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US Capital Scraps 'Black Lives Matter' Mural After Trump Pressure
Workers in Washington on Monday began removing a "Black Lives Matter" street mural installed during the height of 2020 racial justice protests, bowing to pressure from President Donald Trump.
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This US Teen Has Been Accepted At 20 Colleges, All 8 Ivy League Schools
Malena Galletto, 17, has received acceptance letters from all eight Ivy League Schools. Not just that, the young sensation, from Washington Heights, has also received positive outcomes from the other 20 colleges and universities she applied to.
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Is Everest Shrinking? Nepal's Mission To Measure World's Tallest Mountain
When Khim Lal Gautam reached the top of Mount Everest at 3 a.m. on May 22, it was dark, windy and lethally cold. Gautam carried some unusual baggage - a ground-penetrating radar and a top-of-the-line satellite navigation device. Unlike most climbers, he and his team remained at the summit for nearly two hours so they could take the measurements the...
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Two Dead, 7 Injured In Shooting On Streets Of Washington, D.C.: Police
Two shootings in Washington, D.C. left two people dead and seven injured late on Thursday, reports by police and several media outlets said, as authorities on Friday hunted for a pair of suspects from one of the attacks likely armed with an assault rifle.
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The Most Inspiring World Cup Story This Month Isn't Football
The team's rise to the heights of the World Cup tells a moving story about how cricket can become a tool for unity and hope - a story that echoes a much longer history.
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Netanyahu Inaugurates 'Trump Heights', Israel's Newest Town On Golan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took his first steps Sunday to express his gratitude to President Donald Trump, unveiling, at a specially convened cabinet meeting, a plaque marking the spot where Israel's newest town - "Trump Heights" - will sit.
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1,000 Wine Bottles For A Penny Apiece: US Liquor Store Surprises Patrons
The word spread on a Reddit thread, in texts between friends, and on street corners in northwest Washington, D.C.: In honor of International Women's Day, a liquor store in Columbia Heights would be giving out 1,000 bottles of wine to women who walked in the door on Friday.
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NASA Wants To Get To The Moon. But China And India Are Racing There, Too
During the height of the Space Age, the United States and the Soviet Union bushwhacked a frantic path to the lunar surface, landing nearly 20 spacecraft softly on the moon between 1966 and 1976, including the six carrying NASA's Apollo astronauts.
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"I Am Who I Am": Kamala Harris Defines Herself As "American"
In early 2010, an Indian American couple hosted a fundraiser in their elegant Pacific Heights home for Kamala Harris, then a Democratic candidate for California attorney general.
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Teachers Dressed As 'Mexicans', The Wall On Halloween. It Didn't Go Well
An Idaho superintendent has issued a public apology to students and their parents after staff at a public elementary school dressed up as Mexicans and the border wall for Halloween.
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US Capital Scraps 'Black Lives Matter' Mural After Trump Pressure
Workers in Washington on Monday began removing a "Black Lives Matter" street mural installed during the height of 2020 racial justice protests, bowing to pressure from President Donald Trump.
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This US Teen Has Been Accepted At 20 Colleges, All 8 Ivy League Schools
Malena Galletto, 17, has received acceptance letters from all eight Ivy League Schools. Not just that, the young sensation, from Washington Heights, has also received positive outcomes from the other 20 colleges and universities she applied to.
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Is Everest Shrinking? Nepal's Mission To Measure World's Tallest Mountain
When Khim Lal Gautam reached the top of Mount Everest at 3 a.m. on May 22, it was dark, windy and lethally cold. Gautam carried some unusual baggage - a ground-penetrating radar and a top-of-the-line satellite navigation device. Unlike most climbers, he and his team remained at the summit for nearly two hours so they could take the measurements the...
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Two Dead, 7 Injured In Shooting On Streets Of Washington, D.C.: Police
Two shootings in Washington, D.C. left two people dead and seven injured late on Thursday, reports by police and several media outlets said, as authorities on Friday hunted for a pair of suspects from one of the attacks likely armed with an assault rifle.
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The Most Inspiring World Cup Story This Month Isn't Football
The team's rise to the heights of the World Cup tells a moving story about how cricket can become a tool for unity and hope - a story that echoes a much longer history.
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Netanyahu Inaugurates 'Trump Heights', Israel's Newest Town On Golan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took his first steps Sunday to express his gratitude to President Donald Trump, unveiling, at a specially convened cabinet meeting, a plaque marking the spot where Israel's newest town - "Trump Heights" - will sit.
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1,000 Wine Bottles For A Penny Apiece: US Liquor Store Surprises Patrons
The word spread on a Reddit thread, in texts between friends, and on street corners in northwest Washington, D.C.: In honor of International Women's Day, a liquor store in Columbia Heights would be giving out 1,000 bottles of wine to women who walked in the door on Friday.
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NASA Wants To Get To The Moon. But China And India Are Racing There, Too
During the height of the Space Age, the United States and the Soviet Union bushwhacked a frantic path to the lunar surface, landing nearly 20 spacecraft softly on the moon between 1966 and 1976, including the six carrying NASA's Apollo astronauts.
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"I Am Who I Am": Kamala Harris Defines Herself As "American"
In early 2010, an Indian American couple hosted a fundraiser in their elegant Pacific Heights home for Kamala Harris, then a Democratic candidate for California attorney general.
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Teachers Dressed As 'Mexicans', The Wall On Halloween. It Didn't Go Well
An Idaho superintendent has issued a public apology to students and their parents after staff at a public elementary school dressed up as Mexicans and the border wall for Halloween.
