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Joe Skipper / Reuters A Red Dragon on the Red Planet
Spaceflight company SpaceX said Wednesday it will start sending unmanned rockets to Mars in two years.
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Reuters Why Trump Might Regret Playing 'The Woman Card' Against Clinton
The entertainer says his opponent wouldn’t have succeeded if she were a man—and overstates his own popularity among women.
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Phil Noble / Reuters Another ‘Brexit’ Warning
This one’s from the OECD, which says Britain’s departure from the EU would cost U.K. taxpayers thousands of pounds per year.
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Firdia Lisnawati / AP The Possible Closure of Papua New Guinea’s Detention Center
The prime minister has ordered the Manus Island facility, which holds migrants seeking asylum in Australia, to shut down in line with a court order.
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Reuters Venezuela’s Two-Day Workweek
President Nicolas Maduro said all government workers—except essential ones—will work only on Mondays and Tuesdays as the country battles an electricity crisis.
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VTM / AP The Extradition of a Paris Attacks Suspect
Salah Abdesalam, who was arrested last month in Belgium, is believed to be the surviving member of the November 13 terrorist operations that killed 130 people.
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W. L. Sheppard / Harper's Weekly / Library … The Racist Roots of Virginia's Felon Disenfranchisement
A century ago, the commonwealth's leaders weren't circumspect about their motives.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Gaffe Track: Relatable Guy Ted Cruz Rhapsodizes About the 'Basketball Ring'
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Trump Train Keeps Rolling
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Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters The International Effort to Contain Chernobyl
Three decades after the explosion, the construction of a $2 billion structure to cover the nuclear power plant's destroyed reactor nears completion.
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Reuters The First Female Combatant Commander in the United States
General Lori Robinson is a step closer to becoming the first female to serve as a combatant commander.
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Stefan Wermuth / Reuters Big Ben to Go Silent
Britain’s famous clock will not chime for several months as it undergoes much-needed repairs.
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Brian Spurlock / USA Today Sports Johnny Manziel Indicted
The former NFL quarterback was charged with assault for allegedly hitting his ex-girlfriend.
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Caren Firouz / Reuters Afghanistan’s Barred Vice President
Abdul Rashid Dostum is not allowed to travel to the U.S. because he is “the quintessential warlord.”
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Chuck Burton / AP Why a Judge Ruled North Carolina's Voter-ID Law Constitutional
Thomas Schroeder said the state’s strict new voting law did not unfairly prevent black voters from casting ballots.
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David Gray / Reuters Papua New Guinea’s ‘Illegal’ Detention Center
The country’s Supreme Court has ruled the detention on Manus Island of those seeking asylum in Australia violates their personal liberties.
