A study of ancient Japanese bones might challenge our ideas about human nature; ‘Something went horribly wrong’ for an experienced diver in the caves beneath N.M.’s Blue Hole; Watch a middle-aged cop teach an 11-year-old homeless girl how to play hopscotch; Philadelphia apologizes to Jackie Robinson for the ‘unconscionable abuse’ he once suffered there; Federal judge voids Mississippi ban on same-sex couple adoptions; Pittsburgh TV station ‘ends relationship’ with anchor after racially tinged Facebook post; All-American swimmer found guilty of sexually assaulting unconscious woman on Stanford campus; A brief, totally sincere history of April Fools’ Day; Can a white guy have dreadlocks? This puzzling viral video wades into the politics of black hair.; Mississippi’s Senate just approved a sweeping ‘religious liberty’ bill that critics say is the worst yet for LGBT rights;
 
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An ancient site spotted from space could rewrite the history of Vikings in North America
"Either it's ... an entirely new culture that looks exactly like the Norse and we don't know what it is, or it's the westernmost Norse site that's ever been discovered," archaeologist Sarah Parcak told The Post.
A study of ancient Japanese bones might challenge our ideas about human nature
Is violence an unavoidable aspect of human nature? A group of Japanese scientists suggest the answer is no -- and, instead, warfare may depend on specific conditions.
 
‘Something went horribly wrong’ for an experienced diver in the caves beneath N.M.’s Blue Hole
In 20 years of diving, Shane Thompson had helped recover the bodies of divers who disappeared in the depths. But this time he was the one who needed to be found.
 
Watch a middle-aged cop teach an 11-year-old homeless girl how to play hopscotch
"If you touch the line, you’re out," he explained to the quiet girl before he started bounding through the boxes.
 
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Philadelphia apologizes to Jackie Robinson for the ‘unconscionable abuse’ he once suffered there
"Whatever Jackie Robinson faced during the 1947 season — and it was immense — few teams treated him as disgracefully as the Phillies."
 
Federal judge voids Mississippi ban on same-sex couple adoptions
"The majority of the United States Supreme Court dictates the law of the land, and lower courts are bound to follow it. In this case, that means" Mississippi's law "... violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution."
 
Pittsburgh TV station ‘ends relationship’ with anchor after racially tinged Facebook post
On her professional Facebook page Wendy Bell had declared that the gunmen in a recent deadly ambush shooting were "young black men" raised by single mothers even though police have yet to release a description of suspects.
 
All-American swimmer found guilty of sexually assaulting unconscious woman on Stanford campus
Prosecutors called Brock Turner a "predator" and the "face of campus sexual assault." But his defense attorney said Turner was just a college kid who committed a mistake, not a crime.
 
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A brief, totally sincere history of April Fools’ Day
It involves "kick me" signs, paper fish and spaghetti that grows on trees.
 
Can a white guy have dreadlocks? This puzzling viral video wades into the politics of black hair.
Was it cultural appropriation for a white man to be sporting dreadlocks? Or was the black woman's pointed disapproval another instance of political correctness gone awry? And could the whole exchange have been staged?
 
Mississippi’s Senate just approved a sweeping ‘religious liberty’ bill that critics say is the worst yet for LGBT rights
The bill says that individuals, businesses and public employees can't be punished for acting on the belief that marriage is between a man and a woman and gender is determined at birth.
 
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