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News Articles: Politics

 An artist impression of <em>Fona herzogae.</em>

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A newly discovered dinosaur may have spent part of its life underground

A new dinosaur has been discovered in Utah by North Carolina researchers and paleontologists. They believe it was a burrowing species.

July 19, 2024
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  • Jordan-Marie Smith
Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26.

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  • Europe

Russian court sentences U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison

A Russian court convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of espionage Friday, sentencing him to 16 years in a Russian prison colony in a trial the U.S. denounced as a sham.

July 19, 2024
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  • Charles Maynes
Trump watch party

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'One big family': Georgia Republicans react to first Trump speech since assassination attempt

Georgia Republicans gathered at a Sandy Springs movie theater to watch former President Donald Trump speak at the final night of the Republican National Convention, just days after an assassination attempt. 

July 19, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Mira Donaldson
 Gov. Brian Kemp has said he plans to use his “leadership committee” to influence state legislative races this year. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Federal lawsuit challenges constitutionality of blank check ‘leadership committees’

The Democratic Party of Georgia is challenging the constitutionality of a 2021 state law that allows Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and others to raise and spend unlimited campaign funds.

July 19, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin
Victor "Marka27" Quiñonez is among the first group of artists to be commissioned as part of Boston's <em>Un-Monument</em> initiative. The artist is seen here working on his large-scale public artwork "<em>Souledad</em>," located in Boston's South End. <br>

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  • Arts & Life

Boston is shaking up its public art scene

The initiative aims to bring residents, artists and groups together to rethink public art — a challenge for a place so steeped in a Colonial past.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
The 2024 Kennedy Center honorees (clockwise from left): the Apollo Theater; the Grateful Dead (Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann); jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval; blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt; and director and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.

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  • Arts & Life

Grateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt on 2024 Kennedy Center Honors list

The award for lifetime artistic achievements will also recognize jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval. The Apollo Theater will receive a special Honors as "an iconic American institution."

July 19, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Ice melting from Greenland and the polar regions is causing sea levels to rise, shifting mass around the planet in a way that's starting to slow its spin, scientists are finding.

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  • Climate

Days are getting slightly longer — and it's due to climate change

So much ice is melting at the Earth's poles that it's affecting the rotation of the planet, scientists say. Its spin is slowing down slightly, causing days to get longer.

July 19, 2024
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  • Lauren Sommer
Left to right: Danielle Butcher Franz, Karly Matthews, Stephen Perkins and Benji Backer talking about plans for the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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  • Climate

Climate hasn't been core to the GOP. These conservatives are trying to change that

Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party.


July 19, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
GPB News NPR

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  • News

How Biden’s campaign crisis looks from the inside. And, a tech glitch sows chaos

Top Democratic leaders are calling for President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race, but his campaign says he is not going anywhere. And, key takeaways from the RNC.

July 19, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton and
  • Majd Al-Waheidi
Balloons drop as the final day of the Republican National Convention ends.

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  • Elections

The RNC is over. Here are 5 things you need to know.

With Trump's speech Thursday night, Republicans capped off a four-day celebration in Milwaukee that established the future of the party as completely in the MAGA mold.

July 19, 2024
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  • Sarah McCammon
Blake Marnell, delegate from California, shows us his Make America Great Again hat signed by Donald Trump on the third day of the Republican National Convention.

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  • Elections

Fashion meets politics on the RNC's red carpet

Every four years, party conventions bring together delegates from across the country, many of whom make sure their outfits sparkle. And this year, they showed off their looks on the Republican National Convention's red carpet.

July 19, 2024
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  • Jeongyoon Han and
  • Grace Widyatmadja
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is introduced during the final night of the Republican National Convention.

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  • Elections

Trump paints a familiar vision for his 2nd term at the Republican convention

For the first time, the former president recounted in detail the assassination attempt on his life, before turning to divisive rhetoric he has long used on the campaign trail.

July 19, 2024
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  • Ben Giles
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, embraces the firefighter uniform of Corey Comperatore as he speaks on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

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  • Politics

Trump recounts assassination attempt: 'I'm not supposed to be here'

Former President Donald Trump opened his presidential nominating speech with an emotional recounting of the shooting at his rally last week that left him injured and killed another.

July 19, 2024
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By:
  • Jeongyoon Han and
  • Stephen Fowler
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Donald Trump breaks (his own) record for longest acceptance speech

July 19, 2024
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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after officially accepting the Republican presidential nomination on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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  • Politics

A solemn Trump recounts details of assassination attempt: 'I'm not supposed to be here'

During his presidential nomination acceptance speech, Donald Trump recounts his feelings and reaction to the shooting at a rally that injured him and killed a supporter.

July 18, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler
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