There’s No American Ambassador in Israel

Dozens of top U.S. national security posts sit empty amid crisis.

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Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: AI is fundamentally ‘a surveillance technology’

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These Dogs are in Crisis. Who Looks After the Guardians?

Livestock guardian dogs can do important work on farms. But they are being surrendered and euthanized in epic numbers.

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The Rise of Tech, According to Sandra Bullock Movies

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Talking Heads reunite, dance together for first time in 21 years

The band celebrated the restored rerelease of ‘Stop Making Sense’ with a live Q&A with Spike Lee at the Toronto International Film Festival

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The US-Iran prisoner swap, briefly explained

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Plans are moving forward to build a new grain terminal in Norton, VA as part of an endeavor to boost Southwest Virginia’s specialty grains production for the craft beverage industry. It will be built at the former coal loadout facility in the eastern part of the city.

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Musk cut internet to Ukraine’s military as it was attacking Russian fleet

New details of the previously reported incident underscore how critical SpaceX has become to the U.S. government.

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Thousands of People Moved to the Rural South During the First Year of the Pandemic. Where Did They Come From?

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Conservatives Plot To Dismantle U.S. Government, Replace With Trump's Vision

A 1,000-page handbook lays out how to fire up to 50,000 workers and staff the federal government with an "army" of conservatives.

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Teen killed outside McDonald’s in sweet-and-sour sauce dispute, police say

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The unlikely new face of the Maryland waterman? A TikTok star.

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The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland’s Railway System

The sabotage of more than 20 trains in Poland by apparent supporters of Russia was carried out with a simple “radio-stop” command anyone could broadcast with $30 in equipment.

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Late at night on a deserted Maryland beach, she found a 15 million-year-old fossil

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/08/27/fossil-dolphin-calvert-cliffs-maryland/