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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain are photographed in 2016. Attorneys unveiled a plan Friday morning which they say would move the nation closer to a global settlement of lawsuits stemming from the deadly opioid crisis. (John Moore/Getty Images)
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Architecture for landmark nationwide opioid settlement unveiled

Such a deal could funnel billions of dollars to American communities struggling with the addiction crisis while restoring stability to one of America's biggest industries.

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Nation’s largest power grid operator grapples with carbon pricing

PJM Interconnection manages the flow of wholesale electricity in all or part of 13 Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states and the District of Columbia.

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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders conducts a news briefing at the White House in April 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to leave the White House

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is leaving the White House, President Trump tweeted on Thursday.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., answers questions during a presidential forum held by She The People on the Texas State University campus Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Houston. (Michael Wyke/AP Photo)
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Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), speaks during a news conference at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), 2019 Spring meetings in Baltimore, Md.,Tuesday, Jun 11, 2019. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
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U.S. Catholic Bishops approve measures to police themselves

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to implement several measures following last year's sweeping Pa. grand jury report on clergy sex abuse.

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend a Polish-American reception with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday June 12, 2019. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
National Interest
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National Interest

Trump wants to collude with foreign spies for new campaign dirt: ‘I think I’d take it’

No wonder Trump's lawyers were terrified to let their client flap his yap under oath. It's not just his serial lies, it's his instinctive lawlessness.

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., says the Justice Department has agreed to release some information related to the special counsel report on Russian election interference. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

House Democrats to get some Mueller report material, but contempt vote is still on

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Linda Fairstein, former ‘Central Park 5’ prosecutor, dropped by her publisher

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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 file photo, activists dressed as characters from 'The Handmaid's Tale' chant in the Texas Capitol Rotunda as they protest SB8, a bill that would require health care facilities, including hospitals and abortion clinics, to bury or cremate any fetal remains whether from abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth, and they would be banned from donating aborted fetal tissue to medical researchers in Austin. Tissue left over from elective abortions has been used in scientific research for decades, and is credited with leading to lifesaving vaccines and other advances. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
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Scientists feel chill of crackdown on fetal tissue research

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7 years ago

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Politics & Policy

5 takeaways about the Trump administration’s response to far-right extremism

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Community

‘We all owe Al Gore an apology’: More people see climate change in record flooding

A string of natural disasters has hit the U.S. in recent weeks. While none of these events can be directly attributed to climate change, for many the connection seems clear.

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Georgia state Rep. Erica Thomas speaks during a protest against recently passed abortion-ban bills at the state Capitol on May 21 in Atlanta. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
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Community

Poll: Majority want to keep abortion legal, but they also want restrictions

The poll comes as several states have pushed to limit abortions in hopes of getting the Supreme Court to reconsider the issue.

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Vice President Mike Pence tours JLS Automation in York, Pa., Thursday, June 6, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

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U.S. President Donald Trump stands with World War II veterans during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Thursday, June 6, 2019. World leaders are gathered Thursday in France to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (David Vincent/AP Photo)
National Interest
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National Interest

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In this 2015 photo, then-school resource officer Scot Peterson spoke at a school board meeting of Broward County in Florida. Peterson was arrested on Tuesday and faces 11 charges in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. (Broward County Public Schools via AP)
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Courts & Law

‘His inaction cost lives’: Deputy in Parkland shooting arrested, faces 11 charges

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