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How Jared Kushner is mixing U.S. diplomacy with his billion-dollar business
Tonya Mosley
The New Yorker's Dexter Filkins says while Trump's son-in-law is a U.S. special envoy negotiating peace, he's also working on private business deals, raising billions in some of the same countries.
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Kate Atkinson's latest historical escape is to a festival most Americans haven't heard of
Maureen Corrigan
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Mice with human brain cells offer a tool to study disease. Ethicists ask: What's next?
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Ukrainian prisoners of war return home on Aug. 19 after being held by Russia. There are shown here in Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region. When Russia takes Ukrainians captive, it often contacts the relatives of the prisoners and asks them to help Russia, according to Ukrainians.
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Fed expected to raise interest rates. And, board votes to close Kennedy Center
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  1. Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, dies at 81
  2. Senators question Trump's picks for top health positions, including surgeon general
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  1. Democrats to send volunteers to polls this November to prevent voter intimidation
  2. Judge blocks DHS from acting against a man over a harsh email to an ICE official
  3. For many Pennsylvania Democrats, frustration with Fetterman is at a breaking point
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  1. Prosecutors won't seek the death penalty for Nick Reiner
  2. Could Maine's prison system offer an alternative to traditional incarceration?
  3. Supreme Court refuses to allow Trump's mail voting restrictions for the midterms
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