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The debate over one NFL team's name is over
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The Washington Redskins name controversy is finally resolved. In 2020, the team was… Read more
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The Immigration Crisis
The Crisis Intensifies Throughout Europe in 2015
During the summer of 2015, the Balkans route replaced the Mediterranean as the most traveled path by migrants. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees projected that 3,000 people a day… Read more
Stats and facts about U.S. demographics The Fifty StatesState Maps & Flags • State Trivia • Population & Geography • Economic & Social Comparisons U.S. Population by StateState population from the year 1790, including population rank and number of people per square mile in the U.S. Top 50… Read more
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Campaign 2016
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Remain Frontrunners
After multiple debates, Donald Trump remained the frontrunner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. He led his competition in national polls by double digits as of Dec. 2015. Hillary Clinton… Read more
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The U.S. Women's Soccer Team
U.S. Beats Japan in Women's World Cup
In the 2015 Women's World Cup Final in Vancouver, British Columbia, the U.S. routed Japan, 5-2. It was a rematch of the 2011 final, which Japan won with penalty kicks. Carli Lloyd scored the first hat… Read more
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Adele
Adele's 25 Shatters Sales Records
In Nov., according to Nielsen, Adele's third album, 25, sold an unprecedented 3.38 million copies during the first week of its release in the U.S. alone, shattering previous sales records. Before 25, 'NSYNC's 2000 album No… Read more
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Scott Weiland
Lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver
Weiland fronted both hugely successful rock bands, Stone Temple Pilots, and Velvet Revolver. In 2012, he published a memoir, Not Dead & Not for Sale, about his career and lifelong struggle with… Read more
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The challenge of climate change at home and abroad Kiribati Related Links 2014 Year in Review Ebola Outbreak Enterovirus Cold Snap, Polar Vortex, and Snow Mudslide in Oso, Wash. Tainted Water: Chemical Spill in W. Virginia Space Reports… Read more
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A chemical spill in the Elk River in W. Virginia poisons drinking water for hundreds of thousands Freedom Industries storage facility on the Elk River, photo by CSB Related Links 2014 Year in Review Ebola Outbreak Enterovirus Where the Wind Bloweth: The Challenge… Read more
Philae lander touches down on comet, plus laser-guided messaging: the future of communication?
Comet says "Cheese!" (photo ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM, via NASA)
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Major science news stories, from a plant-eating giant to our first close-up of a comet
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NASA AIRS depiction of the polar vortex
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Top events for the nation and the world News and Analysis News of the NationTake a look back at the major national news stories of 2014. Stories include the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, midterm elections, bad calls by the National Football League, the VA medical scandal, net neutrality, massive General Motors recalls… Read more
Demonstrators demand that citizens have a direct say in who can run in upcoming elections by Beth Rowen Xi JinpingRelated Links China Country Profile 2013 Year in Review 2013 News of the Nation 2013 People in the News 2013… Read more
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