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A young Syrian shepherd leads his flock on Tuesday as smoke billows from a farm following a reported airstrike in Sheifuniya, near the rebel-held town of Douma, east of Damascus.

Dozens Of U.S. Diplomats Call For Military Pressure On Syria's Assad Regime

About 50 State Department officials have signed an internal memo that reportedly calls for targeted military strikes to push Bashar Assad toward the negotiating table.

People sit under Delta sign at Salt Lake City International Airport on July 1, 2021. Delta Air Lines won't force employees to get vaccinated, but it's going to make unvaccinated workers pay a $200 monthly charge.

Delta Air Lines Is Going To Start Charging Unvaccinated Employees $200 Per Month

Delta will not mandate employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, but its CEO says the charge is necessary because the average hospital stay for the virus costs the airline $40,000.

Here's What 'All Things Considered' Sounds Like — In Blackbird Song

A Finnish computer scientist had a dream that a blackbird was speaking to her in human language. So she devised a computer program to transform the sounds of the human voice into birdsong.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday apologized to the company in the aftermath of the dismissal of a prominent Black artificial intelligence researcher.

Google CEO Apologizes, Vows To Restore Trust After Black Scientist's Ouster

Sundar Pichai addressed employees in an internal email after thousands of them publicly criticized the tech giant for pushing out a top artificial intelligence researcher.

Global Causes Of Death: Significant Shifts From 2000 To 2019

The No. 1 and 2 causes of death remain the same, but there have been a number of notable changes. And now there's a new disease to assess on the global landscape: COVID-19.

Drivers with an appointment enter a COVID-19 vaccination site set up in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday. One of the largest vaccination sites in the country, it was temporarily shut down Saturday afternoon because of protesters, stalling hundreds of motorists who had been waiting in line for hours.

LA COVID-19 Vaccinations Delayed By Protesters

Dozens of protesters gathered at the entrance to one of the nation's largest mass-vaccination sites, leading officials to shut down the entrance for an hour.

A new Dusty Springfield anthology collects singles from her time with Atlantic Records.

On A New Anthology, Dusty Springfield's Take On Southern Soul Gets Another Look

In 1968, the British singer flew to the U.S. after signing with Atlantic Records. Her acclaimed recordings from this period are collected in Dusty Springfield: The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained on Sunday upon his arrival in Moscow. He had spent nearly the last five months recovering in Germany after being poisoned in August.

Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Detained After Returning To Russia Following Poisoning

Russian authorities detained the country's top opposition leader after he landed in Moscow on a flight from Berlin. Navalny had been gone nearly five months since he was poisoned last August.

Where Are All Of Wyomings Escalators?

There is a reported paucity of moving staircases in the Cowboy State. And that shortcoming has been posited as a argument for Wyoming to have fewer than its allotted pair of Senators. Audie Cornish and Melissa Block turn to the self-proclaimed escalator editor of the Casper Star-Tribune, Jeremy Fugleberg.

If you're interested in buying Viagra, Pfizer, the drug's maker, will now sell it to you from its official website.

Pfizer Goes Direct With Online Viagra Sales To Men

Men still need a prescription for the diamond-shaped blue pills. But instead of going to the pharmacy in person, or taking their chances buying from an online pharmacy of unknown repute, men will be able to buy Viagra from the maker of the drug itself and have it shipped to their homes.

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