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Tommy Trenchard picks up coins with his toes. Aurélie Marrier d'Unienville hide caption

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Siblings can share the darndest quirks — like picking up coins & keys with their toes

Siblings — especially twins — sometimes share the strangest traits, like throwing a ball with their head or picking up keys and crayons with their toes. Researchers want to know whqt's up with that.

Siblings can share the darndest quirks — like picking up coins & keys with their toes

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Defendant Jerry Boylan, captain of the Conception, leaves federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday. A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Boylan to four years in prison and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption

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The captain from a California dive boat disaster has been sentenced to 4 years in prison

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Jerry Boylan, the captain of the Conception dive boat that caught fire near Santa Cruz Island in 2019, killing all 33 passengers and one crew member, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison.

In this image provided by the Connecticut Governor's Office, emergency personnel work at the scene of a fiery early morning crash that left both sides of Interstate 95, the East Coast's main north-south highway, shut down in southwestern Connecticut., on Thursday in Norwalk, Conn. AP hide caption

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I-95 in Connecticut shuts down after a fiery crash damages a bridge

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The major traffic artery linking New England with New York will be closed in Connecticut for days after a tanker fire damaged a bridge over Interstate 95, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday.

A number of Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced the CROWN Act, legislation that would ban discrimination based on one's hairstyle or hair texture. Here, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs Crown Act legislation on June 15, 2023 in Lansing, Mich. that will outlaw race-based hairstyle discrimination in workplaces and schools. Joey Cappelletti/AP hide caption

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Black lawmakers reintroduce federal CROWN Act legislation to ban hair discrimination

The bill was previously passed in the House in 2019 and 2022 but was blocked in the Senate. It aims to end race-based hair discrimination in schools and workplaces.

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The mysterious 'Great Attractor' pulling the Milky Way galaxy off course

In the 1970s, scientists realized something was pulling our local group of galaxies off their expected path in space. It's called the Great Attractor.

The mysterious 'Great Attractor' pulling the Milky Way galaxy off course

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A dying father looks for the perfect family to adopt his son in 'Nowhere Special'

John (James Norton) is a young single dad who has just a few months to live and no family to turn to. So he goes out in search of the perfect family for his 4-year-old son.

A dying father looks for the perfect family to adopt his son in 'Nowhere Special'

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Which celebrity feud escalated this week? Find out in the news quiz

Where's the beef? What's the deal with marijuana? Why does this read like a '90s stand-up script? The answer to at least some of these questions can be found in the quiz. Were you paying attention?

GOP Indiana gubernatorial candidates Mike Braun, Brad Chambers, Suzanne Crouch, Eric Doden, Curtis Hill and Jamie Reitenour debate during a forum on March 11, 2024. Brandon Smith/IPB News hide caption

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Indiana will have its first competitive primary for governor in two decades

Indiana has its first competitive primary for governor in two decades, as six Republicans vie for their party's nomination. Current Governor Eric Holcomb is term-limited after eight years in office.

Indiana will have its first competitive primary election in two decades

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Pioneer Natural Resources' office is shown on Jan. 13, 2021, in Midland, Texas. Exxon Mobil's $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer has received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission, but the former CEO of Pioneer was barred from joining the new company's board of directors. Jacob Ford/AP hide caption

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The FTC bars a former Pioneer CEO from an Exxon Mobil deal, saying he colluded with OPEC

Exxon Mobil's $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer Natural Resources received federal clearance, but former Pioneer CEO Scott Sheffield was barred from joining the new company's board of directors.

CA Highway Patrol officers walk on the University of California, Los Angeles campus on May 1, 2024 near a pro-Palestinian encampment. Hundreds of protesters have since been arrested on UCLA's campus. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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Protesters want schools to divest from Israel. How would that work?

College campuses nationwide are erupting with protests against Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza. A consistent theme among these actions: a call for university endowment "divestment." The Indicator unpacks what divestment means, how it would work, and why one expert says it might not have the effect that many believe.

Protesters want schools to divest from Israel. How would that work?

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Jeremy Kimbrell has worked at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, Ala., since 1999. Having been involved in several failed union drives, he says this latest one feels different. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Want to understand America's labor movement? Head south

While the last 12 months have delivered major wins to organized labor, the rate of U.S. union membership fell to a record low in 2023: just 10%. And in southern states, the push to unionize can still be a grinding, uphill battle.

Want to understand America's labor movement? Head south

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A man swims from a submerged church compound, after the River Tana broke its banks following heavy rains at Mororo, border of Tana River and Garissa counties, northeastern Kenya, April 28. Heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to dozens of deaths and the displacement of tens of thousands of people, according to the United Nations. Andre Kasuku/AP hide caption

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As Kenya's flood toll rises, Human Rights Watch says officials must step up efforts

Human Rights Watch accuses Kenyan authorities of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 people since the start of the rainy season.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson visited Columbia University on April 24 to meet with Jewish students and make remarks about concerns that the ongoing demonstrations have become antisemitic. Alex Kent/Getty Images hide caption

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The House passes a bill aimed at combating antisemitism amid college unrest

House Speaker Mike Johnson met with a group of Jewish students at Columbia University who say they've experienced antisemitic speech and harassment from protesters on and off campus.

House passes bill aimed to combat antisemitism amid college unrest

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