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A Moment in Mexico: Children of the Narco Zone
The New York Times - 10 Dec 2018 20:38
What it's like to grow up as the child of an avowed gangster.
Michael Cohen Wanted to Cooperate in His Own Way. Prosecutors Had Other Ideas.
The New York Times - 10 Dec 2018 04:16
It seems Mr. Cohen offered to provide just enough information to make a bid for leniency, but nothing more about his or others' activities.
Shutdown Looms and Priorities Stack Up as Congress Races Toward Session's End
The New York Times - 10 Dec 2018 04:07
The largest impasse in a must-pass spending package is funding for President Trump's wall, but lawmakers are looking at rolling in an array of other legislation.
Yemen's warring sides negotiating truce for key port Hodeida
Miami Herald - 10 Dec 2018 17:10
Delegations from Yemen's warring sides discussed expanding a shaky truce in the key port city of Hodeida on Monday, however neither side appeared ready to agree on initial draft proposals …
Video shows NYPD officers violently tearing a baby from his mother's arms
The Week - 10 Dec 2018 17:07
A video published on Facebook shows a group of New York City police officers violently yanking a baby away from his mother while attempting to arrest her at a social services office in Brooklyn. The clip was uploaded Fri...
Fearless 102-year-old grandma skydives for charity
Miami Herald - 10 Dec 2018 17:00
A fearless 102-year-old grandma completed a skydiving jump in South Australia, on Sunday, December 9, in a bid to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association of South Australia. …
Macron to address French nation as students blockade dozens of schools
CNN - 10 Dec 2018 16:55
France's beleaguered president, Emmanuel Macron, will address the nation later Monday amid widespread protests that over the past four weeks have morphed from a grassroots movement against fuel tax hikes, to disparate de...
U.S. top court rebuffs state bids to cut Planned Parenthood funds
Reuters - 10 Dec 2018 16:54
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to Louisiana and Kansas, turning away their appeals of lower court rulings that blocked their efforts to end public funding to Planned Parenthood, a national women's healt...
Taxi driver dies after setting himself on fire to protest carpool app
New York Post - 10 Dec 2018 16:53
SEOUL – A South Korean taxi driver set himself on fire and died on Monday to protest a carpooling service proposed by a company that operates the country's most popular chat app. The 57-year-old driver doused himself i...
National Guard called in as snow, ice paralyze much of Southeast
USA Today - 10 Dec 2018 16:43Mom drowns in freezing pond while trying to save dog: cops
New York Post - 10 Dec 2018 16:42
A Michigan mom of three drowned in a freezing pond while trying to save her dog after the animal fell through the ice, police said. Tracy Cashman, 38, disappeared Saturday night after taking her Goldendoodle Lola out for...
President Trump defends payments to women as 'private transaction'
USA Today - 10 Dec 2018 16:37Dog survives Camp Fire, waits weeks to reunite with owner in Paradise
USA Today - 10 Dec 2018 16:35The Dangers of Doing Favors for Donald Trump
The New York Times - 10 Dec 2018 13:00
The president is often unable or unwilling to spot the difference between a favor and a crooked scheme.
Global stocks extend slump as global growth worries mount
Reuters - 10 Dec 2018 05:19
Global stocks extended their slump on Monday, with U.S. equity futures and Asian shares sliding on worries over slowing growth and fears that a fresh flare-up in tensions between Washington and Beijing could quash chance...
Chicago Teachers Union Ends Strike Against Charter School Operator After Tentative Deal Struck
Time - 10 Dec 2018 05:11
It was the U.S.'s first teachers' strike against a charter school operator
Ex-FBI chief: Democrats must oust Trump in 2020
CNN - 10 Dec 2018 06:39
Former FBI Director James Comey asked American voters Sunday night to end Donald Trump's presidency with a "landslide" victory for his opponent in 2020.
South Sudan, a nation embracing its identity through its skin
Al Jazeera English - 10 Dec 2018 05:00
In the world's youngest country, skin whitening and the issue of colourism is linked to a complex history.
Indonesia: Papuan Militants Kill 17
Human Rights Watch - 10 Dec 2018 04:55
Expand Cartoonist's depiction of Indonesian government restrictions on media freedom and rights monitoring in Papua. © 2015 Toni Malakian for Human Rights Watch (Jakarta) - Indonesian police should investigate a Papuan ...
River Plate beat Argentine rivals Boca to win Copa Libertadores
Al Jazeera English - 10 Dec 2018 04:14
Second leg of final was controversially moved to Madrid after violence saw the original game in Buenos Aires postponed.
Trump's top choice for chief of staff not taking job; other candidates in running
Reuters - 10 Dec 2018 04:09
Nick Ayers, Donald Trump's top choice to be his next chief of staff, is no longer in the running and the U.S. president is now considering at least two other candidates, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday, t...
Christine Quinn corralling NY Democrats for Nancy Pelosi speaker bid
New York Post - 10 Dec 2018 04:02
WASHINGTON --- Christine Quinn, vice chair of the state Democratic Committee, is trying to whip any stragglers in New York’s congressional delegation into line behind Nancy Pelosi’s bid for reelection as Speaker of t...