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China publicizes for the first time what it claims is a 2016 agreement with Philippines
For the first time, China has publicized what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the world's trade passes and which China claims virtually in its entirety. A statement from the Chinese Embassy in Manila said the “temporary special arrangement” agreed to during a visit to Beijing by former president Rodrigo Duterte allowed small scale fi
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A Columbia professor wanted to document history. NYPD arrested him outside his home
The professor had just finished his last class to end a 28-year teaching career at Columbia University. Then police arrested him outside his home.
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'Folks, it's bad': Merced sheriff warns of public safety crisis as deputy vacancies mount
Like many rural counties, Merced is losing deputies to jurisdictions that pay more. The shortage is so dire, Sheriff Vern Warnke is sometimes the only one available to respond to calls for help.
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Arkansas governor says state won't comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Thursday that the state won't comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools, joining other Republican-led states that are defying the new rules. Sanders signed an executive order stating that Arkansas schools will continue to enforce restrictions on which bathrooms and pronouns transgender students can use, laws that could be invalidated by the new regulations on how to enforce Titl
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I'm a student who was arrested at a Columbia protest. I am not a hero, nor am I a villain.
We are not the heroes, nor are we the villains – the latter category belongs to Columbia and the broken system it refuses to heal.
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China’s Shaolin monks are known for their incredible acrobatics. This photographer captured them in action
The photographer reflects on how he took the memorable shot back in 2004, in one of the martial arts academies that had sprung up near the Shaolin Temple.
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An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war
With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. AI marks one of the biggest advances in military aviation since the introduction of stealth in the early 1990s, and the Air Force has aggressively leaned in. It was fitting that the dogfight took place at Edwards Air Force Base, a vast desert facility where Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound and the military has incubated its most secret aerospace
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