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Preparing refugee children for school in US - 0 views

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    But that welcoming tradition only partially eases the refugees' transition. Many of them arrive in Clarkston unable to speak English and not ready to navigate their new lives. Mothers, in particular, struggle to acclimate to their new surroundings while their spouses are at work and older children are in school.
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The 12 bacteria posing greatest risk to humans - 0 views

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    The first list of its kind, it highlights bacteria that global health experts believe pose the greatest threats to human health. The WHO is calling on governments and pharmaceutical companies to prioritize the development of new drugs against them.
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Generals to White House: Don't cut State Department - 0 views

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    Retired Gen. David Petraeus, a former CIA director, and retired Gen. James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander, are among the former three- and four-star generals who wrote that State Department funding is "critical to keeping America safe." They sent the letter to congressional leaders, two Cabinet officials and the White House national security adviser.
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A nation of immigrants enters dark chapter - 1 views

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    Virtually everyone who is in the country without documentation is now eligible for deportation, and some in an expedited fashion. These memos, signed by DHS Secretary John Kelly, were rolled out on Tuesday. There are two memos at issue here; one dealing with interior immigration enforcement, and the other with border security.
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Split by Trump's travel ban, a family races to reunite - 0 views

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    He's thinking of his daughter, Batulo. She's the one who soaks her feet in cold water to keep from dozing off while she studies. She's the one who taught him the basics of speaking and writing in English. She's the one who makes her brothers and sisters do their homework.
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Incredible alien worlds: Weird and wonderful exoplanets - 1 views

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    From a scorched world with surfaces hotter than lava, to one of the best chances for life outside of our solar system, scientists have discovered a host of incredible exoplanets orbiting other stars in our night's sky.
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Astronomers discover 7 Earth-like planets orbiting nearby star - 0 views

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    This discovery outside of our solar system is rare because the planets have the winning combination of being similar in size to Earth and temperate, meaning they could have water on their surfaces and potentially support life. Developing story - more to come
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Brains of those with ADHD show smaller structures related to emotion - 3 views

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    ADHD, a neurodevelopmental disorder, can cause inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. More than one in 20 people younger than 18 is affected by the disorder. Two-thirds of those affected have symptoms into adulthood. For the study, the researchers re-examined data collected by a variety of ADHD studies at 23 research sites around the world.
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Sound waves could take a tsunami down a few notches - 0 views

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    Acoustic-gravity waves would exchange energy with destructive water wave A tsunami's immense wall of water may not be stoppable. But there may be a way to take the ferocious force of nature down a few notches, using a pair of counterwaves.
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Birth may not be a major microbe delivery event for babies - 0 views

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    Babies are born germy, and that's a good thing. Our microbiomes - the microbes that live on and in us - are gaining cred as tiny but powerful keepers of our health. As microbes gain scientific stature, some scientists are trying to answer questions about how and when those germs first show up on babies.
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The hotel at the edge of the world - 0 views

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    Beyond the walls, it's got one feature that few others can match. Sheer beautiful nothingness. That's because the Qasr sits perched on the edge of the world. Or at least on the edge of the Empty Quarter -- Rub' al Khali in Arabic -- the planet's largest uninterrupted sand desert.
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Snowstorm pounds the Northeast, affecting flights, closing schools - 0 views

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    The first snow-related death was reported in New York on Thursday when a doorman shoveling snow on the Upper East Side died after slipping and falling through a glass window, New York police said. Miguel Gonzalez, 59, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, sustained cuts to his neck and face.
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The anti-Trump protest movement digs in -- but can it win? - 0 views

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    "I rushed out, didn't have any of my equipment, just my cell phone, and was there," he said 48 hours after his livestream of the demonstrations -- which eventually drew thousands and set off a taxi strike -- had been viewed 15 million times on Facebook.
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McCain vs. Trump - 0 views

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    Trump blasted McCain on Twitter Thursday following the Arizona Republican's comments a day earlier that he couldn't characterize the operation as a "success." "Sen. McCain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media. Only emboldens the enemy!" Trump wrote.
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Trump finds the limits of executive power - 0 views

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    He ran smack into the limits of executive power. Three federal judges unanimously refused to restore the White House's controversial travel ban, laying down the most significant marker yet that Trump's vision of an administration rooted in the muscular use of executive power -- similar to that he enjoyed as a business leader -- will not go unchallenged.
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Kellyanne Conway tweets: 'POTUS supports me' - 0 views

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    Kellyanne Conway, top adviser to President Donald Trump, tweeted Friday that she had the President's support, the day after members of both parties called for an official review of whether the comments she made regarding Ivanka Trump's clothing line broke government rules.
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Beijing's smog: A tale of two cities - 0 views

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    Next, it's time to start making breakfast. She's already made sure all the groceries come from an organic farm. She'll wash her produce with tap water filtered through a separate treatment system under her sink. But that water isn't for drinking -- there's imported bottled water for that.
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Ultra-rare galaxy could be 'one of a kind' - 0 views

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    A few years ago, it caught the attention of researcher Patrick Treuthardt as he analyzed a span of galaxies. At first, he thought it was a small, fairly common elliptical galaxy that happened to be more circular than usual. But a closer look revealed that he had stumbled across something incredibly rare.
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Lemons teach about breast cancer - 0 views

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    "Had I not seen that photo, I would have assumed that it was an indentation from the underwire of my bra," Chieze, 38, a nursing student at West Hills College in Lemoore, California, told CNN. Within five days of noticing the indentation, she was told she had breast cancer.
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