Islamic State Reportedly Seizes Last Syria-Iraq Border Crossing Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Islamic State Reportedly Seizes Last Syria-Iraq Border Crossing The checkpoint at al-Tanf, known as al-Waleed in Iraq, has been seized, according to a British-based monitoring group that says ISIS fighters now control half of Syria. Read this story Irish Voters Decide Whether To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Polls show the "yes" vote is stronger in the conservative, predominately Catholic country. But public opinion surveys could be masking a "shy no vote," observers say. Read this story Census Reveals Universe Of Marine Microbes At Bottom Of The Food Chain The ocean's tiniest inhabitants — including bacteria, plankton, krill — are food for most everything that swims or floats. Now, scientists have completed a count of this vast and diverse hidden world. Read this story Uneasy Rider: The Origins Of Motorcycle Gangs And How They Remain A Force Steve Cook, who heads the Midwest Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigators Association, tells NPR that soldiers returning from World War II formed biker gangs, which became infamous during a 1947 riot. Read this story In America's Heartland, Heroin Crisis Is Hitting Too Close To Home Midwestern and Southwestern states struggle with an influx of heroin being sold for cheap by Mexican cartels. In one community, a spike in heroin-related deaths has everyone on high alert. Read this story more news stories

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