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The Kurds of northern Iraq are no longer in charge of Kirkuk, the city they protected from ISIS. Ben Van Heuvelen, editor-in-chief of Iraq Oil Report, explains what's at stake.
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| Updated | 2024-11-24 23:30 |
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The official count is now 48 deaths. But reporters thought that number seemed off.
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Researchers in New Zealand are learning more about what makes the little maggots light up.
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Iraqi forces took the disputed city of Kirkuk from the control of the Kurds — both allies in the US-led coalition against ISIS. President Donald Trump says the US won't take sides.
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on (#357TC)
One Minnesota man was in Mogadishu for a job interview. Another was about to meet members of his family. Then Somalia's deadliest terrorist attack happened.
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on (#357JR)
In January 2015, Malcolm Bird took his 1-year-old daughter, Collette, to an emergency room after she started bleeding heavily from a cut on her finger. The doctor cleaned up the cut, put a Band-Aid on it, and sent them home.
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Clifton Daniel used to dislike living in his grandfather Harry Truman’s shadow. Now, he’ll play him onstage.
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Projections suggest far-right Sebastian Kurz, to become world's youngest leader.
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Occasional fires are important for the cycles of many ecosystems, but this year’s heavy fire season shows the mark of human influence.
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In remote areas of the world, traditional lab testing for malaria can be difficult. Researchers are finding unexpected consequences in the use of rapid diagnostic tests.
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Whether it's a scientific study in an online database or a simple cellphone photo of a species posted on Facebook, the surge of online data on rare animals and plants is inadvertently fueling a vast illegal trade.
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In films, our memories can be recorded and downloaded. Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez weighs in on the real-life state of memory research.
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Finding sea monsters in Kansas is “pretty low tech,†one paleontologist says. “You walk around and look at the ground until you find something.â€
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“We have a stereotype about the way that real rape victims are supposed to act."
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This week, 15 acid attack victims from Bangladesh were part of a fashion show organized by a UK charity to raise awareness.
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Entrepreneurs and leaders in Iran’s budding tech scene watched closely as President Donald Trump refused to certify the Iran nuclear deal.
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A new postage stamp in the Republic of Ireland is causing a stink because it honors Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara, who was of partial Irish descent. But people in Ireland — and Miami — are denouncing Che — and the stamp — because of his history of violence.
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Thousands of Spanish speakers in wine country are struggling to find emergency information in Spanish. We meet a bilingual environmental educator and radio host who has been bridging communities and helping people isolated by language.
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The VA team goes from one hurricane shelter to another, assisting veterans.
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Writer Viet Thanh Nguyen lives the insider-outsider life of a refugee. His fictional depictions of the effects of displacement has earned him a MacArthur "genius grant."
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A New York Times correspondent talked with some of the ISIS recruits whose leaders instructed them to surrender.
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Dave Rank was the top US diplomat in China until President Donald Trump announced he would pull the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement. That's when he knew his 27-year career in the US foreign service would be over.
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Last month, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it has been collecting social media information from visa applicants and immigrants. It said it plans to expand gathering of social media data to include aliases, associated identifiable information and search results. Privacy and civil rights advocates are up in arms.
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Alex Diaz spent eight years in prison for armed robbery. Now, with help from College Bound Dorchester, he's attending college.
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Tech companies are helping in Puerto Rico. Residents are unsure if it’s aid or really an investment.
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Facebook, Alphabet and Tesla are among the tech giants stepping up efforts to help hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans have differing opinions about those efforts.
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on (#34ST0)
A lot of things had to go wrong for the United States Men's National Team to miss out on a trip to the 2018 World Cup. But this American soccer disaster is about more than just bad luck.
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Politics are a part of sports even in China.
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Solar power barely existed in Puerto Rico before Hurricane Maria, but with the island suffering from a post-hurricane power crisis, solar companies see an opportunity to help — and get a foothold.
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This father of seven is one example of a global phenomenon — people being displaced by the effects of climate change.
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The objects left behind in the desert — bloody socks, diaper bags and water bottles — give Americans a deeper understanding of who immigrants are.
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For a decade, journalist Paula Froelich was the deputy editor of the New York Post’s celebrity and gossip section, Page Six. Like many others who have traveled in Hollywood circles, she has a story about the now-infamous media mogul Harvey Weinstein.
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"Jenny? Hello? Hello?" — a grandmother speaks to her family on the US mainland after weeks of being unable to contact them after Hurricane Maria.
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The North Vietnamese surprise attack on dozens of military sites in South Vietnam, including the US embassy in Saigon, had a seismic impact on the US public. While a military failure for the North, it was a huge propaganda success. Attitudes in the US towards the war and toward President Lyndon Johnson were never the same.
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When you move your family abroad, you bring your culture with you. Your language, your religion and maybe, most importantly for some, your food. That's been true for years for the more than 300,000 Korean immigrants living in Southern California. Now there is a growing number of them that are moving back to Seoul, and they are returning with a food culture that is simmered in the melting pot that is Los Angeles.
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Dubbed TV and movies suck, right? Those odd-sounding voices and that lamely-synchronized dialogue? In Germany, it's not like that. Dubbing is a highly evolved craft, with actors who specialize in voiceover and writers who improve the dialogue.
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Voters went to the polls in Liberia Tuesday to replace Africa's first female head of state. And gender politics are playing a big role.
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After Hurricane Maria, one family in Boston has been unable to speak to relatives in Puerto Rico. So, they asked us to bring a letter with us and deliver it.
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​Deadly wildfires are ripping across Northern California, scorching more than 115,000 acres across eight counties. At least 13 people have been confirmed dead.
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Political activism is nothing new for the congregation at Bethel AME in Boston. But the congregation has decided to take on a new mission, by becoming a sanctuary church for a father facing deportation.
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During the day, she works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
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Anchorage is home to America's most diverse neighborhood. It's indicative of a demographic change that's sweeping across the US.
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"Dawnland," an upcoming documentary film, follows the stories of several key individuals involved in the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Facebook, Twitter and Google have been invited to testify at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Nov. 1.
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The situation in Spain puts the EU in a tricky situation — it might be troubled by the violence, but it doesn’t want to encourage separatist forces that threaten many of the nations within it.
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Puerto Rico is not the only US territory recovering from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The US Virgin Islands were also devastated. On St Croix, one month on, the recovery continues.
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President Donald Trump took to Twitter recently to call San Juan Mayor Carmen YulÃn Cruz, “nasty.†Her response? “I don’t give a sh-t.â€
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This breach is one of the most significant in recent years and could potentially allow Russia to evade NSA surveillance and more easily infiltrate US networks.
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South Korea is transfixed by new television programs that put young and manicured North Koreans in the spotlight.
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Even as President Donald Trump backs away from US climate leadership, his top military commanders are planning for climate-related threats and manning the front lines when they do happen.
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Hurricane Irma may have altered the ecosystem of the Everglades in Florida, restoring some of the dynamics that disappeared during decades of development.
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