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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Germans thought they were immune to nationalism after confronting their Nazi past. They were wrong

    When Sabine Thonke joined a recent demonstration in Berlin against Germany's far-right party, it was the first time in years she felt hopeful that the growing power of the extremists in her country could be stopped. Thonke, 59, had been following the rise of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, with unease. If an election were held today, the AfD would be the second largest party, according to polls.

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    A student persuaded by his friend to get his legs amputated for a $1.3 million insurance scam wound up getting only $7,200 that he now has to return: prosecutors

    Zhang, 23, soaked his feet for over 10 hours in dry ice so they'd get so badly frostbitten that he'd need a double amputation, prosecutors said.

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    The One Thing You Should Never, Ever Do if You Want to Lower Your Risk of Cognitive Decline, According to a Neurologist

    Want to lower your risk of cognitive decline? Avoid this habit completely.

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    Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner backs New York county's ban on transgender female athletes

    Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner on Monday said she supported a local New York official’s order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from using county-owned facilities. The ban applies to over 100 athletic facilities in New York City's Long Island suburbs. Speaking alongside Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman at his office in Mineola, Jenner said allowing transgender athletes like herself to compete against other women will “ruin women’s sports” for years to come.

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    Years after her stepdad shot her in the face, Michigan woman gets a new nose

    In Chapter 5 of Amedy Dewey's story, Amedy undergoes another surgery, this one to reconstruct her nose, after being shot in the face six years ago.

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  • USCNN

    If Peter Navarro goes to prison, he’ll hear the lions roar

    Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro – if he can’t get a last-minute reprieve from the Supreme Court – hopes to spend his next few months working in air conditioning and sleeping in a dormitory for “elderly” male inmates at a prison next to a zoo.

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    State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs

    “The home was everything," to her father said LoGrande, 57. Rather, it was part of a routine process the federal government requires of every state: to recover money from the assets of dead people who, in their final years, relied on Medicaid, the taxpayer-funded health insurance for the poorest Americans. A person's home is typically exempt from qualifying for Medicaid.

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