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Professors Are Targets In Online Culture Wars; Some Fight Back

Across the country, in the past year and a half, at least 250 university professors have been targeted in cyber harassment campaigns because of their research, teaching or social media posts.

Lawmakers Gearing Up To Question Facebook CEO Amid Questions Of User Data Abuse

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Why President Trump Can't Directly Order National Guard Troops To U.S.-Mexico Border

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NASA Hopes Supersonic X Plane Will Deliver Less Bang For The Buck

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NASA Hopes Supersonic X Plane Will Deliver Less Bang For The Buck

by Joe Palca

NASA Hopes Supersonic X Plane Will Deliver Less Bang For The Buck

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Supersonic J.J. Fad

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Bongolia Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band

Europe

Victim Of Nerve Agent Attack In U.K. Says She's Recovering Quickly

by Joanna Kakissis

Victim Of Nerve Agent Attack In U.K. Says She's Recovering Quickly

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Professors Are Targets In Online Culture Wars; Some Fight Back

by Anya Kamenetz

Professors Are Targets In Online Culture Wars; Some Fight Back

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Copperfield Joe Corfield

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Hijos Del Canaveral

National

Black Man Fatally Shot In NYC After Police Mistake Metal Pipe For Gun

by Joel Rose

Black Man Fatally Shot In NYC After Police Mistake Metal Pipe For Gun

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National

Pregnant And Detained

by Liz Jones

Pregnant And Detained

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Coffee at Midnight Adrian Youngs, Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Sports

Augusta National To Host Its First-Ever Women's Tournament

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Fore Wessell Anderson

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Egyptian Reggae The Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman et. al.

Science

Are Humans Biologically Programmed To Fear What They Don't Understand?

by Lulu Miller

Are Humans Biologically Programmed To Fear What They Don't Understand?

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An Evening I will Not Forget Dermot Kennedy

National

President Of National Border Patrol Council Says National Guardsmen Welcome To Assist

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National

How Residents Of Texas Border Towns Are Reacting To Trump's Plan To Send National Guard

by Carlos Morales

How Residents Of Texas Border Towns Are Reacting To Trump's Plan To Send National Guard

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Asia

How China's 'Made In China 2025 Is Playing Into The Tariff Exchange With The U.S.

by Anthony Kuhn

How China's 'Made In China 2025 Is Playing Into The Tariff Exchange With The U.S.

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Hung Up on My Baby Isaac Hayes

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As Needed Beirut

College Waitlists Often Waste Would-Be Students' Time

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College Waitlists Often Waste Would-Be Students' Time

by Clare Lombardo , Elissa Nadworny

College Waitlists Often Waste Would-Be Students' Time

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Politics

Trump Says He Didn't Know His Lawyer Paid Adult Film Star $130,000

by Tamara Keith

Trump Says He Didn't Know His Lawyer Paid Adult Film Star $130,000

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Xplosive 2 Good To Go

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Your Prime Anderson Paak

Technology

What Facebook Is Changing About Its Data-Sharing Practices

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How Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination Affected His Chicago Neighborhood

by Miles Bryan

How Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination Affected His Chicago Neighborhood

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Want Something Done Oddisee

Middle East

Palestinians Expected To Continue Protesting Desperate Economic Situation In Gaza Strip

by Daniel Estrin

Palestinians Expected To Continue Protesting Desperate Economic Situation In Gaza Strip

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Why Like This? Teebs

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All of the Lights Vitamin String Quartet

True Crime, Fake Homicide: The Onion's 'A Very Fatal Murder' Podcast

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Games & Humor

True Crime, Fake Homicide: The Onion's 'A Very Fatal Murder' Podcast

by Audie Cornish

True Crime, Fake Homicide: The Onion's 'A Very Fatal Murder' Podcast

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Technology

Facebook Will Notify 87M Users Whose Data May Have Been Used By Cambridge Analytica

by Steve Inskeep

Facebook Will Notify 87M Users Whose Data May Have Been Used By Cambridge Analytica

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An Evening I will Not Forget Dermot Kennedy

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You Don't Know Me Son Lux

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