Faulty drug tests, forgotten archives, longest freshwater migration: Catch up on the day’s stories
By Jordan D. Brown, Toni Odejimi, CNN
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1⃣ False positives
Speaking of drugs, one state is pushing back against commonly used field tests that experts say lead to tens of thousands of wrongful arrests each year. From a toddler’s ashes misidentified as methamphetamine or ecstasy to a great‑grandmother’s medication testing positive for cocaine, the errors are startling.
2⃣ A splintering movement
As people in some corners of the internet cheered the recent attack on the home of OpenAI’s CEO, the incident may have exposed a dark underbelly of the anti-AI movement.
3⃣ Forgotten archive
More than 80 years after World War II, an incredible trove of documents from a prestigious art school reveals photographs, letters and artwork from applicants hoping to escape Nazism.
4⃣ Continent-spanning voyage
The dorado catfish has the world’s longest freshwater migration. It’s also one of the most endangered. Amazon nations are uniting to save it.
5⃣ Decades of tourism
“The Godfather” descended on a tiny Sicilian village in 1971, and it’s never been the same. Savoca — where fewer than 100 people live — remains closely tied to the film.
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A chance find in a London archive recently led to the discovery of a home belonging to what famous playwright?
A. Oscar Wilde
B. William Shakespeare
C. Anton Chekhov
D. Henrik Ibsen
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