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Author Richard Powers celebrates oceans — and explores threats to sustainability — in 'Playground'
American novelist Richard Powers won the Pulitzer Prize for his book "The Overstory," which addressed the destruction of forests. His new novel takes on oceans.
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U.S. to send troops and missile defense system to Israel
The U.S. is sending one of its most advanced missile defense systems and about 100 troops to Israel, marking the first major deployment of American troops since the war in Gaza began.
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This week in politics: Trump insults Detroit, Obama scolds Black men
Former President Barack Obama made his first appearance on the campaign trail.
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Virtuoso pianist Lang Lang honored with a Hollywood star
Lang Lang also released the album "Saint-Saëns."
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The growing controversy around a CBS interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates
The interview centered on Israel's treatment of Palestinians and generated intense controversy.
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TikTok tried to keep these documents secret. Here's what they show about the app
Kentucky is one of 14 states suing TikTok for failing to protect kids on the app.
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Rabbi reflects on what it means to be Jewish ahead of Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur begins Friday night. It is Judaism's holiest day and many Jewish people fast and seek forgiveness.
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Native communities in Louisiana working to restore river cane
In Louisiana, river cane has been essential to the environment and the culture of Native tribes. But this type of bamboo is vanishing there.
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Students working to fill gaps in child brain development research
The functional near-infrared spectroscopy cap, or fNIRS cap, is used to study the brain activity of children. But it has limits.
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TD Bank pays $3 billion in money laundering settlement
TD Bank admitted it failed to curb money laundering through its financial services.
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Father of Israeli-American captured by Hamas pushes for ceasefire one year after Oct. 7 attacks
Edan Alexander was taken hostage by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks. He's one of the four American captives still believed to be alive in Gaza.
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors
Nihon Hidankyo is a grassroots movement of people who survived the 1945 nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Nobel committee said the group helped demonstrate through witness testimony “that nuclear weapons must never be used again."