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Pope Francis Authorizes Investigation of West Virginia Bishop Over Sexual Harassment Claims

The Pope also announced he had accepted Bishop Michael Bransfield's resignation

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13 Stories of Life on a Teacher's Salary

Despite nationwide walk-outs and protests in the spring of 2018, most teachers face the same conditions

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Why Palestinians Like Me See Little Hope 25 Years After the Oslo Accords Opened the Door to Peace

Signed 25 years ago today, Oslo was meant to offer a path to peace in the Middle East

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The Only Loser at Apple’s Latest Event Is Your Wallet

iPhones are getting a bit pricy

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Nuns get hands dirty, and wet, to save Mexico salamander

Pátzcuaro (Mexico) (AFP) - Rolling up the sleeves of her immaculate white habit, Sister Ofelia Morales Francisco plunges her hands into an aquarium, grabs a large, slimy salamander and lifts it dripping into the air. The nun is part of a team at a Dominican convent in Mexico that is fighting to sav...

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I Just Tried the New Apple Watch. Here's What I Think So Far

Is it worth the upgrade?

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We Shouldn’t Need Multiple Accusers to Stop a Sexual Harasser

People are developing a dangerous standard

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The Latest: Experts prepare plan to capture, treat sick orca

SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on efforts to save a sick whale (all times local):

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New iPhones and More: Here's Everything Apple Just Announced

Which model is right for you?

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I'm Definitely Not Saying It's Aliens

But something weird is happening at a solar observatory in New Mexico.

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Hurricane Florence Is Headed Straight for North Carolina's Nuclear Reactors

Company officials say they’re ready for the storm

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Tim Cook Just Masterfully Fooled Everyone With a Major Fakeout at the Apple Event

Joke's on us

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American Families Got Richer for a 3rd Straight Year in 2017

The growth is due to a rise in the number of Americans with full-time jobs

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NASA eyes SpaceX, Boeing for affordable access to space

NASA plans to slap ads on spaceships to lower costs.

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France to run driverless mainline trains within five years

French railway operator SNCF said Wednesday it was planning to introduce prototypes of driverless mainline trains for passengers and freight by 2023, and include them in scheduled services in subsequent years. "With autonomous trains, all the trains will run in a harmonized way and at the same spee...