Arizona inmate dies belatedly in apparently botched execution

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We collected data on how 779 Michigan school districts are regulating student cellphones − here are the trends

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Trump administration’s lawsuits against Harvard and UCLA have roots in a decades-old fight over civil rights law
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Israeli threats to occupy or annex south Lebanon dust off a decades-old playbook
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Philadelphia’s 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador
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Arizona inmate dies belatedly in apparently botched execution

Is Australia at risk of a recession? Here’s what the data actually shows

80 years later, scholarship is breaking silence on women’s suffering and strength at Treblinka – including their role in its uprising

It’s OK to love all the bees (the honey bees, too)

We collected data on how 779 Michigan school districts are regulating student cellphones − here are the trends

Psilocybin mushrooms are going mainstream, but scientific research and regulation lag behind

AI can design and run thousands of lab experiments without human hands. Humanity isn’t ready for the new risks this…

What a Chinese crackdown on corruption meant for Beijing’s high-end restaurant market

The good life requires two things, self-knowledge and friends – you can’t have one without the other

Trump administration’s lawsuits against Harvard and UCLA have roots in a decades-old fight over civil rights law

Pope Leo XIV’s Africa journey: How each stop reflects his message of peace

Standards-based grading offers a different model of assessing student learning in the classroom

Israeli threats to occupy or annex south Lebanon dust off a decades-old playbook

How Australia’s mining sector locks women out of high-paying roles

Presidential words can turn the unthinkable into the thinkable − for better or for worse

Philadelphia’s 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador

Mutual aid and self-sufficiency are key to life near USSR’s contaminated nuclear test zone in Kazakhstan

City animals act in the same brazen ways around the world

Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future

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