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People at a gun control rally in Annapolis, MD in 2013. After the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting in 2012 gun violence became a national talking point again but recent studies show the support for gun control is being overshadowed by the support for the protection of gun rights. (Photo by Jay Baker / Maryland GovPics) Photo used under CC BY

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‘Glocker mom,’ other Israeli settlers carry guns

As violent clashes erupted throughout Israel and Palestinian territories, Aviva Yisraeli decided to carry a handgun while commuting from her home in the West Bank settlement o.f Tekoa

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USA TODAY

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What are the Palestinians hoping to achieve?

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Stone Mountain to get new monument: MLK memorial will join Confederate heroes

Georgia authorities will erect a monument to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Stone Mountain, the site of a Confederate memorial. The announcement reflects tensions over the Confederacy taking place across the South.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Fifteen Confederate ‘flaggers’ indicted for terroristic threats and gang activity in Georgia

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Southern Property Law Center

Dollar falls as bullish bets drop to one-year low

Investors are the least confident in a year that the dollar will strengthen, shrugging off comments from Federal Reserve officials that the central bank is still poised to raise interest rates this year.

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Bloomberg

When will Fed raise interest rates?

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Huffington Post

Angus Deaton wins 2015 Nobel Prize for Economics

British economist Angus Deaton won the 2015 economics Nobel Prize for “his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.”

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CNBC

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Deaton wins economics Nobel Prize for work on consumption, poverty

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Reuters

School girls kidnapped by Boko Haram search continues

The abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls fast gave rise to a global movement, at least in part thanks to the ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ campaign

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The Independent

Faith in the girl child

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Huffington Post

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For International Day Of The Girl, a battle of the hashtags

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NPR

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

The “second golden age” of philanthropy: hype or hope?

“As philanthropy enters a second golden age, real social change is getting lost in the hype of market-based giving,” writes sociologist Linsey McGoey. The first “golden age,” was the 19th century, the time of Carnegie and Rockefeller.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

USDA’s strike-force brings aid to rural Indian country

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced nearly $9 million in grants to help assist farmers and ranchers who are socially disadvantaged, tribal members or veterans.

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Indian Country Today

HUMAN RIGHTS

Islamic State is prime suspect in Turkey bombing, as protests erupt

Turkey’s government said Islamic State was the prime suspect in suicide bombings that killed at least 97 people in Ankara, but opponents vented anger at President Tayyip Erdogan.

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Reuters

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Turkish authorities claim to have evidence linking ISIS to the Ankara bombing

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TIME

Armed anti-Muslim protests: An opportunity for dialogue?

Many US Muslims are wary as armed anti-radical Islam protests were planned at over a dozen US mosques. Other Muslims see such protests as a rare opportunity to engage with skeptical Americans.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Rally against Islam outnumbered by counterprotesters

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Detroit Free Press

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Kevin McCarthy abruptly quits speaker race, leaving Republicans in disarray

House Republicans will gather Friday morning to begin figuring out who, if anybody, is in charge. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy shocked his colleagues by abruptly dropping out of the race for Speaker.

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USA TODAY

Belarus’ dictatorial president has won a fifth term after controversial election

Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko won a fifth consecutive term in power on Sunday, extending his 21-year-long regime in a country diplomatically sandwiched between Russia and the West.

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TIME

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What genome of ancient Ethiopian skeleton tell us about reverse migration

DNA extracted from the skeleton of a man who lived in Ethiopia 4,500 years ago reveals how early humans mingled and migrated between continents.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Ancient DNA reveals ‘into Africa’ migration

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BBC

What is NASA’s plan for landing humans on Mars?

NASA wants the world to know that putting boots on Mars is not just a dream. The space agency has been promoting the new film “The Martian” as a way to publicize its own plans to send astronauts there in the 2030s.

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Christian Science Monitor

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Even Bernanke asks how bankers avoided jail

Ben Bernanke, the former Federal Reserve chairman, acted boldly in 2008 as the U.S. slipped into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

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USA TODAY

US trade gap widens as the dollar strengthens

The U.S. trade deficit jumped sharply in August as exports fell to the lowest level in nearly three years while imports increased, led by a surge in shipments of cell phones from China.

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CBS News

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GOOD NEWS

For Tunisia, Nobel Peace Prize is ray of good news in troubled, violent year

The leader of a Tunisian human rights group that was among the winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize said the honor has meaning not just for his country but for all those mired in war.

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U.S. News & World Report

Roche’s Ocrelizumab drug shows promise for treating serious multiple sclerosis

Roche Holding AG’s Genentech unit informed that the experimental drug ocrelizumab has issued promising and effective outcomes in the three late-stage studies against multiple sclerosis.

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Market Business

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

What nonprofits can learn from the fundraising performance of Bernie Sanders

What can we learn from the extraordinary recent performance of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

China intent on restricting NGOs

Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed a proposed law that would place restrictions on foreign nongovernmental organizations operating in China.

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Associations Now

ENVIRONMENT

Firefighters battle several blazes in southern North Dakota

Grass fires fanned by strong winds in the Dakotas destroyed homes, shut down highways and prompted the evacuation of a small town on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The American cities most threatened by rising sea levels

Steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions could lessen the threat that sea level rise poses to iconic American cities during the coming centuries by more than half.

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Mashable

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The male Mandarin Duck is a spectacular bird with quite incredible color and plumage. (Photo by Richard Farrell) Photo used under CC BY

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