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'Not One Drop Of Blood': Cattle Mysteriously Mutilated In Oregon

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Strange News

'Not One Drop Of Blood': Cattle Mysteriously Mutilated In Oregon

In remote eastern Oregon, a serial crime is unfolding. Someone is killing purebred bulls. And they're doing it with a level of cruel precision that's frightening to both ranchers and law enforcement.

Politics

Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel On State Department Depositions Being Blocked

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World

Kurds Appeal To U.S. To Stop Turkish Offensive In Northern Syria

by Daniel Estrin

Kurds Appeal To U.S. To Stop Turkish Offensive In Northern Syria

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National

Seeing Autumn's Colors In The Adirondack Mountains By Canoe

by Brian Mann

Seeing Autumn's Colors In The Adirondack Mountains By Canoe

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Don't Stop (On My Account) Owen Pallett

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Beat Connection LCD Soundsystem

After The Water--How Climate Change And Flash Flooding Are Altering Ellicott City, Maryland

How Climate Change And Flash Flooding Is Affecting Communities Across The Country

by Rebecca Hersher

How Climate Change And Flash Flooding Is Affecting Communities Across The Country

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Dusk Filous

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Let Me Roll It Paul McCartney

Politics

A Look At President Trump's Anti-Corruption Record

by Ayesha Rascoe

A Look At President Trump's Anti-Corruption Record

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National

United Auto Workers Trying To Live On Less Than Half Their Normal Pay During Strike

by Dustin Dwyer

United Auto Workers Trying To Live On Less Than Half Their Normal Pay During Strike

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Souffle le vent Odezenne

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Strange News

'Not One Drop Of Blood': Cattle Mysteriously Mutilated In Oregon

by Anna King

'Not One Drop Of Blood': Cattle Mysteriously Mutilated In Oregon

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Holocene Bon Iver

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Theme From an Unwritten Movie Sven Libaek Orchestra

Science

3 Researchers Awarded Nobel Prize In Physics

by Geoff Brumfiel

3 Researchers Awarded Nobel Prize In Physics

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Environment

How Electric Cars Will Change Driving And The Economy

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Autobahn Kraftwerk

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Blinded By The Light Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Politics

Former Chief Counsel For House Intel Committee Weighs In On Blocked Testimonies

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World

What To Expect From Turkey's Offensive In Northern Syria

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Breeze Imagined Herbal Flows

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Cryin Blue Angels

Law

Supreme Court Hears Arguments On LGBTQ Employment Rights Case

by Nina Totenberg

Supreme Court Hears Arguments On LGBTQ Employment Rights Case

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Education

ACT To Allow Students To Retake Sections Of The Test To Improve Overall Score

by Elissa Nadworny

ACT To Allow Students To Retake Sections Of The Test To Improve Overall Score

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Teen Age Riot Sonic Youth

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Year of the Cat Al Stewart

National Security

Tensions Rise Within State Department Over House Depositions

by Michele Kelemen

Tensions Rise Within State Department Over House Depositions

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Politics

Why Ukraine Is At The Center Of The Impeachment Inquiry

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Darling Basti Grub

Elections

Black Voters Remain A Hurdle For Elizabeth Warren

by Asma Khalid

Black Voters Remain A Hurdle For Elizabeth Warren

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Settling In Hakaisu

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Disco Ulysses Vulfpeck

How High School Debate In 1990s Kansas Explains The Present: A Novel Argument

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Author Interviews

How High School Debate In 1990s Kansas Explains The Present: A Novel Argument

by Ari Shapiro

How High School Debate In 1990s Kansas Explains The Present: A Novel Argument

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Meru (feat. Koresma) Rohne

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Capture the Flag Broken Social Scene

Politics

White House Sends Letter Arguing Impeachment Inquiry Is Illegitimate

by Mara Liasson

White House Sends Letter Arguing Impeachment Inquiry Is Illegitimate

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Constitutional Law Professor Stephen Vladeck Discusses White House Impeachment Letter

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