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Both Sides Of Abortion Rights Debate Mobilized Over Supreme Court Nominee

While the Senate takes a brief recess, activists on both sides of issues, including reproductive rights, are out talking with voters about Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination.

Brigham Young University Geologists Discover Oldest Known Pterosaur Fossil

A pterosaur is not a dinosaur, but the oldest known powered flying vertebrates. Brigham Young University students and teachers have published the result of their findings of the oldest known fossil.

How Deadnaming Factors Into Police Investigations Involving Transgender Women

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with ProPublica reporter Lucas Waldron about a report that says the way cops in Jacksonville, Fla., investigate the murders of transgender women may be having a negative impact on the cases and their relationship to trans…

Some 3D Printing Companies Are Taking Action Against Gun Blueprints

Leading 3D printing companies are trying to get ahead of the issue of 3D gun blueprints. Some companies are using gun-blocking software to deter people from printing functional guns.

Legal Battle Over Crumbling Sidewalks Unfolds In Atlanta

Atlanta is one of the biggest cities in the country — and it has a problem with crumbling sidewalks. Now, a group of disabled residents is suing, claiming the broken pavement violates federal law.

What To Watch In The Latest Round Of Primary Elections

Voters in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont and Connecticut will decide the latest batch of primary elections Tuesday.

Romancing With Cheese: Wisconsin Dairy Producers Hope For Access To New Markets

Wisconsin cheesemakers are courting new markets for their cheese after tariffs of up to 25 percent have been slapped on U.S. dairy exports to China and Mexico.

Report Reveals Widespread Sexual Abuse By Over 300 Priests In Pennsylvania

A long-awaited grand jury investigation into clergy sexual abuse details decades of misconduct and cover-up in six of the state’s eight Roman Catholic dioceses.

Defense Rests In Paul Manafort Case Without Calling Him Or Other Witnesses

Prosecutors wrapped on Monday. The move by defense attorneys to rest their case on Tuesday signals the tax and fraud trial is set to move into its final phase.

Take A Moment And Listen To What Sound Without Human-Made Noise Is Like

Inside the Hoh Rain Forest in Washington state, acoustics experts have attempted to preserve a location free of human-made noise. They call it One Square Inch of Silence.

Lunch Lady Larceny? Cafeteria Workers Allegedly Stole Half A Million Dollars

After Connecticut officials found “irregularities” at two school cafeterias, authorities traced the stolen lunch money back to two unusual suspects: two sisters behind the counter.

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