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Voices - 2025's extreme weather had the jet stream's fingerprints all over it - A University of Dayton researcher argues the extreme weather of 2025, from flash floods to hurricanes, had the jet stream's fingerprints all over it.

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Nigeria faith leaders hold summit in Abuja to confront national crisis

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Entertainment oligopolies are back -- more anticompetitive than ever

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Why doctors ask invasive questions during treatment

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A whole lot has changed since the days of Pearl Harbor -- Let's compare December 1941 and December 2025 to show what has changed.in the United States -- 84 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Insurance premiums rise faster than worker earnings by a factor of 3 -- Health insurance premiums rose at nearly 3 times the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 years, with patients and employers bearing the burden.

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Supreme Court's birthright citizenship choice hinges on 'jurisdiction' -- The Supreme Court's decision on birthright citizenship will depend on one key phrase of the 14th Amendment: "subject to the jurisdiction."

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Far-right groups, early adopters of online organizing, turning to AI -- Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the Internet -- and AI is their next frontier, a University of Richmond expert says.

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Ending RFA, VOA Korean services threatens national security, AI system -- The recent shutdown of Radio Free Asia and Voice of America Korean language services impacts security policy decisions and artificial intelligence.

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The duty to refuse illegal military orders -- The legality of Operation Southern Spear was questioned when media reported two unarmed, helpless survivors of an earlier attack were ordered killed.

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Flat earth, other conspiracy theories come from personal experiences -- People come to believe in flat Earth, spirits and microchipped vaccines for the same reasons they come to believe in anything else: their experiences.

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Rural students more likely to graduate, less likely to go to college -- Rural students are more likely than city kids to get their diplomas, but they remain less likely to go to college, a Michigan State researcher says.

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Trump administration's 'efficiency' goals cause massive food waste -- The U.S. government has caused massive food waste during President Donald Trump's second term.

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Has Trump generated massive acts of self-destruction? -- Will the current series of seemingly self-destructive actions finally crack Donald Trumps thus-far impenetrable political armor? Or make a small dent?

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The hidden harm in 'find a job you love' advice -- Treating love for work like a virtue can backfire on employees and teams. Loving your work is one thing; insisting that colleagues love it is another.

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President Lee seeks peaceful unification, but what's the plan? -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, at the G20, rejected reunification with North Korea by absorption or force, but spoke of a gradual unification.

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U.S.-Korea shipbuilding alliance sets sail, but rough seas lie ahead -- Capital alone cannot fix the archaic state of U.S. shipbuilding infrastructure, and many obstacles lie ahead in the U.S.-South Korea pact..

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More than half of new articles online are written by AI -- More than half of new articles online are written by AI -- is human writing headed for extinction? A Binghamton University researcher seeks answers.

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International dating industry often sells traditional gender roles -- From "mail-order brides" to "passport bros," the international dating industry sells traditional gender roles, a Texas A&M University researcher says.

20 days ago

Jeffrey Epstein case reveals the realities of child sex trafficking -- Kate Price of the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College explains how the Jeffrey Epstein case shows the realities of child sex trafficking.

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Palestinians continue to seek food relief

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