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Astronomers Find Nearby Planet That Could Host Alien Life

There might be another Earth out there, and its name is LHS 1140b. It’s not too catchy, but it could be the best candidate for finding alien life in our galactic neighborhood in the reasonable future. According to Harvard’s MEarth Project, which searches the universe for potentially habitable exoplanets, the rocky planet LHS 1140b orbits […]

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US Ambassador to UN Takes Aim at Iran, Hezbollah

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations took aim at Iran and its proxy militia Hezbollah on Thursday, saying the United States would act against this “growing menace.” At the monthly meeting of the U.N. Security Council that focuses on the Middle East, specifically the Israeli-Palestinian issue, Nikki Haley said the council should expand its

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Oprah Winfrey helps ‘Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ come alive on HBO

One day, circa 2000, Rebecca Skloot was riding in a car with Deborah Lacks, whose late mother, Henrietta, had posthumously and unwittingly contributed to some of the most important medical research of the 20th century. At the time, Skloot was a scrappy but barely published young journalist, and it would take a decade for her

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Tucker Carlson Replaces Bill O’Reilly At Fox News

After Bill O’Reilly’s ouster from Fox News on Wednesday, host Tucker Carlson is all set to take the 8 p.m. slot on the channel, starting Monday, the channel said. The decision came soon after 21st Century Fox announced that O’Reilly would not return to the network amid sexual harassment allegations. Carlson began hosting the show

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

US reviewing possibility of relisting N. Korea as terror sponsor: Tillerson

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday the U.S. is looking into the possibility of adding North Korea back to the list of states sponsors of terrorism as a way to bring pressure on the communist nation. “We’re reviewing all the status of North Korea both in terms of state sponsorship of terrorism as

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Aaron Hernandez reportedly had a Bible verse scrawled across his forehead when he was found dead in his cell

TMZ Sports reports that former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez had a Bible verse written on his forehead when he was found hanged in his prison cell on Wednesday morning. According to reports from WBZ Boston, officials at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Massachusetts discovered Hernandez with the verse John 3:16 scribbled above

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Sports & Competitions, USA

UC Berkeley cancels Ann Coulter appearance, citing safety concerns after violent protests

University of California, Berkeley officials on Wednesday canceled conservative commentator Ann Coulter’s appearance at the university next week, citing safety concerns following several violent clashes between right-wing and left-wing protesters in the famously liberal city. The decision further heightens a free-speech debate roiling campuses in California and across the country after disturbances have interrupted, and

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Guantanamo base kills plan to save feral cats

MIAMI — Guantanamo’s commander has concluded he does not have the authority to allow teams of volunteer cat lovers to scoop up feral cats across the base to neuter and vaccinate them and spare them from extermination. A nonprofit organization called Operation Git-Meow presented the proposal last month to the U.S. Navy base commander, Capt.

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Hopefuls enter next phase in Georgia special election with work to do

ATLANTA — The nation’s premier 2017 political race entered a bruising new stage Wednesday, as Karen Handel sought to rally skeptical Republicans while Democrats supporting Jon Ossoff prepared for a grueling second round of votes to represent a north Atlanta district in Congress. The two will square off in a June 20 runoff that is

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