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  1. Conservative legal thinkers are questioning whether Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito follows the originalist principles he claims to embrace.
  2. The Cornell allegations have reignited a debate over whether people who are conscious but too intoxicated to consent can be protected under the law.
  3. An Ebola outbreak in central Africa is spreading faster than previous epidemics, and the virus strain driving it has no approved vaccine.
  4. As bird flu threatens another winter of egg shortages and price hikes, RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine agenda may be standing in the way of a solution.
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In case you missed it


  1. Conservative legal thinkers are questioning whether Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito follows the originalist principles he claims to embrace.
  2. The Cornell allegations have reignited a debate over whether people who are conscious but too intoxicated to consent can be protected under the law.
  3. An Ebola outbreak in central Africa is spreading faster than previous epidemics, and the virus strain driving it has no approved vaccine.
  4. As bird flu threatens another winter of egg shortages and price hikes, RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine agenda may be standing in the way of a solution.
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