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Scientists grow human brain cells in rats to study this

Scientists have transplanted human brain cells into the brains of baby rats, where the cells grew and formed connections. It’s part of an effort to better study human brain development and diseases affecting this most complex of organs, which makes us who we are but has long been shrouded in… Read More

Network TV gets a shakeup from this country star

Blake Shelton, the last of the original panel of judges on “The Voice,” will leave the megahit U.S. version of the singing competition show after next season. “This show has changed my life in every way for the better and it will always feel like home to me,” the country… Read More

‘Oldies but Goodies’: Radio legend dies at 97

Art Laboe, the pioneering radio DJ who read heartfelt song dedications to generations of loyal listeners and was credited with helping end segregation in Southern California during an eight-decade broadcast career, has died. He was 97. Laboe died Friday night at home in Palm Springs, California, after catching pneumonia, said… Read More

Biden just ditched a longstanding presidential norm

Whenever a president travels, a special lectern called the “blue goose,” or its smaller cousin “the falcon,” is in tow. The boxy dark blue and dark paneled lecterns — there are many — are a symbol of the modern presidency. It’s from behind them that President Bill Clinton said “I… Read More

Parkland school shooting trial takes next step

The jurors who will decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to death or life without parole are expected to begin their deliberations Wednesday, concluding a three-month trial. Cruz, 24, pleaded guilty last year to the murders of 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman… Read More

[Video] Top Dem has ‘meltdown’ in debate, demands Biden step aside

The first debate between Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican JD Vance — the two candidates for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat — descended quickly into attacks Monday. The two candidates accused each other of being responsible for job losses and putting party loyalty ahead of voters’ needs. Ryan… Read More

Harvey Weinstein, disgraced king of Hollywood, goes on trial in LA

Five years after women’s stories about him made the #MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in the city where he once was a colossus at the Oscars. Already serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault in New York, the 70-year-old former movie mogul faces different… Read More

Two comedians sue over airport’s drug search program

Comedians Eric André and Clayton English are challenging a police program at the Atlanta airport they say violates the constitutional rights of airline passengers, particularly Black passengers, through racial profiling and coercive searches just as they are about to board their flights. Lawyers for the two men filed a lawsuit… Read More

Prosecutors drop charges against ‘Serial’ subject Adnan Syed

Prosecutors dropped charges against Adnan Syed on Tuesday in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee, a case that was chronicled in the first season of the hit podcast “Serial.” Emily Witty, a spokeswoman for the city of Baltimore’s state’s attorney’s office, said in an email that her office had… Read More