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  1. A niche community before the pandemic, the number of people living in vans is growing as a way to be less confined in one place.

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Should free exercise of religion get more protection than other Constnl rights? Conservative Christian legal groups began forming 30 yrs ago to make that case. This term see a big step. "It shouldn’t be more important...but it was trampled on."

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  3. 18 hours ago

    “I thought that something that people start their day with, a cup of tea, can’t be full of poison." What a wonderful way to start the day. My morning read by . Can India's wild elephants find a haven in tea gardens? via

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  4. 12 hours ago

    find welcome, warmth at German hearth: “Compared with 's 1990s intake of migrants from the Balkans, this is more successful, longer term, and more sustainable,” says Ulf Rinne, an economist with via

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  5. 10 hours ago

    Proud to be part of “Let’s Find Common Ground”— from ⁦⁩. New election briefing on US foreign policy with global affairs correspondent ⁦⁩ and diplomacy correspondent Howard LaFranchi of ⁦

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  6. Louise Glück joins a handful of poets who have won the Nobel literature prize, which has been dominated by novelists in its 112-year history. She is the 16th woman to win the prize for literature.

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  7. 6 hours ago

    Red Comet makes the top ten Oct. list in the Christian Science Monitor. Gotta give the Monitor credit for publishing many of Plath’s poems and articles during her lifetime.

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  8. An online presidential debate has been done before, but President Donald Trump has said he won't attend the second debate against Joe Biden if it's not in person. The decision to make the debate virtual follows Mr. Trump's diagnosis with COVID-19.

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  9. Venezuela’s COVID-19 crisis is compounded by long-standing medical shortages. Doctors, nurses, and communities are organizing to help.

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  10. Today you can “friend” people with the touch of a key on Facebook. But etymologically speaking, “friendship” is much more intense.

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  11. While the first U.S. presidential debate was criticized for its tone, the vice presidential debate was notably more calm. Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence tackled climate change, taxes, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  12. Less than a month from the election, hedged bets, qualifiers, and "to be sure" paragraphs abound. They're all, in part, a fingerprint of the unlikely outcome in 2016.

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  13. Even before he officially took the reins of office, Donald Trump has sought to use his presidency to rebuild hope in blue-collar America.

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  14. A report by a House Judiciary Committee found that Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple have “abused their market power” and called for the U.S. Congress to overhaul tech laws, a move that could break up the companies.

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  15. The reach of the Alliance Defending Freedom and other conservative Christian legal organizations is growing. And it is coming at the same time that fewer Americans – just 65% – identify themselves as Christian.

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  16. Boot camp now focuses more on trust than intimidation, cultivating trust not only among soldiers but between soldiers and their leaders.

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  17. Early signs from mass mail-in voting show states and voters are being civic-minded about the integrity of the process.

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  18. Amy Barrett's first confirmation hearing has been set for Monday.

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  19. While President Trump’s economic projects have rarely, if ever, fulfilled his over-the-top rhetoric, it would be wrong to dismiss them wholesale.

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  20. The feral marsupials of cartoon fame have returned to the Australian mainland after decades of conservation work. Researchers will continue to track their progress amid concerns over the impact of their reintroduction.

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