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In 'Fire At Sea,' Glimpse The Migrant Crisis From The Heart Of Mediterranean
Filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi talks about his documentary Fire at Sea. The film tells the story of the ongoing migrant crisis as experienced by residents of Lampedusa, an island off the coast of Sicily.
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Announcement Nears For Duke's Coal Ash Basin Closure Plans
New EPA rules require power plant operators nationwide to rate the safety risks of coal ash dams and say how they plan to clean up coal ash basins. Here...
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What Are The Main Reasons Teachers Call It Quits?
Teachers in the U.S. flee the profession at rates higher than other developed nations. Often, the reasons have little to do with pay, parents or students.
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Atlantic Editor On Acrimony In U.S.: 'I Have To Imagine That It Actually Gets Worse'
Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic's new editor, tells NPR about the magazine's unexpected endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president and anti-Semitic tweets directed at him and other journalists.
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Waste, Families Left Behind As Nuclear Plants Close
The Fort Calhoun nuclear plant in Nebraska shuts down Monday, 17 years ahead of schedule. It is just the latest U.S. nuclear plant to close because it can't compete with other cheaper energy.
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Improved U.S.-Cuba Relations Are Creating A Surge Of Cuban Migrants
Cuban migrants have received preferential treatment for more than a half-century. But as the U.S. and Cuba normalize relations, that policy could change and Cubans are racing to reach U.S. shores.
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World Waits For Bob Dylan To Acknowledge His Nobel
Bob Dylan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has yet to recognize the honor. The continuing silence prompted a member of the Nobel committee to call Dylan "impolite and arrogant."
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Letter To The Editor Leads To Yoga Pant Parade
A male reader of the Barrington Times in Rhode Island wrote in complaining about yoga pants. To protest his letter, hundreds of people in yoga pants streamed past his house.
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PHOTOS: France Begins Evicting Thousands Of Migrants From Notorious 'Jungle' Camp
French security forces intend to dismantle the squalid camp that, despite its poor living conditions, has housed thousands of people who fled wars or poverty for a better life in Europe.
Presidential Campaigns Blast AT&T-Time Warner Merger
Donald Trump said it put "too much concentration of power in the hands of too few" and Tim Kaine called for "less concentration, especially in the media."
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