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14 March 19
Andy Borowitz | Betsy DeVos Suggests That Bribing Colleges Helps Students Learn Math
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Offering an upbeat assessment of the headline-grabbing college-admissions scandal, Betsy DeVos said on Thursday that bribing colleges gave students 'a really neat opportunity' to learn math."
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller speaks during a news conference when he was the head of the FBI in 2008. Mueller's report on the Trump-Russia investigation is expected to be completed soon. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Offering an upbeat assessment of the headline-grabbing college-admissions scandal, Betsy DeVos said on Thursday that bribing colleges gave students 'a really neat opportunity' to learn math."
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller speaks during a news conference when he was the head of the FBI in 2008. Mueller's report on the Trump-Russia investigation is expected to be completed soon. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)
In Overwhelmingly Bipartisan Vote, House Calls for Mueller Report to Be Made Public
Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post
Demirjian writes: "The House voted overwhelmingly and in bipartisan fashion to urge the Justice Department to publicly release the entirety of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report into Russian interference in the 2016 election, once completed."
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Shana Rosenthal, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, visits a makeshift memorial set up in front of the school, February 18, 2018. (photo: AFP)
Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post
Demirjian writes: "The House voted overwhelmingly and in bipartisan fashion to urge the Justice Department to publicly release the entirety of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report into Russian interference in the 2016 election, once completed."
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Shana Rosenthal, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, visits a makeshift memorial set up in front of the school, February 18, 2018. (photo: AFP)
Allegra Harpootlian | School Shooters and Drones, Linking Gun Violence at Home to America's Wars Abroad
Allegra Harpootlian, TomDispatch
Harpootlian writes: "In the wake of the February 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 students and staff members, a teacher said the school looked 'like a war zone.'"
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Boeing 737 Max jet. (photo: AP)
Allegra Harpootlian, TomDispatch
Harpootlian writes: "In the wake of the February 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 students and staff members, a teacher said the school looked 'like a war zone.'"
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Boeing 737 Max jet. (photo: AP)
Software Fix to Boeing 737 Max 8 Planes Delayed in Part by Government Shutdown
Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
Stracqualursi writes: "US officials say the recent government shutdown played a part in the delay of Boeing's software update for its 737 Max aircraft, which has been grounded by airlines and countries around the world after two deadly accidents in the past five months, the Wall Street Journal reported."
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Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
Stracqualursi writes: "US officials say the recent government shutdown played a part in the delay of Boeing's software update for its 737 Max aircraft, which has been grounded by airlines and countries around the world after two deadly accidents in the past five months, the Wall Street Journal reported."
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Summer Zervos leaves Manhattan Supreme Court at the conclusion of a hearing in New York on December 5, 2017. (photo: AP)
Donald Trump Is 'Not Above the Law,' Court Rules in Defamation Case
Zoe Tillman, BuzzFeed
Tillman writes: "An appeals court in New York on Thursday became the first appeals court nationwide to rule that a sitting president - in this case, President Donald Trump - is not immune from civil lawsuits in state court."
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Zoe Tillman, BuzzFeed
Tillman writes: "An appeals court in New York on Thursday became the first appeals court nationwide to rule that a sitting president - in this case, President Donald Trump - is not immune from civil lawsuits in state court."
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A demonstrator holds a photo of Brazilian activist Marielle Franco during an International Women's Day rally in Los Angeles, March 8, 2019. (photo: Mario Tama/Getty)
David Miranda | Who Ordered Marielle Franco's Murder?
David Miranda, Guardian UK
Miranda writes: "This Thursday will mark a year since my friend and colleague Marielle Franco was assassinated. The execution of an elected politician and human rights activist in the city of Rio de Janeiro highlighted just how tightly interwoven crime and politics have become in one of Brazil's main cities."
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David Miranda, Guardian UK
Miranda writes: "This Thursday will mark a year since my friend and colleague Marielle Franco was assassinated. The execution of an elected politician and human rights activist in the city of Rio de Janeiro highlighted just how tightly interwoven crime and politics have become in one of Brazil's main cities."
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Lisa Hillman walks around her home, surrounded by forest, where the traditional fire-mitigation practice of controlled burning is illegal without special permit. (photo: Laurence Du Sault/High Country News)
In California, the Karuk Tribe Fights Growing Wildfire Threat and Lack of Funding
Laurence Du Sault, High Country News
Du Sault writes: "Deep in California's Six Rivers National Forest, a satisfying 'crack' breaks the early morning silence as Lisa Hillman snaps a dead branch from a bush. Behind her, apple trees line up like children before recess. On the ground, there's barely a dead leaf. Clouds hang low in the mountains."
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Laurence Du Sault, High Country News
Du Sault writes: "Deep in California's Six Rivers National Forest, a satisfying 'crack' breaks the early morning silence as Lisa Hillman snaps a dead branch from a bush. Behind her, apple trees line up like children before recess. On the ground, there's barely a dead leaf. Clouds hang low in the mountains."
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