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Clark State College has begun offering courses to create more licensed drone operators, given the use of drones by so many industries from emergency services to real estate agents, […]

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China yesterday hailed a virtual meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, saying they had a candid and constructive exchange that sent a strong signal […]

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In a new book, Betrayal, by ABC journalist Jonathon Karl quotes Corey Lewandowski as saying that Donald Trump knew he lost but raised suspicions about the 2020 election to protect […]

Ernie, a muppet from the popular children’s series “Sesame Street,” appears with new character Ji-Young, the first Asian American muppet, (AP Photo/Noreen Nasir)

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Sesame Street will be […]

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Michelle Goldberg had a column over the weekend, entitled, A Frenzy of Book Burning, which reviewed the lengths that individuals are going in our schools and libraries to limit free […]

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During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump was burdened with lawsuits that accused him and his Trump University of defrauding students who had paid thousands of dollars to learn the […]

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Alyssa Farah, Mike Pence’s former press secretary and Donald Trump’s former communications director, says she believes Mike Pence will run against Donald Trump in the next pr […]

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Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced yesterday she will run for re-election in 2022, setting up a race against a primary challenger endorsed by Donald […]

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In a message from beyond the grave, apartheid’s last president F.W. de Klerk offered his apology, “without qualification” for the misery caused by apartheid.  In a video shared […]

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Two artificial intelligence programs DeepMind and RoseTTAFold are taking the prediction of protein structures to new heights.   One year ago, software programs first succeeded in m […]

Fiona Hill during the 2019 impeachment hearings. Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times
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I have just finished reading Fiona Hill’s new book, There Is Nothing for You Here:  Finding Op […]

Dawn Marie Picciano Divano
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Today we honor and thank all the men and women who served in our armed forces. They gave unselfishly to protect us and secure our way of life.

We are […]

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A new private start-up university, the University of Austin, is planning to open soon in the Texas capital in response to what some perceive as a culture of censorship on […]

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Conservative pundit Ann Coulter who supported Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign, now characterizes him as “abjectly stupid.” She also accused him of betraying his […]

Adam Kinzinger
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In an interview with Rolling Stone, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) thought he might have to use his own gun to save his life when trapped in the U.S. Capitol on J […]

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Erik Gilbert, a professor of history at Arkansas State University, had an op-ed in The Chronicle of Higher Education, highlighting the predatory practices of online program managers […]

Michelle Wu – Credit…Josh Reynolds/Associated Press
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Journalist and writer, Eileen McNamara, had a guest essay in The New York Times over the weekend entitled, “Michelle Wu Proved T […]

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Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted a menacing video (see above) on Sunday that included altered animation showing him striking President Joe Biden and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a […]

Chris Christie
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Chris Christie and other leading Republicans expressed confidence this weekend that they were well positioned to retake control of Congress next year and ultimately win […]

W. Kent Fuchs
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W. Kent Fuchs, President of the University of Florida, announced on Friday that he will now allow professors who recently asked to serve as expert witnesses in […]