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Trans workers not protected by civil rights law, Trump admin tells high court

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VA wrongly denied $53 million in vets' medical claims in just 6 months, says report

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Customs and Border Protection computer outage delays air travelers nationwide

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Charlotte mayor and other lawmakers receive same threatening, racist letter

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Actor Heather Locklear pleads no contest in battery against deputies

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Democracy demands every potential president eat a corndog at the Iowa State Fair

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Rep. Tlaib cancels Israel trip after getting permission to visit grandmother

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'A sick joke'?

Trump reportedly wants to buy Greenland. Locals respond with laughter, anger.

Trump's Green New Deal: The president is considering buying Greenland

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Faye Dunaway sued by ex-staffer alleging 'demeaning tirades'

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Miley Cyrus' break-up drama reveals heterosexuality's inherent flaws

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Airport worker fired for slipping traveler note that read: 'you ugly'

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AG Barr's Justice Department has whole lotta love for Led Zeppelin

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Trump in New Hampshire: 'You have no choice but to vote for me'

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Netanyahu takes a big loss for Trump's little win against 'the squad'

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House panel plans early return to address gun measures

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Trump calls supporter whose weight he mocked after mistaking him for a protester

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Trump urges Lewandowski to run for Senate during New Hampshire rally

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Watchdog cites possible political retribution by Trump appointees at State Dept.

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Hickenlooper drops out of presidential race and says he might run for Senate

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Family's camping trip turned into a scene 'out of a horror movie' when a wolf attacked

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Ed Smart, father of kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart, announces he is gay

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Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s plane bounced multiple times, went off runway during crash

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NYPD searching for man who placed rice cookers in subway, causing scare

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Man wearing bulletproof vest taken into custody outside Israeli Embassy in D.C.

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Corrections officer who drove truck through ICE protesters resigns

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Alabama man charged with capital murder in shooting of 7-year-old boy

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Belated thank you: Former refugee tracks down man who gave her bike as a child

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Disney's Mulan faces boycott calls after actress supports China's Hong Kong crackdown

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Greenlanders mock reports that Trump wants to buy Greenland

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Trump links Hong Kong protests to trade talks with China

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U.S. moves to seize Iranian oil tanker detained in Gibraltar

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Zimbabwe opposition supporters met with tear gas, beatings after defying protest ban

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A military prototype smartphone hints at the risks of biometric security

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CBS News' Norah O'Donnell caught on hot mic talking about sex harassment

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All work and no play: Americans skip leisure activities because of cost, survey finds

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Russian hackers, town budgets, Windows updates: Officials grapple with realities of election security

Viral trends

What are 'VSCO girls'? The newest aesthetic teens are obsessed with

Security

Russian hackers, town budgets, Windows updates: Officials grapple with realities of election security

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Trans workers not protected by civil rights law, Trump admin tells high court

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Nearly 200,000 trans people have been exposed to conversion therapy, study says

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White Arkansas woman charged with pulling gun on black teens fundraising for school

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Tennessee store clerk found guilty of gunning down teen over stolen beer

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Georgia teen collapses, dies in summer heat

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Hundreds of Latino celebrities condemn hate in new letter

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Being given a death sentence by her doctor motivated one woman to lose 90 pounds

Gastric bypass surgery helped Dana Curtiss drop 90 pounds, but it was the lifestyle changes that helped her keep it off for more than a decade.

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The challenges of studying endangered species

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Rare 'fire cloud' looks otherworldly in photo snapped from NASA's flying lab

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Even elite endurance athletes have a limit. Scientists just found it.

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It's official: July was hottest month on record

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This bug is contributing to climate change. And it's got lots of company.

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It's official: July was hottest month on record

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This bug is contributing to climate change. And it's got lots of company.

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Journey to power: The history of black voters, 1976 to 2020

NBC News has assembled for the first time a record of the black vote for each competitive Democratic presidential campaign since exit polling began.

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