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Soybeans are sprayed in Iowa in 2013. Enlist Duo is a mixture of two chemicals that farmers have used separately for many years: glyphosate (also known as Roundup) and 2,4-D. The new formulation is intended to work hand-in-hand with a new generation of corn and soybean seeds that are genetically engineered to tolerate sprays of both herbicides.

Busted: EPA Discovers Dow Weedkiller Claim, Wants It Off The Market

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to withdraw approval of a controversial herbicide made by Dow AgroSciences. The firm made conflicting claims to EPA and the Patent Office about the product.

Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds has been recognized posthumously by the Yad Vashem Holocaust remembrance center as Righteous Among the Nations — an honor for non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

U.S. Soldier Honored Posthumously For Protecting Jewish POWs In 1945

When Germans at a Nazi camp demanded that Jewish POWs identify themselves, Roddie Edmonds — the highest-ranking American there — ordered every soldier to step forward. "We are all Jews," he said.

"I think that issue alone should comfort people in voting for Donald Trump for president," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said of the candidate's list of potential Supreme Court nominees.

Mitch McConnell: Republican Party Is At An 'All-Time High'

For all the talk of the GOP's upheaval, the Senate majority leader says he doesn't think Donald Trump's nomination will redefine the Republican Party in any substantial way.

Refugee Crisis Is A Hot-Button Issue For EU Voters

Across Europe there seems to be a rejection of mainstream parties with a rush of migrants. Renee Montagne talks to Norbert Rottgen, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of Germany's Parliament.

A masked man raises a fist and the Belgian flag outside the stock exchange in Brussels on Sunday, at a square filled with memorials to the victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks. Tensions mounted after the square, occupied by mourners, was invaded by far-right protesters whom AFP identified as football hooligans.

Riot Police Respond To Right-Wing Protest In Brussels

A vigil for victims was overwhelmed by black-clad right-wing protesters. Meanwhile, another arrest has been made in connection with Tuesday's attacks, this time in Italy.

Kurdish Uprising: ISIS Exacerbating Civilian Violence In Turkey

Recent bombings in Turkey attributed to radical Kurds have the country reeling. NPR's Melissa Block discusses the situation with Gonul Tol of the Middle East Institute.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore at a news conference in Montgomery, Ala., on Aug. 8.

Alabama's Chief Justice Faces Ethics Charges For Second Time

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was ousted on ethics charges in 2003 for defying a federal court order. On Wednesday he faces trial for defying the U.S. Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling.

A health department microbiologist looks for mosquitoes carrying Zika virus in Hutchins, Texas.

Congress Ends Spat, Agrees To Fund $1.1 Billion To Combat Zika

The deal to fight the mosquito-borne virus came after lawmakers dropped a controversial provision to block payments to Planned Parenthood for women's health care.

Police crime tape is displayed at the scene where a 16-year-old was shot and killed and an 18-year-old was shot and wounded on April 25 in Chicago.

FBI: Murders Up Nearly 11 Percent In 2015; Violent Crime Rose Slightly

Experts said homicides and other violence remain at low rates compared with a crime wave from 20 years ago.

This map shows the predicted distribution of <em>Aedis aegypti, </em>the mosquito that carries Zika virus. The redder the area, the higher the probability.

How Contagious Is Zika?

Scientists estimated how contagious the virus is in Colombia — and that gives us some clues to how it might spread in the U.S.

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