
President Trump's executive order issued earlier this month would make it easier for the federal government to fire career civil servants.
Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe executive order strips protections for thousands of federal workers. The administration says it's needed to get rid of "poor performers," but critics call it an attack on nonpolitical employees.
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How Humans Domesticated Themselves National News
Duke anthropologist Brian Hare argues that humans evolved in a way that left us more cooperative and friendlier than our now extinct human cousins, like Neanderthals and Denisovans.
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Now Is A Good Time To Talk To Kids About Civics National News
Here's a primer from our Life Kit parenting team.
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'In The Act Of Living, You're A Revolutionary': Anthony McGill Talks With Lara Downes National News
The New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist blows apart the labels he once applied to himself to discover a stream of activism.
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Colorado Abortion Ban Could Be Felt Nationwide National News
Colorado's Proposition 115 could shut down one of the few clinics nationwide that specializes in later abortion.
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Mom Dragged From SUV, Beaten By Officers With Toddler In Back Seat Filing Suit National News
Lawyers for Rickia Young, 28, and her son said she was battered, separated from the child for hours, and kept in handcuffs while being treated at a hospital. No charges have been filed against her.
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Lake County Judge Paul Novak denied the 17-year-old's request to stay in Illinois. The teen is charged with fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during a protest in Kenosha, Wis., in August.
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New Zealand Supports The Right To Die, But Rejects The Right To Get High National News
The country voted to allow assisted dying for the terminally ill but no to legalizing marijuana. Two separate referendums were held along with the general election won Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
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