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A truck burns behind a man perched near a traffic barrier in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday. In more than 60 days of unrest, at least 60 people have died in violence related to protests against President Nicolas Maduro. Fernando Llano/AP hide caption

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As Venezuela Enters 3rd Month Of Protests, Anti-Maduro Ire Finds New Target

Goldman Sachs has been accused of giving President Nicolas Maduro a lifeline with a $2.8 billion bond deal. Meanwhile, in the streets of Venezuela, protests calling for his ouster show no sign of relenting.

Exxon service station signs are displayed in Nashville, Tenn., in April. The company's shareholders are asking it to consider how efforts to fight climate change will affect its bottom line. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption

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Shareholders Push Exxon To Disclose Business Impact Of Fighting Climate Change

In a victory for environmental activists, investors have passed a non-binding proposal calling for Exxon Mobil to publicly examine how efforts to cut greenhouse gases would affect its bottom line.

A handout photo that was issued by Greater Manchester Police on Saturday, May 27, shows Salman Abedi in an unknown location on the night of the attack on Manchester Arena. Police altered the background of the image. Greater Manchester Police/AP hide caption

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Manchester Bomber Bought Most Of Weapon's Parts By Himself, Police Say

Police are still trying to find the distinctive blue suitcase Salman Abedi was seen carrying as he moved around Manchester's city center.

Poll question: "A health care plan, known as the American Health Care Act, recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives and is now being debated by the Senate. Do you think the Senate should pass this bill as is, make minor changes to it, make major changes to it, or not pass this bill?" NPR hide caption

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Shots - Health News

Poll: Americans Increasingly Think Their Health Care Will Get Worse

A survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that about half of people now have a favorable view of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, while one-third prefer the Republican alternative.

Elizabeth Taylor, (from left) George Segal, Richard Burton and Sandy Dennis starred in the 1966 film adaptation of Edward Albee's play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A theater director in Portland recently cast an African-American actor as Nick (Segal's role) — and found the Albee estate withheld rights to the play. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption

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Code Switch

Why A Theater Director Made A 'Color-Conscious Choice' In 'Virginia Woolf' Casting

A small theater in Portland, Ore., cast an African-American actor in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? But the Albee estate wouldn't grant the rights to produce the 1962 play.

Mohammad Al Abdallah, the executive director of the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre, shows a video that was posted to YouTube of illegal cluster bombing in Syria. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption

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Parallels - World News

Activists Build Human Rights Abuse Cases With Help From Cellphone Videos

A human rights group finds itself with an interesting problem — an overwhelming number of videos to catalog as it builds legal cases. Computer scientists are creating tools to analyze the videos.

Some people using brokers to buy insurance through healthcare.gov will no longer have to go through a multi-step process to enroll. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Shots - Health News

New Rules May Make Online Health Insurance Sales Simpler

Kaiser Health News

A rules change lets insurers and brokers sell health coverage on the federal exchange directly. That should be easier, but also raises questions about whether customers get unbiased information.

Then-national security adviser Michael Flynn speaks at the White House earlier this year. He has agreed to turn over business documents to senators investigating Russia's meddling with the 2016 elections. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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Michael Flynn To Turn Over Some Subpoenaed Documents To Senate Committee

President Trump's former national security adviser had declined to cooperate, invoking his right to avoid self-incrimination. A source close to Flynn says he will provide some business records.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a cluster of more than half a million stars in the Milky Way galaxy using infrared vision. NASA, ESA and Hubble Heritage Team hide caption

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13.7: Cosmos And Culture

From Myth To Science: Can We Make Sense Of The Origin Of All Things?

It may be that to explain where the universe came from is an impossibility for our causally-based, logically-oriented, experientially-functioning minds, but we must keep trying, says Marcelo Gleiser.

An rocket designed to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday. The Pentagon says it shot down a mock warhead over the Pacific in a success for the U.S. missile defense program. Matt Hartman/AP hide caption

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Wary Of North Korea, U.S. Destroys Mock Warhead Over The Pacific

The Pentagon says its interceptor shot down a missile similar to the type that North Korea could someday use to threaten the United States.

Frédéric Bazille's The Family Gathering has none of the quick, airy brush strokes his future impressionist peers would discover; but the sunshine is there, as are the bright colors. Musee d'Orsay, Paris/Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art hide caption

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Fine Art

Meet Frédéric Bazille, The Impressionist Painter Who Could Have Been

Bazille was part of a circle of artists eager to make a mark on the 1860s art scene. He helped lay the groundwork for the impressionist movement, but died in battle before it was fully formed.

Meet Frédéric Bazille, The Impressionist Painter Who Could Have Been

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