WORLD STORIES - 10/28/2018

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Ireland passes a referendum by 65% to remove blasphemy as a criminal offence.

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Thousands protest to save Hambach Forest: Thousands of people have protested to save the last 200 hectares of western Germany's ancient Hambach Forest. The forest is at risk of being felled to allow energy giant RWE to continue its lignite mining operations.

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WWE Crown Jewel: John Cena and Daniel Bryan Reportedly Out of Saudi Arabia Show.

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Weekend Discussion Thread: Midterm Polling and Predictions.

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Trump Lies About Sept. 11 to Justify Holding Campaign Rally After Synagogue Shooting.

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Georgia’s Kemp Purged 340,134 Voters, Falsely Asserting They Had Moved.

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Study suggest that the cerebellum has a hand in every aspect of higher brain functions — not just movement, but attention, thinking, planning and decision-making. As it serves as a quality check on movement, it also checks thoughts as well -- smoothing them out, correcting them, perfecting things..

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In Massachusetts, nearly 5% of people over 11 abuse opioids. The study found that 4.6% of people over the age of 11, or more than 275,000 in the state, abuse opioids. That's nearly four times higher than previous estimates based on national data, the study authors said..

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Just a few drinks of alcohol can change how memories are formed. Researchers found that alcohol hijacks a conserved memory pathway in the brain and changes which versions of genes are made, forming the cravings that fuel addiction..

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