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1. Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment

   A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies.

2. Trump says boat crews are narco-terrorists. The truth is more nuanced, AP finds

   In interviews in villages on Venezuela's northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists.

3. 4 dead, 11 injured after a car chased by police plows into a crowd outside Tampa bar

   A deadly crash in Tampa's Ybor City neighborhood early Saturday morning has left four people dead and 11 injured.

4. After 40 years, plans to deploy a new undersea habitat are in progress

   A British engineering and research company is unveiling a "subsea human habitat," a base that four people can live and work in for missions of a week or more. It's the first new underwater habitat developed since the 1980s.

5. CRISPR gene-editing works to reduce high cholesterol in a new study

   An experimental gene-editing treatment shows promise for permanently lowering levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, possibly helping cut the risk for heart disease.

6. Doctor in Sudan wins $1 million prize for his extraordinary courage: 'It is my duty'

   Dr. Jamal Eltaeb of Sudan has been awarded the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He says, "Every day we work in the impossible conditions with barely enough to keep people alive."

7. Opinion: Remembering Bob Trumpy — NFL great, broadcaster, and life-saver

   Bob Trumpy has died. While he leaves a fine legacy as a Cincinnati sportscaster, his best moment might have been the two hours he spoke with a desperate and depressed woman who called into his show.

8. An Israeli military court considers fate of U.S. teen charged with stone-throwing

   A Israeli military court will weigh the fate of a 16-year-old Palestinian-American facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly throwing rocks in the West Bank. U.S. lawmakers have urged his release.

9. Wait, what? A RAT caught and ate a BAT? And there's video! What does it portend?

   Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats... and virus spread to humans?

10. Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people

    The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for all Americans.