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A Swiss gruyere with savory butterscotch notes is crowned the world's best cheese
The World Cheese Awards were held in Switzerland last week. More than 5,000 cheeses from dozens of countries fought for the top spot.
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Collaborators remember late Todd Snider's impact on alt-country music
Singer-songwriter Todd Snider died on Friday. He was 59 years old. For over three decades, Snider helped shape alt-country music and the East Nashville scene he represented.
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What do actual witches think of 'Wicked'?
Mostly they're charmed. Some witches we talked to couldn't wait for the new Wicked release. But some worry that the films have helped move the secret, spiritual art of witchcraft into the mainstream.
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Benjamin Netanyahu's next moves
Since the Gaza ceasefire began, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received a boost from President Trump, and is gearing up to run for reelection.
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Part of the U.S. strategy in 20 years of war in Afghanistan? Weakening poppies
In an exclusive Washington Post story, reporter Warren Strobel describes a CIA operation in Afghanistan over the course of about a decade. The goal was to degrade the country's opium crop.
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For clues on how to evade cancer, some scientists look to the bowhead whale
Where might we look for inspiration for new cancer therapies? Some researchers say the bowhead whale may offer clues.
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Superfans turn out for U.S. Olympic Curling Team trials
Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Milan in February, curling superfans turn out in Sioux Falls, S.D., for trials to determine which U.S. team will compete in "chess on ice" against the world.
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Clinics that provide abortion in Maine face an onslaught
Abortion is supported by three out of four Mainers, but a popular network of clinics that provides it alongside primary care is being shut out of Medicaid by the Trump administration.
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Comet 3I/Atlas doesn't need to be 'alien' to deserve a closer look, scientists say
There's a new celebrity in town and it's... a comet. Much of the attention has to do with an astrophysicist's grandiose suggestions that 3I/ATLAS could contain alien life. Other scientists disagree.
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Study finds human ancestors made tools continuously for 300,000 years
Ailsa Chang speaks with David Braun, an archeologist, about his team's discovery of a site in Kenya that suggests human ancestors built tools continuously much earlier than previously thought.
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DOJ records show hundreds of immigrants arrested in Chicago had no criminal histories
DOJ records show that more than 600 arrests in Chicago's recent immigration enforcement operation may have violated a federal consent decree. And of those arrested, fewer than 3% had criminal records.
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'Gleaners' collect crops for hungry Americans
When farm crops are harvested, there is often food left in the fields. That's where gleaners come in — gathering lettuce, potatoes and other crops that are still good and giving them to needy people.
