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Baltimore state’s attorney announces she’s charging six cops in death of Freddie Gray
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Americans gather outside the Supreme Court for gay-marriage oral arguments
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Obama gets an “anger translator” at the White House Correspondents Dinner
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100 years later, thousands in LA take to the streets to remember the Armenian genocide
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Japan’s newest high-speed train sets a world record
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Omg omg new Star Wars trailer omg
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Senate hearing interrupted by a senator’s “Frozen” ringtone
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Confetti bomb! ECB chair Mario Draghi attacked by protestor at press conference
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Marco Rubio is the next to jump into the 2016 presidential race
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Rand Paul abruptly leaves Guardian interview after sparring with reporter
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Conservative activist Dinesh D’Souza makes a “Life After Conviction” video
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Obama takes on “less-than-loving Christians,” and the crowd eats it up
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Robert Wright and Middle East scholar Joshua Landis of the Quincy Institute game out the global and regional fallout from the Iran war.
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Tyler Johnston, founder of the Midas Project, joins Robert Wright to discuss the funding and activities of the group Build American AI. Plus: Elon’s OpenAI grievance, the singularity, and more.
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Psychologist Paul Bloom, author of the Small Potatoes newsletter, assesses Robert Wright’s forthcoming book The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning.
