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The race to fill the late Dianne Feinstein's California Senate seat

5:47pm March 05, 2024

by Marisa Lagos

The race to fill the California Senate seat last held by the late Dianne Feinstein is coming down to a fight for second place ahead of Tuesday's election because of California's unique primary system.

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Young voters show up in North Carolina

5:40pm March 05, 2024

by Elena Moore

North Carolina is proving to be a major state in the 2024 election. As it votes on Super Tuesday, its young population will have a chance to make their voices heard and potentially change the outcome.

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Researchers start studying traumatic brain injury from domestic violence

5:40pm March 05, 2024

by Jon Hamilton

Researchers may one day be able to identify biomarkers that could indicate when a patient's brain is showing signs of assault, even when they themselves are unable or too afraid to report it.

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A dance contest let this grad student share his research and celebrates his identity

5:22pm March 05, 2024

by Ari Daniel

Science magazine's annual contest "Dance Your PhD" invites grad students to present their research through dance. This year's winner, Weliton Menário Costa, showcased his work on kangaroo behavior.

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Why Oregon is recriminalizing even small amounts of illicit drugs

5:22pm March 05, 2024

Oregon's state legislature voted to reverse a measure that decriminalized personal drug use. What does the Oregon experiment and its likely overhaul mean in the wider context of the U.S. war on drugs?

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Trial begins for James Crumbley, Michigan high school shooter's father

5:22pm March 05, 2024

by Quinn Klinefelter

The trial of the father of a teenage murderer gets underway. James Crumbley faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with his son's mass shooting at Michigan's Oxford High School.

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It's Super Tuesday. Here's what to know

4:32pm March 05, 2024

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Results in nominating contests in sixteen states and one territory are coming in Tuesday evening. Trump is widely expected to once again, win a bunch of states and win big in many of them.

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Students walk across Liberty University's campus in Lynchburg, Va.

Liberty University fined $14 million for federal crime reporting violations

4:31pm March 05, 2024

by Elissa Nadworny

The university agreed to the fine as part of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Education Department, which found numerous violations of the Clery Act, a campus safety law.

Abortion access advocates are chanting and waiving signs outside the Florida Supreme Court. Inside, justices have just heard arguments on the ballot language for a proposed state constitutional amendment that would protect abortion access up to the point of viability.

How states giving rights to fetuses could set up a national case on abortion

4:29pm March 05, 2024

by Regan McCarthy

Fetal personhood made headlines recently when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are "extrauterine children." The ruling raised questions across the country about fetal personhood.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts into space. On board is a satellite with a climate solutions mission. It's designed to detect methane, a potent planet warming gas.

A new satellite will track climate-warming pollution. Here's why that's a big deal

2:29pm March 05, 2024

by Julia Simon

A satellite with a climate solutions mission blasted off on a SpaceX rocket Monday. It's on a mission to detect planet-heating methane pollution from the oil and gas sector.

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