Yemen gov’t accuses IRGC, Hezbollah of sending 21 experts to back Houthis
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- External article · Al Jazeera Michigan US Senate race: Rogers, El-Sayed urge turnout for critical race Abdul El-Sayed hopes to become the first Muslim US senator as Michigan's Senate race reaches its critical final hours.
- External article · Ars Technica Google dismantles botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes Google has cut ties with the company behind the botnet campaign.
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- External article · Texas Standard SpaceX doesn’t need NASA like it used to. That’s a big problem for the space agency After decades of relying on NASA contracts, the rocket company is shifting its focus to more lucrative ventures.
- External article · Ars Technica UEFI bootkit infected fully patched Windows machines. Is Microsoft to blame? UEFI bootkit BlackX exploits Microsoft's lack of clarity around Secure Boot protections.
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Why Plato and Aristotle Made Music Part of Education
Trill News DeskPlato and Aristotle made music part of education because they believed it shaped character and judgment, but both reserved that training for a favored class.
Read on Trill News →Who Pays for Free Dolly Parton Imagination Library Books
Trill News DeskDolly Parton Imagination Library books are free to families because a local partner pays for the books and postage, so access depends on where a child lives.
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Trill News DeskRoman cameo glass challenged Victorian makers to reproduce layered colors and fine relief, making a famed ancient vase into a demanding test of modern craft.
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Villena Treasure Stolen After Decoy Alarm Pulls Police Away
Thieves emptied most of the Treasure of Villena in four minutes, carrying off Bronze Age gold that has anchored the identity of a small Spanish town since 1963.
Greenland parliament approves security deal with US, Denmark
South Carolina shrimpers weigh costs, vote in crucial US midterms
Darfur survivors vow to tell story of those killed after Sudan camp attacks
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Why Texas Public Libraries Pay Back Almost Five Dollars for Every One
Texas public libraries return $4.74 for every dollar spent, a new Texas Library Association study finds, yet many still run on staffs cut since the pandemic.
New novel ‘Dear Thorns’ takes readers to a Texas ocelot refuge
Despite safety concerns, pending legislation would promote peptide use among troops and veterans
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Why RAM and SSD Prices Keep Climbing as Memory Makers Chase AI
RAM and SSD prices keep rising because memory makers now lock most of their output into long term deals with AI data centers, so cheap memory may not return.
EPA throws in the towel on policing air pollution from factory farms
Beyond screens: Mercedes-Benz's new holographic heads-up display
Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights
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John Rawls and the Veil of Ignorance Test for a Fair Society
John Rawls's veil of ignorance asks which society you would choose to be born into without knowing your place, and most nations still fail his fairness test.
Meta’s $25B fine left out accountability for the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal
Pediatric palliative care addresses the unique needs of seriously ill children and their families
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Cell Identity Loss Offers a New Explanation for Human Aging
Loss of cell identity may drive human aging as the controls that keep cells specialized erode, offering a new explanation for what epigenetic clocks measure.
A 50-year-old mystery of vanishing frogs reveals a hidden killer
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Why a Signed Salvador Dali Print Still Needs Evidence
A signed Salvador Dali print needs evidence of its edition and ownership, because a famous name cannot establish how the image was made or who authorized it.
What Fly Fishing Taught Me About Writing Fiction
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Chris Johnson Writes to His Children About Life With ALS
Chris Johnson says ALS has changed his body but not his identity as a father, as the former Tennessee Titans star sends a letter to all four of his children.
Former Mariners’ manager Lou Piniella names a finalist on Baseball Hall of Fame
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Hackers Cracked Open a Flock Camera and Found It Watching People Too
A hacked Flock camera shows that the license plate readers on American roads also detect people, and its own logs counted 1.6 million images in just 21 days.
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Why Fine Dining Struggles to Make Its Numbers Work
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Why Americans Stopped Inviting Friends Over for Dinner
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EffortAI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google hacked real companies in security tests, and all four labs traced the breaches to one evaluator, Irregular.
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