New Rule For Harvard Tourists: No Taking Photos Of Students Through Windows
Some students complained that they felt like they were in a zoo when visitors to Harvard Yard took photographs of them through classroom windows.
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Flight 93 Memorial Center Opens 14 Years After Sept. 11 Attacks
The $26 million center in Shanksville, Pa., features 10 main exhibits, leading visitors through a chronological experience of the events of the day.
Disneyland's Restricted Airspace Prompts Cancellation Of Insect-Spraying Flight
A 3-mile radius around the California theme park is designated as "national defense airspace" by the FAA, complicating attempts to control mosquitoes.
On 'Late Show,' The Spotlight Was Just Out Of Reach For Jeb Bush
The GOP candidate was friendly and warm, but he wasn't energizing, or even the center of attention. At one point Colbert riffed: "Oh, you were so close to getting [the audience] to clap!"
Summer Vacation Extended In Seattle As Public School Teachers Strike
Seattle students were supposed to start school Wednesday, but teachers voted to strike in a dispute over pay raises. More than 50,000 public school students and about 5,000 teachers aren't in class.
1840s: Hunger For Gold And Galapagos Tortoises
When the precious metal was discovered in California in the late 1840s, hordes of fortune seekers headed there from all over the world — some taking large amounts of tortoises with them.
House Begins Series Of Hearings On Defunding Planned Parenthood
The House Judiciary Committee held the first hearing Wednesday to investigate whether Planned Parenthood is breaking any laws, but it quickly focused instead on whether abortion should be legal.
Week In Politics: Iran Nuclear Deal, Trump's Loyalty Pledge
NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with political commentators, E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution and Yuval Levin, editor for National Affairs.
Marine Corps Study: All-Male Combat Units Performed Better Than Mixed Units
The yearlong study found that all-male squads did better than mixed groups in 69 percent of the tasks evaluated. It's unclear what this will mean for the future of women in ground combat jobs.
America's Forgotten History Of Mexican-American 'Repatriation'
With a scarcity of jobs during the Depression, more than a million people of Mexican descent were sent to Mexico. Author Francisco Balderrama estimates that 60 percent were American citizens.