| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Orion's first test flight under way | | The new Orion spacecraft lifted off on an uncrewed test flight that begins what NASA hopes is a new era of space exploration, including sending a human to Mars. |
| Robot farmers for Mars? | | A former shuttle launch controller says NASA is developing robot farmers to provide food for astronauts while on Mars. |
| Opinion: Why Barkley is clueless | | There is nothing wrong with professional athletes expressing their opinions about social or political issues. Just because you slip on a helmet or swing a racquet doesn't mean you don't have the right to voice an opinion on politics, the economy, faith or any other issue in America. |
| Opinion: Outrage of 'virginity tests' | | Like thousands of other female applicants to Indonesia's National Police, 24-year-old Sari (not her real name) submitted to the mandatory "virginity test" that the authorities require women -- but not men -- to take as part of the application process. |
| Opinion: The most unequal city is...? | | Last year, after CNN readers voted for me to do a story on income inequality, I spent two weeks reporting from what was then the "most unequal place in America": East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. It's a tiny patch of land on the western bank of the Mississippi River -- home to a beautiful oxbow lake called Lake Providence. That lake, I found, is a stark barrier between rich and poor -- and a fitting microcosm for inequality across the nation. |
| Opinion: Should boss email after work? | | As a frequent traveler to Germany, I can't help but compare it to the United States. At first, I admired its new architecture. Then I became fascinated with how many different recycling bins line the streets. Lately, I've been marveling at the country's work-life balance. |
| Opinion: Build cops who don't kill? | | The grand jury decisions not to indict officers in the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson and the killing of Eric Garner on Staten Island have been made. Unsurprisingly, some people agree with them and others do not. |
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