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A ground crew deicing the wings of an aircraft. Meinzahn/iStockphoto/Getty Images. MHE Canada;MHE USA

July 7, 2016 btwuser 0

Airport Bombing in Turkey In another all-too-familiar headline, members of ISIS have announced responsibility for a deadly bombing. This one took place in the main […]

Interior view of the Court Chamber of the United States Supreme Court, Washington D.C., USA. The US Supreme Court Building, designed by architect, Cass Gilbert, was built from 1932 to 1935. Carol Highsmith, photographer. Photographed: [between 1980 and 2006]. 1 color transparency; 4 x 5 in. or smaller. Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Gift and purchase; Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. MHE World.

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June 30, 2016 btwuser 0

Officer Acquittal in Freddie Gray Case Last year, btw brought you news of the death of Freddie Gray. Gray died while in the custody of Baltimore, Maryland […]

President Barack Obama walks through the Rose Garden to the Oval Office following an all-appointees summer event on the South Lawn, June 13, 2016. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. https://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/june-2016-photo-day.

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June 22, 2016 btwuser 0

British MP Killed Over Brexit Back in April, btw brought you news of a possible “Brexit”. Last month, the British parliament suffered a personal casualty. […]

Montaged illustration of road signs of a question mark, exclamation point, arrows and ampersat symbol.

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June 17, 2016 btwuser 0

New Periodic Table Elements Science classrooms all over will have to update their poster of the periodic table. The names of four new elements (with […]

Yellow belly blue tang. © McGraw-Hill Education. MHE World.

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June 9, 2016 btwuser 0

U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Fights for Equal Pay In March, five members of the women’s soccer team playing for the United States in the upcoming […]

Close-up, selective focus view of the word 'Study' written in Chinese in a Chinese-English translation dictionary. ©Y H Lim / Alamy Stock Photo. MHE World

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June 2, 2016 btwuser 0

Smart Shoes? You might already have a chip in your shoes that tracks your distance, pace or duration. What if your shoes could do more . […]

Selective focus close-up view of a small, transparent glass globe of the earth placed in front of a computer monitor displaying Facebook. The globe creates a fisheye magnification of the word 'facebook' on the screen. As of today, Facebook is the largest social media network on the web. ©dolphfyn / Alamy. MHE World

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May 28, 2016 btwuser 0

EgyptAir Crash Update Earlier this month, EgyptAir Flight 804 disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea. There were 66 people aboard, including crew. The flight departed from […]

Sunrise shining on Big Ben, London, United Kingdom. ©Spaces Images/Blend Images LLC. MHE World

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May 20, 2016 btwuser 0

New Brazilian Leadership Last month, btw brought you a story of significant conflict within Brazil’s government. Since then, President Dilma Rousseff has been “suspended” from […]

Merry Go Round. sarah beard buckley/Getty Images. MHE Canada;MHE USA.

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May 11, 2016 btwuser 0

Captain America: Civil War The Marvel Cinematic Universe released another wildly successful movie earlier this month. With a budget of around $250 million, Captain America: […]

How to build a fallout shelter. National Archives and Records Administration [NWDNS-311-D-15(7)]. MHE World

Survivalist Real Estate Being prepared for wide-spread calamity—nuclear war, social unrest, climate change, disruptions in our utility grids, perceived Constitutional threats—is not a new concept. […]