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A controversial new ruling from the Federal Communications Commission leaves no one responsible for regulating light ...

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A “remarkable” African monkey with a distinct orange patch around its mouth and a deep, croaky roar, found in the Democratic ...

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The White House nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to head the nation’s top public health agency ...

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