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Trump's Cyber Comments Rouse The Democrats

5:31am July 28, 2016

As they bolster their case that Hillary Clinton is ready to be commander in chief, Democrats are seizing on Donald Trump's comments seemingly encouraging Russia to use cyber-espionage against Clinton.

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In His Convention Speech, Obama Sees 'A Fundamental Choice'

5:16am July 28, 2016

Thursday night at the Democratic convention will be Hillary Clinton's night, but Wednesday night was President Obama's. He framed the election as a battle of values — a contrast to the GOP message.

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At Democratic Convention, Making The Case For Hillary Clinton's Readiness

5:16am July 28, 2016

Big hitters like President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden called on the nation to support Hillary Clinton last night. Her campaign chair John Podesta looks at the path from Philadelphia to the White House.

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About 80 percent of the people who come to the Mendenhall Glacier in the summer are tourists.

Visitors To A Shrinking Alaskan Glacier Get A Lesson On Climate Change

12:26am July 28, 2016

by Elizabeth Jenkins

On a busy day, thousands of tourists visit the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau. The U.S. Forest Service wants those people to take in the dramatic views but also consider why the glacier is receding.

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President Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in 2009.

CHART: How Obama's Approval Compares With Past Presidential Convention Speakers

10:18pm July 27, 2016

by Danielle Kurtzleben

President Obama will make the case for Hillary Clinton Wednesday night with about as many Americans approving of him as disapprove of him.

MAKESHOP at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.

Ready, Set, Play: A Top 10 'Playlist' From The Nation's Children's Museums

9:48pm July 27, 2016

Lasers and lava and mummies, oh my! Here are the exhibits that kids and their grown-ups love the most from 10 of the nation's best children's museums.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention.

WATCH: Albright Says It's 'Almost Too Hard To Express' Excitement Over Clinton

8:23pm July 27, 2016

"I think she is brilliant and ... she's not a diva at all. She works very hard," Albright told NPR's Rachel Martin.

In 2004 Reid Brewer of the University of Alaska Southeast measured an unusual beaked whale that turned up dead in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. A tissue sample from the carcass later showed that the whale was one of the newly identified species.

Mysterious And Known As The 'Raven': Scientists Identify New Whale Species

8:11pm July 27, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

"There have been a lot of people out there surveying whales for a long time and never come across this," a researcher says. But Japanese fishermen have told stories about this dark whale for years.

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine counted health care policy among his chief concerns at a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton in Miami on July 23.

Sen. Tim Kaine's Record On Health Care: He's With Hillary

7:32pm July 27, 2016

by Rachel Bluth

The Democrats' vice presidential nominee helped overhaul Virginia's mental health care system after the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech. He is for Obamacare, Medicaid expansion and Planned Parenthood.

Clinton Campaign Says Trump Is Encouraging 'Espionage' After Hacking Comment

6:53pm July 27, 2016

Donald Trump on Wednesday called for Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's email and recover messages from her tenure as secretary of state.

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