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The Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission to accept Aadhaar cards as a valid proof of identity for voter list inclusion in Bihar, adding it as the 12th accepted document. This decision ...

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Donald Trump has claimed the use of paracetamol in pregnancy is linked to an increased risk of autism - but what does the evidence say? Americans consume more than 40% of all the world's paracetamol, ...

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New evidence has surfaced in the trial of Joshua Hubert — accused of throwing his best friend’s 7-year-old off a Worcester bridge after raping her — that his lawyer claims supports Hubert’s innocence ...

James W. Dearing ([email protected]) is a professor in the Department of Communication at Michigan State University, in East Lansing. Jeffrey G. Cox is a research associate in the Department of ...