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'Blackfish' Director Calls New SeaWorld Policy 'A Defining Moment'

NPR

Published March 20, 2016 at 8:18 AM EDT

Sea World is shutting down its controversial Orca shows. In light of this, Rachel Martin revisits a conversation with Gabriela Cowperthwaite, director of the documentary Blackfish.

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Voters in Alabama's new congressional district return to the polls for primary runoffs

Kyle Gassiott

Alabama's second congressional district was reshaped to give Black voters more political power and followed a lengthy legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
Finally! Tough new safety rules on silica dust are out to protect miners' lungs

Howard Berkes

Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators say stricter new rules to limit miners' exposure to silica dust are expected to finally go on the books on Tuesday.
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Fire ravages 17th-century Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, toppling the iconic spire

The Associated Press

Passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables as a fire raged through one of Copenhagen's oldest buildings on Tuesday.

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