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A van containing millions of documents is traveling the country to raise awareness of the magnitude of the Epstein files and push for accountability for perpetrators of sexual violence.
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Stephen R Ausmus/USDA Agricultural Research Service Office of CommunicationsFederal scientists are still scrambling to find new jobs or relocate across the country as Maryland’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center’s last days of operation approach. Even as their personal lives upend, employees are concerned that BARC’s legacy of impactful research will be left behind. -
Anna Kaminski/Kansas ReflectorThe Republican senator’s residence has been fodder for campaign attacks as he faces a midterm election against the Rev. Adam Hamilton, a Kansas City-area United Methodist pastor.
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"It’s a crazy, crazy world right now as far as live music goes," Dean says. "But the ones of us that are going to stick around are going to stick around and make it through it." -
The Republican incumbent, Steven Johnson, faces two challengers for his job as the chief banker and financial manager for the state. -
The Kansas Department of Insurance regulates insurance companies that sell policies in Kansas. -
Current Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is facing off against Democrat Chris Mann. Again. -
The rules could limit the chances of people attending medical school, further exacerbating the healthcare worker shortage.
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Hugh Talman/SmithsonianA lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair, Smithsonian Institution scholar Richard Kurin follows the DNA trail back to Thomas Jefferson. -
Karsten Moran/for The Washington Post/Getty ImagesOpenAI beat humans to solving the Navier-Stokes problem, but mathematicians say the AI's solution isn't telling them much.
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The conservative House Freedom caucus grew in prominence along side President Trump, now they are considering what the future of their movement looks like. -
From Silent Hill: Townfall to Control Resonant to Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, we review the best new games to play as autumn begins, ahead of the titanic GTA6 release. -
Four states will vote on abortion-related ballot measures in November. The measures follow the Supreme Court's "Dobbs" decision, which upended federal abortion protections. -
Alternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well? -
The past couple of weeks have been particularly challenging for Trump with a series of legal and political setbacks.
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Europe's Ian Haugland discusses the band's brand new album, Come This Madness, the cultural impact of "The Final Countdown," and his love of the band Kansas.
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