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Commuters have complained about SEPTA’s poor conditions and unstable funding for nearly a century.
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By cranking up the difficulty on the test task, researchers found that children are capable of finding systematic solutions…
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FBI director Kash Patel says he is making the bureau more accountable. Critics charge him with purging it of anyone not…
Aside from the weight of US policy, the Cuban state has become increasingly sclerotic and unable to meet the growing demands…
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If conversion therapy is deemed speech, then bans on it likely will fall.
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With hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed as part of the latest US government shutdown, a scholar explains…
US military buildup in the Caribbean has prompted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to reciprocate with military drills.
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Marie Curie’s daughter Irene continued her family’s Nobel legacy by discovering artificial radioactivity.