America Is More Divided Than Ever. So Why Is Obama Optimistic?

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Kidney, liver transplants between people with HIV get green light under new HHS rule CNNHIV-positive organ transplants allowed under new rule The HillHIV-positive transplants now permitted for livers and kidneys Fox NewsU. S. okays organ transplants between people with HIV, expanding donor pool The Washington PostOrgans From HIV-Positive Donors? Ethicist Weighs In Medscape

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A number of President-elect Donald Trump’s most prominent Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks,” Trump’s transition team said Wednesday. The FBI said it was investigating. “Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them,” Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The attacks ranged from bomb threats to swatting, in which attackers initiate an emergency law enforcement response against a target victim under false pretenses, she said.

Astronauts baffled by 'unexpected odor' leaking from Russian spacecraft docked at ISS Livescience.comNASA Says You Will Have to Ask the Russian Space Program About the Horrid Smell on the Space Station Yahoo! VoicesAfter Russian ship docks to space station, astronauts report a foul smell Ars TechnicaRussian delivery to space station unpacked after source of unwelcome smell solved Fox Weather Astronauts had to shut down a Russian space station module due to ‘unusual odor’ from spacecraft CNN

Lucy's Legacy: 50 Years On, The Fossil That Changed Our Understanding Of Human Evolution IFLScienceThis is why Lucy has been the face of human evolution for the last 50 years National GeographicFrom 'Lucy' to the 'Hobbits': The most famous fossils of human relatives Livescience.com‘Deep inside, something told me I had found the earliest human ancestor; I went numb’ – Yohannes Haile-Selassie on his lifetime quest to discover ancient humanity The ConversationWhat 'Lucy,' One of the World's Most Important Fossils, Has Taught Scientists in the 50 Years Since Her Discovery Smithsonian Magazine