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The U.S. Border Patrol Has a Drug Dog Named Adolf—And Has No Plans to...
There is a Shepard named Adolf working for U.S. Border Patrol, and for legal reasons the dog's name will be kept.
College Board Nixes Plan for SAT ‘Adversity Scores’
The College Board has abandoned its plan to augment students' SAT scores with an adversity score, a metric designed to control for privilege in...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren ahead of Joe Biden in favorability poll
FiveThirtyEight's Nathaniel Rackich gives a fuller picture of the Democratic presidential candidates standing ahead of the third primary debates.
Puerto Rico mobilizes as potential hurricane approaches
Puerto Rico has mobilized thousands of federal agents ahead of what threatens to be the first hurricane to lash the US territory since it...
The U.S. Navy’s Mine-Hunting Drone Is Ready To Go
The Knifefish UUV is designed to search for, identify, and chart underwater minefields.
US approves $3.3bn sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan
Washington approved the $3.3 billion sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan Tuesday, following close behind a series of new ballistic missile tests by North...
Trump administration leaves menstruating migrant girls ‘bleeding through’ underwear at detention centres, lawsuit claims
Migrant girls being held by the Trump administration are being given only very limited access to items as basic as sanitary pads and tampons,...
Federal judge blocks Missouri’s 8-week abortion ban
A new Missouri ban on abortions at or after eight weeks of pregnancy won't take effect Wednesday after a federal judge temporarily blocked it...
‘I’m just humiliated’: Black homeowner in underwear handcuffed by N.C. police after false alarm
Kazeem Oyeneyin, a black North Carolina homeowner, was handcuffed by police and taken out of his home in his underwear after a false alarm.
