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The technology scans the entire genome for single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs—the spots where one person’s genome might have a T, while another’s has a C—for associations with human behaviors.—
Eric Turkheimer,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025 -
The software scans for visible firearms and sends an alert whenever a potential threat appears.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Also fired was much of the agency’s human resources staff; its entire Washington office, which communicates with Congress; and its ethics office, which reviews conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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Neither John Glenn Columbus International Airport nor Rickenbacker International Airport are showing the video while the Columbus Regional Airport Authority's legal team reviews it.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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While several documentaries have been made about Rader, Borgman’s film examines the crimes through a new lens via Rader’s daughter, Kerri Rawson.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Goldman report also examines the risks and broader implications.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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The auditors chose to look into how CBP inspects returning cruise passengers following recent years’ assessments from CBP field offices that cited a growing threat of drug contraband smuggling by way of cruises.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Oct. 2025
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Deputy Public Works Director Carlos Zepeda said the department’s staff inspects the parks on a regular basis, looking out for things that need immediate fixes.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2025
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Oliver scrutinizes one dire situation after another, then says what the average person can do to address them.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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Liberty Media, by contrast, scrutinizes every potential revenue stream for growth opportunities.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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In her tender debut short, writer-director Nishi Dugar delicately explores how children confront the first ripples of loss.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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Directed by Ben Charles Edwards, inspired by Mark Twain’s The Mysterious Stranger, the film explores themes of faith, destiny, and the duality of good and evil.—
The Deadline Team,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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Unknown numbers are being fired at the Office for Civil Rights, which investigates complaints of discrimination at the nation’s schools and universities.—
Collin Binkley,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.—
Jodi S. Cohen,
ProPublica,
13 Oct. 2025
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In his new, hefty cookbook that surveys the region, Recipes from the American South, the James Beard Award-winning author is teaching home cooks how to make food that better reflects the region's complex, messy and still-evolving history.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
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Miami-area are prices down about 4 cents from a month ago and 18 cents from a year ago, according to GasBuddy, a national fuel monitoring service that surveys nearly 1,700 stations in South Florida.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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