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An aerial view of the Yevgeny Primakov icebreaker on the ice-covered Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia. Maersk, the world's largest shipping line, is testing a Vladivostok to St. Petersburg route through the Arctic. Anton Vaganov/TASS via Getty Images hide caption

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World's Largest Shipping Company Heads Into Arctic As Global Warming Opens The Way

Container giant Maersk will send one of its ships through the Arctic on the Northern Sea Route to test its feasibility as a new, time-saving shipping lane.

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In A Segregated County, A New Charter School Offers An Alternative

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An aerial view of the Yevgeny Primakov icebreaker on the ice-covered Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia. Maersk, the world's largest shipping line, is testing a Vladivostok to St. Petersburg route through the Arctic. Anton Vaganov/TASS via Getty Images hide caption

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World's Largest Shipping Company Heads Into Arctic As Global Warming Opens The Way

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David Daniels, seen here at the Opera News Awards in New York City in 2013, has been accused of drugging and raping a young opera singer. Brad Barket/Getty Images hide caption

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Opera Singer David Daniels Accused Of Rape

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A federal prison in Victorville, Calif. is one of five federal prisons housing immigrant detainees. ICE detainees arrive at FCI Victorville federal prison on June 8, 2018. Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters hide caption

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Hundreds Of Immigrant Detainees Held In Federal Prisons

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