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Jury acquits a white Louisiana trooper caught on camera beating a Black motorist

The federal jury acquitted a state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of Aaron Bowman despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling him 18 times with a flashlight. (Image credit: Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

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Why Experts Are Skeptical About That Supposed Superconductor Breakthrough

On Saturday July 22, researchers in South Korea published a paper announcing the synthesis of what could be the world’s first ambient-temperature superconductor. If their findings are genuine, then the implications are huge. But most experts are skeptical. Researchers around

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Philanthropists Discover the Value of ‘Sunsetting’

Donors who want to make an immediate impact and avoid ideological drift are setting up foundations that must spend their whole endowment and go out of business in a fixed period of time.

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Live updates: Trump in federal court for 2020 election indictment

Follow along for live updates as Donald Trump is due to appear in federal court Thursday after being indicted by the Justice Department for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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Body of Migrant Found in Texas’ Buoy Barrier in Rio Grande

Officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety said that the body appeared to have floated there after a drowning upstream.

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You Can Wear Denim-on-Denim—Even to Work—If You Follow These Rules

The ‘Canadian tuxedo’ might have a bad rap but men’s and women’s double-denim outfits can look polished and modern, provided you style them correctly

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Visiting Islamabad, Iran’s FM presses Pakistan to complete long-delayed gas pipeline

Washington opposes project, which has been stalled since 2014, saying it could violate nuclear sanctions on Iran

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Thousands rally in Niger in support of military coup

Demonstrators took to the streets of Niger’s capital Niamey on Thursday in a show of support for the country’s new leadership, a week after a military coup in the West African country. People rallied on the streets of Niamey to

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Simone Biles Is Back, and USA Gymnastics Has Nike as a Sponsor

The once-teetering organization is on a more stable footing ahead of Biles’s return to competition Saturday.

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Poland, Lithuania brace for provocations from Russia and Belarus at border

Both nations on NATO’s eastern flank also are on high alert following the arrival of thousands of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries just across their borders in Belarus after an aborted mutiny in Russia in June.

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