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Millions get a pay raise and other new laws kick in this year

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In Afghanistan, clearing landmines to save lives

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This New Year’s poem honors ‘the wrong roads we’ve taken’

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Police often ill-equipped to handle hate crimes

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Millions get a pay raise and other new laws kick in this year

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Decoding the mixed signals in Kim Jong Un’s New Year speech

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What’s next on Congress’ to-do list?

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Cubesats, low-cost, bite-sized satellites inspired by the tubes used to hold Beanie Babies, were invented in 1999 as educational tools. Paulo Lozano, director of the Space Propulsion Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is testing mini ion engines that could send CubeSats into deep space. Photo by Matthew Ehrichs

These tiny satellites, equipped with ion thrusters, could change how we explore space

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Here’s what’s notable about the Iran protests

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New year brings legalization of marijuana to California

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts (seated C) leads Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (front row, L-R), Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Stephen Breyer, Justice Elena Kagan (back row, L-R), Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch in taking a new family photo including Gorsuch, their most recent addition, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo - RTS18I19

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UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 9: From left, Selma Mayor Darrio Melton, former Gov. Deval Patrick, D-Mass., Democratic candidate for Senate Doug Jones, and Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., pose for photos outside of the Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Ala., on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, after holding a media availability at the iconic civil rights church. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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The months-long campaign that drove historic black turnout in Alabama

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World Jan 01

News Wrap: Fatal airstrikes in Yemen mark start of 2018

In our News Wrap Monday, security officials and witnesses say at least 23 people have died in airstrikes in Yemen…

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Nation Jan 01

Millions get a pay raise and other new laws kick in this year

From pay raises to marijuana legalization, the New Year brought a spate of new state laws. Reid Wilson, a reporter…

By Lisa Desjardins

Demonstrators gather to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he plans to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving in any capacity in the U.S. military, at the White House in Washington, U.S. July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX3D29Q

Nation Jan 01

Transgender individuals may now openly join the U.S. military

As of Monday, openly transgender people are allowed to serve in the U.S. military, despite President Donald Trump tweeting last…

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Politics Jan 01

What’s next on Congress’ to-do list?

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts (seated C) leads Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (front row, L-R), Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Stephen Breyer, Justice Elena Kagan (back row, L-R), Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch in taking a new family photo including Gorsuch, their most recent addition, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo - RTS18I19

Politics Jan 01

Judiciary will review sexual misconduct policies

“Events in recent months have illuminated the depth of the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace, and events in…

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

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A community overwhelmed by opioids

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Synthetic opioids are driving an overdose crisis

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At an innovative high school, students get support battling their addictions while they learn

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How treating opioids with more opioids has divided the recovery community

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Saving the babies of the opioid epidemic

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The 8 books librarians can’t stop talking about right now

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Politics Jan 01

What’s next on Congress’ to-do list?

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Segment Jan 01

What’s driving the deadly protests in Iran?

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Cubesats, low-cost, bite-sized satellites inspired by the tubes used to hold Beanie Babies, were invented in 1999 as educational tools. Paulo Lozano, director of the Space Propulsion Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is testing mini ion engines that could send CubeSats into deep space. Photo by Matthew Ehrichs

Science Jan 01

These tiny satellites, equipped with ion thrusters, could change how we explore space

By Nsikan Akpan

Education Dec 29

Don’t assume that every student had a fun or warm holiday break

By Kirsten Perry

World Jan 01

Decoding the mixed signals in Kim Jong Un’s New Year speech

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Science Dec 29

3 eye-opening, science-based New Year’s resolutions that could help everyone

By Teresa Carey

Politics Dec 29

Shields and Brooks on political polarization and social reckoning in 2017

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Science Jan 01

How to visit Mars with a tiny satellite and static electricity

By Nsikan Akpan

Poetry Jan 01

This New Year’s poem honors ‘the wrong roads we’ve taken’

By Jennifer Hijazi

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is lit at dusk ahead of planned votes on tax reform in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo - RC1ED69973F0

Politics Dec 31

3 congressional races to watch in 2018

By Lev Facher, STAT

World Jan 01

Here’s what’s notable about the Iran protests

By Dan Cooney

Nation Jan 01

Millions get a pay raise and other new laws kick in this year

By Lisa Desjardins

World Jan 01

News Wrap: Fatal airstrikes in Yemen mark start of 2018

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Health Sep 27

The real story behind penicillin

By Dr. Howard Markel

World Jan 01

In Afghanistan, clearing landmines to save lives

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Nation Jan 01

New year brings legalization of marijuana to California

By Brian Melley, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts (seated C) leads Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (front row, L-R), Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Stephen Breyer, Justice Elena Kagan (back row, L-R), Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch in taking a new family photo including Gorsuch, their most recent addition, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo - RTS18I19

Politics Jan 01

Judiciary will review sexual misconduct policies

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Wreckage from a Nature Flight airplane crash in Costa Rica. Photo by Costa Rican Ministry of Public Security

Nation Dec 31

Ten American tourists, two pilots die in Costa Rica plane crash

By Kamala Kelkar

World Dec 31

Rouhani urges against violence amid anti-government protests

By Pavni Mittal

Cubesats, low-cost, bite-sized satellites inspired by the tubes used to hold Beanie Babies, were invented in 1999 as educational tools. Paulo Lozano, director of the Space Propulsion Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is testing mini ion engines that could send CubeSats into deep space. Photo by Matthew Ehrichs

These tiny satellites, equipped with ion thrusters, could change how we explore space

An engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wants to explore the cosmos with CubeSats and ion engines inspired by static electricity.

By Nsikan Akpan

Dec 31

Why most of us lean to the right when we kiss

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3 brain technologies to watch in 2018

By Sharon Begley, STAT

Rows of desks sit empty in a classroom. Photo by Alan Levine/Flickr

Spread of fake news prompts literacy efforts in schools

Alarmed by the proliferation of false content online, state lawmakers around the country are pushing schools to put more emphasis on teaching students how to tell fact from fiction.

By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press

Don’t assume that every student had a fun or warm holiday break

By Kirsten Perry

Students gather as teachers came to collect their belongings at Everest College in City of Industry, one of the Corinthian Colleges that closed in 2015. Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Students defrauded by for-profit colleges may not get full financial relief

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New year brings legalization of marijuana to California

The law comes two decades after California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana.

By Brian Melley, Associated Press

Wreckage from a Nature Flight airplane crash in Costa Rica. Photo by Costa Rican Ministry of Public Security

Ten American tourists, two pilots die in Costa Rica plane crash

By Kamala Kelkar

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is lit at dusk ahead of planned votes on tax reform in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo - RC1ED69973F0

3 congressional races to watch in 2018

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