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Shaorong Deng gets an experimental treatment for cancer of the esophagus that uses his own immune system cells. They have been genetically modified with the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR. Yuhan Xu/NPR hide caption

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Doctors In China Lead Race To Treat Cancer By Editing Genes

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Bins of signs are seen at an election office in San Antonio, Texas. The first primaries of the 2018 elections are less than a month away, and the Department of Homeland Security held a classified briefing last week to further explain voter system threats to election directors and secretaries of state. Eric Gay/AP hide caption

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Election Chiefs 'Straddle The Line Between Sounding The Alarm And Being Alarmist'

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Italian far-right party activists hold a banner reading "fatherland" during a demonstration against a government proposal to reform citizenship procedures for the descendants of immigrants living in Italy, in Rome, Nov. 4, 2017. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide caption

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Anti-Migrant Slogans Are Overshadowing Italy's Election Race

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At 15, George Li won a silver medal the Tchaikovsky Competition. Now, at 22, he's got a new album and plenty of recognition. Simon Fowler/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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George Li's 'Sensible Route' To Piano Prominence

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Many administrators are taking steps to secure their schools, including by hiring security guards and police officers. M. Spencer Green/AP hide caption

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Trauma Bags And Armed Guards: Securing Schools Without Creating A Fortress

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Participants cheer a speaker during the Women's March "Power to the Polls" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas on Jan. 21. Sam Morris/Getty Images hide caption

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More Than Twice As Many Women Are Running For Congress In 2018 Compared With 2016

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Evangelist Billy Graham, one of the most influential religious figures of the 20th century, died XX at the age of XX. Scholars say his death marks the end of a historical era, in which one person could unify Protestant Christianity and come to be known as America's pastor. Courtesy of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association hide caption

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'America's Pastor' Billy Graham Dies At 99

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Independent Iowa Senator David Johnson at his desk in the Iowa Senate chamber on Jan. 15, 2018. Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio hide caption

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Running As An Independent: Liberating But Tough

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