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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Lawyers File Motion For New Trial

5:00pm July 06, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Condemned to death for his role in the Boston Marathon bombings, Tsarnaev filed a preliminary motion Monday for a new trial, reportedly seeking to overturn both his conviction and his death sentence.

A pregnant woman in Cuba with HIV would be referred to a policlinico, like the one above, for specialized care.

Cuba Is First To Earn WHO Seal For Ending Mother-Baby HIV Transmission

4:50pm July 06, 2015

by Susan Brink

The chances are now practically nil. How did Cuba do it? And how are other countries faring by comparison?

A Hacker Is Hacked: Controversial Italian Cyber Espionage Company Is Targeted

4:22pm July 06, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Hacking Team's spyware has been detected in many countries with repressive regimes. The company has never revealed its client list, but a hack has made thousands of documents public.

Burt Shavitz, who co-founded Burt's Bees, died Sunday in Bangor, Maine.

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Burt Shavitz, Namesake And Co-Founder Of Burt's Bees, Dies

4:05pm July 06, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

Shavitz was "a wild-bearded and free-spirited Maine man, a beekeeper, a wisecracker," the company writes. He was 80.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter shakes hands with Vietnam's General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 1. Trong will meet with President Obama in the White House on Tuesday.

Obama To Meet With Vietnam's Communist Party Chief Amid Concern Over China

3:49pm July 06, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Hanoi and Washington hope to strengthen economic and defense ties, especially in the wake of Beijing's construction on a disputed reef in the South China Sea.

Police search the area near a destroyed billboard reading "Crimea is Ukraine!" following an explosion in Odessa on June 12.

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Who's Behind A String Of Bombings In Ukraine's Black Sea 'Pearl'?

2:47pm July 06, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Local journalists and volunteers in Odessa are working to make sense of dozens of recent bombings — and prevent future attacks. They say that Russians have infiltrated the security services.

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In Kairouan, Tunisia, Muslims visit the Great Mosque, one of the oldest and best-known mosques in North Africa. Tunisia has made more political progress than other Arab Spring countries, but it has suffered two major terror attacks in recent months.

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Tunisia Seeks Its Way On A Winding, Bumpy Path

2:44pm July 06, 2015

by Alice Fordham

An attacker recently opened fire on Tunisian beach and killed 38 people. NPR's Alice Fordham, who went to cover the story, used to live in Tunisia. She reflects on how the country has changed.

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On Friday, a Russian Soyuz rocket will send an unmanned cargo ship with more than 3 tons of food, water and fuel for astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Russian Rocket Poised For Crucial Supply Run To Space Station

2:41pm July 06, 2015

by Geoff Brumfiel

After a string of launch failures, NASA says astronauts have just four months of supplies left. A Russian rocket launching early Friday could provide relief.

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Artist John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence. It can be seen in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

Just A Few Important Words About The Declaration Of Independence

2:37pm July 06, 2015

by Mark Memmott

Along with the words and phrases that still ring out 239 years later are less noticed turns of phrase. They say a lot about the messages Thomas Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers wanted to send.

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This is a calculated flood map for the city of St. Louis. Water depth goes from deep (dark blue) to shallow (white, light blue). Floodwater can come from the Illinois, Upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers, as well as from heavy local precipitation.

Flood Maps Can Get Much Sharper With A Little Supercomputing Oomph

2:36pm July 06, 2015

by Joe Palca

Entrepreneurs are turning to Oak Ridge National Lab's supercomputer to make all sorts of things, including maps that are much more accurate in predicting how a neighborhood will fare in a flood.

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