Barbara Bush Changed With Her Country
The former first lady was notably eager to learn about people she didn’t understand—and recognize she might have been wrong about them.
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John Pendygraft / Tampa Bay Times / AP What's Next for Gawker?
The media company announced it’s being sold to Ziff Davis, the publisher of PC Magazine, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Carlos Osorio / Ap How an Innocent Teenager Confessed to Murder
Davontae Sanford was 14 when he said he killed four people in Detroit. He walked out of prison Wednesday after a county judge vacated his conviction and ordered him released.
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Brennan Linsley / Reuters When Is a Jury No Longer a Jury?
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday will force lower courts to consider the issue.
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Eugene Tanner / AP Quoted
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Why the Maker Movement Matters: Part 2, Agility
Business are finding that “makerspaces” enable them to reduce what’s known as the mind-to-market gap: how long it takes for an idea to become a thing on a shelf.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters The Murder Charges in the Kalamazoo Bicycling Crash
The county prosecutor charged the 50-year-old man who struck nine bicyclists Tuesday, killing five of them, with five counts of second-degree murder.
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Jason Reed / Reuters The Cathedral and the Confederacy
The Washington National Cathedral is removing two images of the Confederate battle flag from its windows.
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Bill Ruch America by Air: What's That on the Wing?
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Radu Sigheti / Reuters The Animals Behind Power Outages
The monkey that caused a nationwide power outage in Kenya on Tuesday is one of many animals to sabotage electrical grids.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Quoted
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Terry Gilliam / AP A Cheating Scandal at Ohio State University
Officials say 85 students in the prestigious veterinary program collaborated on online exams.
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Gene Blevins / Reuters Will This Be California's Worst Wildfire Season?
Consecutive years of drought have killed more tress, and recent rains have added to grass growth, which provides quick fuel for fires.
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TEEX Remembering Bretagne, the Last Known 9/11 Rescue Dog
The 16-year-old golden retriever was the oldest surviving member of the group of dogs who took part in rescue and recovery operations at Ground Zero.
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'I’d Forgotten How Fast Toddlers Can Really Move'
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Erik de Castro / Reuters Quoted
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When the Kindness of Strangers Can Save Your Kid
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Beck Diefenbach / Reuters Telling the Story of the Stanford Rape Case
Two letters, one from the victim and one from the offender’s father, have pushed a California case to the forefront of a national conversation about sexual assault.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Pharma Bro Pleads Not Guilty
Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical CEO, pleaded not guilty to a new charge of conspiracy on Monday.
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John Minchillo / AP No Charges For Parents of the Boy Who Climbed Into the Gorilla Enclosure
The Hamilton County’s prosecutor’s office in Ohio called it a “tragic accident and a terrible loss for the zoo.”
