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Ancient Greek and Roman statues often smelled like roses, a new study says

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 12:09

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the same, either.

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A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 11:49

A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.

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How to delete your 23andMe data after the company filed for bankruptcy

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 11:24

When the California biotech firm filed for bankruptcy, there was one looming question for customers: What's going to happen to my data?

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NASA website axes a pledge to land a woman and a person of color on the moon

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 11:18

In deference to President Trump's anti-DEI order, the space agency has removed a promise to send the "the first woman, first person of color" to walk on the moon aboard the Artemis III mission.

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Why Israel's having some of its biggest protests since the war in Gaza began

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 10:30

They're demanding a deal between Israel and Hamas to release all the remaining hostages, and also demonstrating against government attempts to weaken the judiciary.

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Pete Marocco tried to upend USAID in 2020 -- and failed. In 2025, he dismantled it

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 09:43

This Trump administration official was a key figure in the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development — and will help set the agenda for the future of foreign aid.

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China releases staff of an American due diligence firm in move to woo investors

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 08:59

The release of the employees from the firm, the Mintz Group, comes as China is trying to woo back foreign investors to help revive its sagging economy.

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Intelligence leaders will testify before Congress, fresh off the group chat fiasco

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 08:16

Some of the nation's top intelligence officials are due to appear before Congress in a pair of hearings this week. Two were participants in a widely-criticized war plans group chat on Signal.

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Trump's back-to-office order will hurt veterans, VA docs and therapists say

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 07:04

The Department of Veterans Affairs embraced telehealth, especially for mental health care, in recent years. Now, staffers hired to give therapy and other health care remotely are ordered to do it from offices lacking privacy, VA clinicians told NPR.

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What happens when a Chicago hospital bows to federal pressure on trans care for teens

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 06:00

Patients and parents speak out after Lurie Children's in Chicago joined other hospitals in stopping gender-affirming surgeries. President Trump's executive order threatened their federal funding.

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How a journalist was sent the U.S. war plans. And, challenging the Alien Enemies Act

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 05:55

A journalist at The Atlantic was unintentionally added to a group chat with top U.S. national security officials discussing war plans. And, the legal battle over the Alien Enemies Act continues.

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Why Canada is holding an election that will be a first for its prime minister

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 05:00

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is running for elected public office for the first time, as the country is roiled by turbulence set in motion by President Trump.

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Doctors still seeking cure for brain cancer that struck former Utah Rep. Mia Love

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 05:00

Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died three years after being diagnosed with glioblastoma, a brain cancer that is nearly always fatal.

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Facing a silver tsunami, Nevada home health care workers demand a $20 minimum wage

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 04:00

Home health care workers in Nevada are lobbying the state legislature to raise caregivers' minimum wage from $16 to $20 an hour.

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Feeling scatterbrained? 5 ways to focus your attention

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 04:00

What would you do if you had more hours in a day? Here's how to carve out time for your interests and passions — even when you have a lot of responsibilities.

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New books this week: Yoko, Elphaba, Amanda Knox and lost connections

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 04:00

This week's new releases include a memoir from Amanda Knox reflecting on her murder case and exoneration, a biography of Yoko Ono, new fiction from Column McCann, and the latest Wicked book Elphie.

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These churches offer shelter and sanctuary to vulnerable migrants. Here's why

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 04:00

Some are offering sanctuary to immigrants, others are ministering to families in different ways.

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NCAA women's tournament reaches the Sweet 16 as one of its biggest stars falls

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 04:00

Southern California All-American star JuJu Watkins crashed to the floor Monday night against Mississippi State and grabbed her knee. She had to be carried off the floor at the USC Galen Center.

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French actor Gérard Depardieu stands trial in Paris for alleged sexual assaults

Tue, 03/25/2025 - 00:00

Depardieu's long and storied career has turned the trial into a post- #MeToo test of the willingness of France and its movie industry to confront sexual violence and hold influential men accountable.

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Brazil apologizes to families of victims of military dictatorship's mass grave

Mon, 03/24/2025 - 22:30

Brazil's government on Monday apologized to families of victims of the country's military dictatorship whose remains could be among those found in a clandestine mass grave 35 years ago.

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