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- Oklahoma schools close after adults threaten transgender student
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 09:44 AMA rural Oklahoma school system was closed for two days after adults posted threats on Facebook against a 12-year-old transgender girl.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Exclusive: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Alex Jones' 'timeout'
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 12:21 PMIn an exclusive interview with NBC News' Lester Holt, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses the decision to temporarily restrict the Twitter account of Alex Jones, the controversial conspiracy theorist and radio host.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Sarah Sanders 'sorry' for misleading black jobs numbers
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 10:57 AMWhite House press secretary Sarah Sanders issued a rare apology Tuesday for mixing and matching black employment numbers under presidents Trump and Obama.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Scientists calculate the speed of death in cells, and it's surprisingly slow
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 04:43 AMRegular, programmed "cellular suicide" keeps us healthy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Italians point fingers, seek answers after bridge collapse kills 39
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 08:28 AMThe CNR civil engineering society said structures dating from when the bridge was built had surpassed their lifespan.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Are man-made pollutants a 'booster shot' for Florida's toxic red tide?
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 04:33 AMScientists are exploring whether agricultural pollution might be playing a role in Florida's red tide, which is killing sea life and making people sick.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Transgender candidate for governor wins Vermont primary
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 09:57 PMFormer energy company executive Christine Hallquist made history Tuesday by becoming the first trans person to win a major party's nomination for governor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'They are so lifelike': Instagram's faux influencers gain real followers
Sunday - 07/22/2018 - 07:29 AMMiquela Sousa is what every Instagram influencer aspires to be — but she's not a real person.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump's the issue in Heitkamp re-election battle in North Dakota
Monday - 07/23/2018 - 02:14 PMThe incumbent Democrat faces Republican Kevin Cramer in a red state. When to support the president and when not to is a major issue in the contest.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GOP lawmaker in Georgia drops pants, uses racial slur in Sacha Baron Cohen TV series
Monday - 07/23/2018 - 02:07 PMRep. Jason Spencer's on-camera conduct horrified fellow Republicans, some of whom called for his immediate resignation.
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- Bombing kills 48 college hopefuls in Afghanistan
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 11:47 AMThe attacker targeted the private school in a minority neighborhood where a group of young men and women were studying for entrance exams.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pregnant Colorado mother and two daughters reported missing
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 11:01 AM"I can't lose my best friend," Amanda Thayer, a friend of Watts, said of her disappearance.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vigil held at Detroit church for Aretha Franklin
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 08:29 AM"We're asking you to touch the Queen of Soul. We're lifting our sister up to you," said Robert Smith, New Bethel Baptist Church's pastor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tim Pawlenty goes down and six takeaways from Tuesday's primaries
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 08:38 AMFirst Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - China's most famous tree is in danger of being 'loved to death'
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 03:05 AMBeijing is increasingly focused on environmental issues — a marked shift from its traditional growth-at-all-costs philosophy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After Catholic abuse report, prosecutors can do little but name and shame
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 04:30 AMMany victims "ran out of time to sue before they even knew they had a case," the Pennsylvania grand jury said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Decades after a dictatorship, secret police files open old wounds
Monday - 07/23/2018 - 10:56 AMThe machinery of the Communist apparatus relied on whisper networks of compromised people, including situations where a "brother spied on his brother."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why are there no black Koch brothers?
Monday - 07/23/2018 - 05:04 AMThere are many rich nonwhite Americans, but a lack of nonwhite megadonors could hamper Democratic hopes of winning back Congress.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to order a healthy meal at Chipotle, according to a nutritionist
Monday - 07/23/2018 - 01:00 PMCustomization is key. Here's how to build a meal at the Mexican chain that is healthy and satisfying.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 10-year-old girl and woman, 18, killed in Toronto shooting
Monday - 07/23/2018 - 06:35 PM"I know that it could have been worse," the Canadian city's police chief said.
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- 11 cool robots to know about now
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 11:55 AMWe're getting closer to "The Jetsons" lifestyle.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mueller's prosecutors: Manafort 'lied' to hide millions, then lied again to keep cash flowing
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 10:41 AMClosing arguments began Wednesday in the federal fraud trial of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Turkey escalates feud by boosting tariffs on U.S. booze, cars
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 04:56 AMNATO ally Turkey has accused Washington of waging an "economic war" as part of a plot to harm the country.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - China's dominance of U.S. drug market scares experts
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 05:39 PM"If we were ever in an international incident with China, they would literally have their hands around our necks in terms of critical drugs."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dascha Polanco talks OITNB, being Latino in Hollywood and posing naked
Tuesday - 08/14/2018 - 03:17 PM"Orange is the New Black" star Dascha Polanco joined THINK to talk about her character, Daya, and getting nude for Women's Health.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Twitter temporarily restricts conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' account
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 12:10 AMThe move comes after other high profile tech companies like Apple, Facebook and YouTube have moved to remove Jones' content from their platforms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - For Parkland students, a 'normal' school year might be too much to ask
Wednesday - 08/15/2018 - 04:30 AM"It will never go back to how it was. It just won't," said Andrea Peña, 16, a junior.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New York Daily News cuts half of its staff
Monday - 07/23/2018 - 03:37 PMThe New York Daily News announced on Monday plans to eliminate half of its newsroom as part of a broader effort to refocus the newspaper.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - HBO, Marvel sat out America's largest nerd convention. That's a good thing.
Monday - 07/23/2018 - 04:30 AMSDCC existed long before movie and TV producers came calling and it will continue long after mainstream pop culture turns away.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida's 'stand your ground' under scrutiny after father killed
Monday - 07/23/2018 - 05:23 PM"He was just trying to protect us," said the girlfriend of Markeis McGlockton, a 28-year-old father of three who was killed during a parking space dispute.
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