why This American Icon Could Soon Be Part Of A Chinese Company

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Rear Seat Reminder, designed to remind drivers to check the back seat as they exit their vehicles, will be offered in many Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC vehicles by the 2018 model year. General Motors hide caption

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Cars Are Starting To Remind Us Not To Leave Baby In The Back Seat

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Simply going up in pitch at the end of a sentence can transform a statement into a question. Lizzie Roberts/Ikon Images/Getty Images hide caption

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Really? Really. How Our Brains Figure Out What Words Mean Based On How They're Said

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Hal Prince was in his 20s when began working on Broadway, as an unpaid assistant to director George Abbott. In his nearly 70-year career, Prince has won 21 Tony awards. He's shown above in New York in November 1974. Jerry Mosey/AP hide caption

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'Prince Of Broadway' Pays Tribute To A Musical Theater Legend

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