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In this May 22, 2018 photo provided by the University of Louisville, Professor Susan Harkema watches as Kelly Thomas of Lecanto, Fla., practices walking with the help of a walker. “Recovery can happen if you have the right circumstances,” says Harkema, who co-authored a report on the use of electrical implants to stimulate the spinal cord. (Tom Fougerousse/University of Louisville via AP) NY916 NY916

Paralyzed people are beginning to walk with a new kind of therapy

A few patients paralyzed by spinal-cord injuries had an electrical stimulator implanted and underwent intensive physical therapy. They're taking their first steps in years.

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Matt Werner, an engineer, demonstrates how lidar technology can be applied at the southwestern border in Del Rio, Texas, Aug. 28, 2018. In a rural Texas county, lidar sensor technology is being tested as a way to spot illegal intruders from Mexico– a use that could divide workers in Silicon Valley. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media during a joint news conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban after their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Putin says “a chain of tragic circumstances” is to be blamed for a Russian military aircraft shot down by a Syrian missile. He vowed to boost security for Russian troops there. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool) XAZ127 XAZ127
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The plot to subvert an election: unraveling the Russia story so far

Southern California seniors are receiving booklets from the Coalition to Guarantee Social Security that seek contributions of hundreds of dollars to support non-existent legislation. (Dreamstime/TNS) 1240564 1240564
Personal Finance

How women who retire with their husbands often lose out | Liz Weston

Tusks from an ivory seizure in 2015 in Singapore after they have been sorted into pairs by the process developed by Wasser and his team.
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Who’s killing Africa’s elephants? UW study identifies ivory trafficking cartels

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Chris Moore departs from a helicopter with his two dogs, during a U.S. Coast Guard search-and-rescue operation, in North Carolina, Sept. 18, 2018. Coast Guard crews airlifted both people and pets to safety after Hurricane Florence inundated the area, sending rivers over their banks and cutting off communities across North Carolina. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times) XNYT21 XNYT21

10 days after Hurricane Florence, fresh chaos in S. Carolina  VIEW

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FILE — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein attends the confirmation hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018. Rosenstein is expected on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, to leave his job at the Justice Department, days after private discussions were revealed in which he talked about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office and secretly taping him to expose chaos in the administration. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT26 XNYT26

Rosenstein’s job to be topic of Thursday meeting with Trump

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This undated photo released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, shows a large Roman bath and a chamber likely for religious rituals, that was recently discovered in the town of Mit Rahina, 20 kilometers, or 12 miles, south of Cairo, Egypt. Egypt hopes such discoveries will spur tourism, partially driven by antiquities sightseeing, which was hit hard by political turmoil following the 2011 uprising. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities via AP) CAINM102 CAINM102

Archaeologists discover ‘massive’ ancient building in Egypt  VIEW

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Vivicca Whitsett, who has Type 2 diabetes, in an ad for the NovoLog FlexPen, an insulin injector.

Real patients now front and center in drug commercials

Oddities

Parents of freshmen camp at Tianjin University as their children settle in for their new school life in Tianjin, China, Sept. 5, 2018. The phenomenon of “tents of love” has prompted debate about whether parents are coddling the generation of only children born after China’s one-child policy was adopted in 1979. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times)

Coddling parents of Chinese college students stay close by in ‘tents of love’