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Dozens of corpses of Islamic State militants still lie where they fell in the battle over Mosul that ended last summer. In the final throes of the fight, Iraqi authorities tirelessly dug for the bodies of civilians. But they ignored the bodies of IS militants, saying they should be collected with the trash. VOA is on hand in Mosul as authorities finally begin collecting the remains of the IS militants while frustrated residents continue to feel neglected.

At least 50,000 Twitter accounts have been linked to Russian propaganda efforts. As these ‘bots’ evolve and become more human-like, it’s harder and harder to figure out what’s real and what’s fake on the internet. That’s why a couple of college students have developed a program that lets Twitter users check to see whether an account on Twitter is run by a human or a bot.

Not everyone on the South Side of Chicago is sold on having the Obama Presidential Center in the neighborhood. The 21-acre campus in Jackson Park would include a variety of spaces for community use surrounding a large tower, which would house the Obama Presidential Museum. But 200 professors at the University of Chicago, where Obama once worked, have denounced the project’s location. And at least one of them, who considers himself an Obama friend, says the former president is ‘tone deaf’ on the subject.

VIDEO: A Syrian refugee has found a home with a British couple whose parents fled the Holocaust. The London-based husband and wife have opened their home to refugees because they feel a special empathy for their plight, given that their parents fled Nazi Germany before World War II.

VIDEO: Disabled young people in New York are able to score on the ice thanks to sled hockey. The Paralympic sport allows the kids to skate, pass, shoot and score despite any physical limitations. Players sit on a metal frame sled and use poles to push themselves and handle the puck. Aside from not being allowed to sled backwards, the rules are similar to ice hockey and the play can be just as rough.