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  • But public comments and campaign finance records reviewed by Straight Arrow show that brazen rhetoric targeting people solely because of their religion — in this case Islam — did not act as a deal-breaker even for organizations that say they oppose discrimination.
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    See who donates to lawmakers after they call Islam dangerous and unAmerican

    Rhetoric targeting people because of their religion — Islam — did not act as a deal-breaker for groups that say they oppose discrimination.

  • A 40-year-old woman in Pennsylvania has died of complications associated with measles, the Jefferson County Coroner's Office said Sunday.
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    40-year-old Pennsylvania woman dies from measles complications

    The Pennsylvania Department of Health said Friday there have been 676 measles cases confirmed in the state across 37 counties this year.

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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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  • Old industrial towns across the U.S. are leveraging the $887B recreation economy to replace lost factory and manufacturing jobs along trails.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Aug 28
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    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.
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    Aug 28
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    Hundreds feared dead as new flood threat stalls rescue efforts in Nepal, Tibet

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    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.
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    Aug 28
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    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
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    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.
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    Aug 27
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    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
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    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?
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    Aug 27
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    Audiences love this ‘Bama Rush’ influencer — does it matter if she’s AI?

  • Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar, @Alfredspodins via X/via REUTERS
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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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    Aug 26
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    State fairs, celebrations of local artistry, are drowning in AI-generated art

  • A tribe says federal agents and contractors trespassed on their land while conducting border wall work this week. But could they be there?
    John Moore/Getty Images
    Aug 26
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    Tohono O’odham Nation says federal agents trespassed. What rights does it have to stop them?

  • In a landmark settlement Wednesday with 48 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, Meta agreed to pay as much as $17.1 billion in penalties and redesign its social media platforms to make them less addictive to minors.
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    Aug 26
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    Meta agrees to $17.1 billion settlement, platform changes in social media addiction case

  • Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images
    Aug 26
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    Tim Curry, known for ‘It’ and ‘Rocky Horror,’ dies at 80

  • Three Americans are among the tourists reported missing following serious flash flooding in Nepal on Wednesday.
    Anup OJHA / AFP via Getty Images
    Aug 26
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    3 Americans among hundreds missing after Nepal flash flooding

  • Fans are mourning Dolly Parton from Nashville to Hollywood, remembering a country music legend whose humor and songwriting connected with audiences for more than six decades.
    Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, Tracy Glantz/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
    Aug 26
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    Fans remember Dolly Parton’s remarkable legacy; Darline Graham wins GOP runoff in SC

  • One week after becoming the first French woman to walk in space, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot went back outside the International Space Station to finish a repair job she and NASA astronaut Anil Menon could not complete on their first attempt.
    Photo by ESA/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM
    Aug 26
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    First French woman to walk in space returns to finish ISS repair

  • A viral post claims the U.S. is buying the same beef China rejected. We checked the claim, the plants and the stats.
    Rick T. Wilking/Getty Images
    Aug 25
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    Viral post claims Trump is buying contaminated beef. Here’s what we found

  • Legendary country music star Dolly Parton, who transcended the genre to become a cultural icon for generations of fans, has died at the age of 80.
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    Aug 25
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    Dolly Parton, country music star and cultural icon, dies at 80

  • This image taken from video shows a charred neighborhood following wildfires Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, in Reno, Nevada. (Tim Walton via AP)
    Tim Walton via AP
    Aug 25
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    Firefighters gain ground on Hawk Fire after it destroys 32 homes

  • Cole Burston / AFP via Getty Images & Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images
    Aug 25
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    Canada readies new tariffs on US; Trump gets Supreme Court win on mail voting

  • How an onslaught of junk AI story ideas has prompted one Southern news editor to create a new phone pitching line
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    Aug 24
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    Reverting to a past era? Nonsense AI story ideas prompt news editor to create a phone-only pitching rule

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