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A town employee in Richmond, Vt., who quietly lowered the fluoride level in the drinking water has resigned.
Wilson Ring/APThe Richmond, Vt., water superintendent revealed in his resignation letter that fluoride levels have not been in the state-recommended range for over a decade — far longer than previously disclosed.
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Two new books challenge the sense of inevitable permanence of the Chinese party state National News
China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower and Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s offer a look at the future of China's Communist Party.
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A $2.5 million prize gives this humanitarian group more power to halt human suffering National News
Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council, which has been awarded the Hilton Humanitarian Prize for helping millions in crisis, talks about unprecedented challenges and dreams of a better future.
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Hubble's 1995 image of a star nursery was amazing. Take a look at NASA's new version National News
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured NASA's most detailed image of the Pillars of Creation that is helping scientists better understand how stars form.
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The U.K. will have 5 prime ministers in just 6 years. What's gone wrong? National News
With yet another prime minister's resignation, the British government's 10 Downing Street looks like a revolving door. Analysts blame polarization, populism, a flawed system and poor leadership.
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New York vows to fight rats on their home turf: curbside garbage piles National News
The city's sanitation commissioner vows that voracious vermin are "absolutely going to hate" the latest rule.
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Genetic sequencing gives us the first-ever look at a Neanderthal clan National News
"You know, this image of Neanderthals being brutes, is not quite accurate," says paleogenticist Laurits Skov. "The more we learn about them, the more like humans they appear to be."
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British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after weeks of criticism and turmoil National News
Truss' announcement follows weeks of criticism from her opponents and members of her own Conservative Party, and the resignation of two of her top Cabinet picks.
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