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- Conservative legal thinkers are questioning whether Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito follows the originalist principles he claims to embrace.
- The Cornell allegations have reignited a debate over whether people who are conscious but too intoxicated to consent can be protected under the law.
- An Ebola outbreak in central Africa is spreading faster than previous epidemics, and the virus strain driving it has no approved vaccine.
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