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  • A quarter-century after 9/11, whether students learn about the attacks often depends on where they live. Most states have no mandate.
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    25 years after 9/11, most states still do not require its history to be taught

    A quarter-century after 9/11, whether students learn about the attacks often depends on where they live. Most states have no mandate.

  • Court orders have thrown Missouri's General Election in disarray as groups battle with Republicans over which congressional maps should be used in light of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
    David A. Lieb/ AP Photo
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    With voting two weeks away, Missouri isn’t set on which congressional map to use

    Uncertainty looms over Missouri as litigation ensnarls the state’s congressional district maps, which are now set to appear on the Nov. 3 ballot.

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We take a balanced look at the cultural conversations defining our time, stripping away the noise to help you understand the core arguments and their broader societal implications.

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They made a 9/11 conspiracy blockbuster. It followed them for decades: Let’s go Off Script


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  • U.S. Central Command/Handout via Reuters, Francisco Kjolseth-Pool/Getty Images
    Sep 2
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    US strikes Iran again as Tehran retaliates; Kirk murder suspect heads to trial

  • Citations are the currency of academic impact. Now, AI-generated fake papers are artificially inflating those numbers online.
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    Sep 1
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    Scholar slop? How hallucinated research citations pollute crucial academic databases 

  • Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images & John Locher / POOL / AFP
    Sep 1
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    Driscoll resigns amid Hegseth tensions; Duane Davis convicted in Tupac murder

  • Kalshi handed down its first-ever lifetime ban, hitting former Rep. George Santos with the penalty after an insider-trading investigation.
    Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images
    Aug 31
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    George Santos receives Kalshi’s first lifetime ban as insider-trading cases mount

  • As glaciers melt, glacial lakes grow, increasing the risk of flooding like thousands saw in Nepal last week.
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    Aug 31
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    After Nepal’s disaster, scientists are watching a growing threat in glacial lakes

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    Aug 31
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    Study raises new questions about medical cannabis and workplace attendance

  • NASA launched its $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday, sending a new wide-angle observatory into space to study some of the universe’s biggest unknowns.
    Manuel Mazzanti/NurPhoto
    Aug 31
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    NASA turns old spy tech into a new window on the universe

  • Wana News Agency via Reuters, Craig Sanderson via AP
    Aug 31
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    US, Iran trade attacks after months-long lull; Deadly flooding hits Grand Canyon

  • No injuries or deaths have been reported, but a larger eruption is possible after Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung erupted on Monday. 
    Badan Geologi via AP
    Aug 31
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    Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung erupts, coats villages in ash as a larger eruption remains possible

  • The death toll from last week's catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet has now topped 900, with more than 4,700 people still missing.
    Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images
    Aug 31
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    Nepal-Tibet flood death toll tops 900 as mass burials begin, more than 4,700 missing

  • The National Park Service is asking for help locating at least 20 missing people in the Grand Canyon.
    Parth Desai via AP
    Aug 30
    1m read

    Deadly flooding sweeps though Grand Canyon, hikers airlifted to safety

  • At least seven people are dead, and 23 unaccounted for, after a boat carrying 267 people from northern Cyprus to Turkey capsized on Sunday.
    Reuters
    Aug 30
    2m read

    Eight dead after boat carrying 267 capsizes off northern Cyprus

  • Old industrial towns across the U.S. are leveraging the $887B recreation economy to replace lost factory and manufacturing jobs along trails.
    Straight Arrow Illustration
    Aug 30
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    How hike-and-bike trails offer a second act for lost factory towns

  • As rescue efforts continue in Nepal following devastating floods, the death toll has risen to 675, with 2,498 people missing, according to Nepal’s Disaster Management Authority.
    AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh
    Aug 29
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    Official asks for assistance preserving bodies as number of deaths in Nepal floods rises

  • King Harald V of Norway has died at 89 after more than three decades on the throne. Norway’s royal palace said Harald died Friday morning at a hospital in Oslo. His son, Crown Prince Haakon, succeeds him as King Haakon VIII.
    Per Ole Hagen/Getty Images
    Aug 28
    2m read

    King Harald V, who helped modernize Norway’s monarchy, dies at 89

  • Nepal and China temporarily suspended search and rescue efforts on Friday over a new flood threat along the Himalayan border.
    The Yomiuri Shimbun
    Aug 28
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    Hundreds feared dead as new flood threat stalls rescue efforts in Nepal, Tibet

  • China Daily via Reuters, Jose Bula Urrutia/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
    Aug 28
    10m read

    Nepal halts rescues over new flood threat; US eyes massive Venezuela oil deal

  • The moon nearly disappeared into Earth’s shadow overnight, leaving only a thin bright edge as a deep partial lunar eclipse unfolded across the Americas, Africa and parts of Europe.
    Brook Mitchell/Getty Images
    Aug 28
    2m read

    Skywatchers get a dramatic look at a moon almost fully eclipsed

  • To stop Big Tech from destroying physical books, one independent bookseller is using AI to build a global inventory database.
    Antranik Tavitian for Straight Arrow
    Aug 28
    9m read

    The bookseller using AI to battle back against Big Tech’s digitize-and-destroy campaign 

  • Meta just paid $18B to fix teen addiction on its apps. In Australia, a similar ban didn't stop 8 in 10 kids from logging back on.
    Matt Cardy/Getty Images
    Aug 27
    6m read

    Meta will cap teens at two hours a day. Teens might not listen

  • Mysterious illnesses are popping up in people after moving to a new home, sparking belief it's from mold. Doctors are worried people are following junk science.
    Douglas R. Clifford/ Tampa Bay Times via ZUMA Press Wire
    Aug 27
    6m read

    Homebuilders taxed by ‘toxic mold syndrome’ lawsuits despite diagnosis doubts

  • A fake “Rushtok” influencer project created by a venture fund prompts the question - does it even matter?
    @janie.b086 via TikTok
    Aug 27
    7m read

    Audiences love this ‘Bama Rush’ influencer — does it matter if she’s AI?

  • Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar, @Alfredspodins via X/via REUTERS
    Aug 27
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    Nepal floods leave 1,300 missing; Why CIA director secretly traveled to Moscow

  • The search for hundreds of missing people continues Thursday morning after a wall of water and mud tore through communities along the Nepal-China border.
    Prabin RANABHAT / AFP via Getty Images
    Aug 27
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    Nepal floods kill at least 273, more than 1,300 still missing

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