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Steven Senne / AP Walmart Workers Get a Raise, but Is That Enough?
The largest private employer in the U.S. will have to do a lot more to appease its critics.
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Brian Snyder / AP Breaking the NFL's Glass Ceiling
Kathryn Smith of the Buffalo Bills has been named pro football’s first full-time female coach.
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Charlie Neibergall / AP Gaffe Track: Did Carly's Youth Outreach Go Too Far?
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Toby Melville / Reuters Vladimir Putin ‘Probably Approved’ the Murder of a Former Russian Spy
A British judge released Thursday the first public official statement linking the Russian president to the 2006 death of Alexander Litvinenko.
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Craig Lassig / Reuters Bernie Sanders's America
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Republicans Face a Big Decision on Criminal-Justice Reform
There’s a consensus on policy, but advocates must now convince Senator Mitch McConnell that an election-year push to reduce prison sentences won’t backfire on Republicans.
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NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI How Does Pluto Feel About This?
Astronomers say there’s a bigger-than-Earth object orbiting in the far reaches of the solar system that would qualify as its ninth planet.
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Mal Langsdon / Reuters Breaking the Silence in the Music Industry
The downfall of a rock publicist is another sign of how speaking up about sexual predation can bring about change.
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Ahmad Masood / Reuters The Fallen Journalists in Afghanistan
A Taliban bomber struck a bus carrying journalists from Tolo TV in Kabul, months after the group threatened to target the independent news outlet.
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Randall Hill / Reuters Will Labeling Bernie Sanders a 'Socialist' Stop His Rise?
Some allies of Hillary Clinton are trying to pull out a red card. But with many Democrats feeling positive about the term, it may not have much effect.
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Mike Segar / Reuters Gaffe Track: You Say Malia, Jeb Says Malala, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
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Thomas Timlen / Flickr Enter the Grief Police
The Internet is allowing a return to age-old, communal forms of mourning. That makes some people uncomfortable.
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Ronen Zvulun / Reuters The Bright, Cozy AirBnB Listings in West Bank Settlements
The home-sharing giant is weathering criticism for allowing its users to list and rent apartments on internationally disputed land.
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Scientific Visualization Studio / Goddard Space Flight Center 136 Years of Rising Temperatures on Earth in 30 Seconds
Scientists said Wednesday that 2015 was the planet’s hottest year on record.
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Fayaz Aziz / Reuters A Deadly Assault on a Pakistan University
At least 20 people have been killed after militants stormed a campus in Charsadda.
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Patrick Semansky / AP How the Supreme Court Could Puncture the Clinton Campaign
The Democratic frontrunner has a lot riding on the justices’ ruling on President Obama’s immigration policy.
