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Police Are Getting DNA Data From People Who Think They Opted Out

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Forensic genetic genealogists skirted GEDmatch privacy rules by searching users who explicitly opted out of sharing DNA with law enforcement.
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In Trump’s Georgia Indictment, a Tale of Two Election Workers

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Ruby Freeman resisted Trump, while Misty Hampton embraced him.
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“Serial” Podcast’s Adnan Syed Might Go Back to Prison Because of Toxic Maryland Politics

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The whiplash-inducing back and forth of the most viral true-crime case in recent memory might owe to disputes between local- and state-level officials.
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Norfolk Southern Spent $1.9 Million in Washington as Congress Weakened Rail Safety Bill

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In the six months since the East Palestine derailment, the railway giant has activated its lobbyists and spread money around Congress.
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Clinic Fire Deals Blow to Abortion Access on California-Arizona Border

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When Is a Coup Not a Coup? When the U.S. Says So.

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The Pentagon refuses to call the overthrow of Niger’s president a coup — a move that could affect military assistance and a U.S. drone base.
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A Brief History of China’s Global Warming Hoax, From 1863 to Right Now

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It all began when Irish physicist John Tyndall proposed in a “false flag” operation that variations in atmospheric composition could cause changes in the climate.
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How a Leaked Cable Upended Pakistani Politics — And Exposed U.S. Meddling

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Journalists Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain discuss their reporting on a leaked cable showing how the U.S. contributed to Pakistan’s political crisis.
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