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Tianjin, in northern China, is home to Tianjin University, an international research center that recently hired an American to lead its school of pharmaceutical science and technology. He recruits students from all over the world, he says, and the program's classes are taught in English. Prisma Bildagentur/UIG/Getty Images hide caption

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China Expands Research Funding, Luring U.S. Scientists And Students

In a quest to rapidly advance its scientific depth and breadth, China is recruiting scientists from around the world. Some from the U.S. say the greater funding for school and research is freeing.

Lisa Hobbs holds a picture of her husband, Gene "Pius" Hobbs. Hobbs was raking gravel with the Meade County public works crew when a dump truck backed over and killed him. Michelle Hanks/Louisville Public Media hide caption

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Feds Find Kentucky Fails To Meet Standards For Worker Safety

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Manafort's attorneys said he believes he has offered "useful information" and doesn't agree with the government assertion that he breached the plea agreement. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

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Special Counsel Says Paul Manafort 'Breached' Plea Deal, Lied to FBI

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Raqqa's first responders use a digger to push through the rubble of a building likely destroyed in an airstrike carried out by the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS. Ruth Sherlock/NPR hide caption

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Middle East

'Entire Families Wiped Out': U.S. Airstrikes Killed Many Civilians In Syria

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'Entire Families Wiped Out': U.S. Airstrikes Killed Many Civilians In Syria

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Tianjin, in northern China, is home to Tianjin University, an international research center that recently hired an American to lead its school of pharmaceutical science and technology. He recruits students from all over the world, he says, and the program's classes are taught in English. Prisma Bildagentur/UIG/Getty Images hide caption

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China Expands Research Funding, Luring U.S. Scientists And Students

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