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Every retired number for the Celtics and who wore it
Boston - 22 Feb 2019 04:10
The Celtics have retired 23 numbers in the team's 73-season history.
Devin McCourty said he is returning to the Patriots for 2019
Boston - 22 Feb 2019 14:00
"Me playing football is doing something, is doing more than just winning games and winning Super Bowls.''
Trump to meet Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Friday: White House
Reuters - 22 Feb 2019 04:17
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, who is leading trade talks with U.S. officials in Washington, at the White House on Friday, the White House said on Thursday.
White House Says 200 Troops Will Stay in Syria, Retreating From a Full Withdrawal
The New York Times - 22 Feb 2019 04:54
The move was a concession to allies and Pentagon officials who have argued that a complete American withdrawal risks returning key areas in Syria to the Islamic State.
Coast Guard Officer Plotted Terror Attacks at His Desk, Filings Say
The New York Times - 22 Feb 2019 04:39
Lt. Christopher P. Hasson, who hoped to spark a race war, had studied the Unabomber, the Virginia Tech gunman and other extremist killers, the authorities said.
ISIS bride Hoda Muthana's family files lawsuit against Trump
USA Today - 22 Feb 2019 16:40Australian who drove into crowd, killed 6, sentenced to life
Miami Herald - 22 Feb 2019 04:48
A man who drove a stolen car into lunchtime crowds in downtown Melbourne and killed six people was sentenced to life imprisonment Friday in what the judge described as "one …
The White House Says It Will Keep 200 U.S. Troops in Syria for Now
Time - 22 Feb 2019 04:18
The White House said the troops are a "small peace keeping group"
Hundreds of students march in Paris for climate action
Miami Herald - 22 Feb 2019 16:59
Hundreds of French students have taken to the streets of Paris to call for more action to fight climate change, one day after a similar march in Brussels. Greta Thunberg, …
No clarity yet from Beijing on intellectual property: USDA trade official
Reuters - 22 Feb 2019 16:50
Chinese trade negotiators have yet to provide clarity on how Beijing will address Washington's demands for more protection of American intellectual property, a key issue in negotiations to end a trade dispute between the...
Nigeria's election: Concerns for low turnout after delay
Al Jazeera English - 22 Feb 2019 16:46
Many see last week’s delay as evidence of manipulation, with both the camps accusing each other of trying to rig the vote.
Afrofuturism gains new momentum as artists reclaim black history
CBSNews - 22 Feb 2019 16:41
The record-breaking film "Black Panther" is the first superhero movie ever to be nominated for "Best Picture." It features a predominantly black cast and gives black boys and girls a chance to imagine themselves as super...
Senegal candidates wrap up campaigns ahead of presidential vote
Al Jazeera English - 22 Feb 2019 16:40
Five candidates are running for the country's top office, with incumbent Macky Sall favourite to win the contest.
Nicaragua's Ortega says he will restart talks with opponents
Miami Herald - 22 Feb 2019 04:40
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said Thursday he will restart talks with his opponents, seven months after the last round of dialogue broke down and the government unleashed a round of …
Israeli acting foreign minister doubles down on Nazi comment
Miami Herald - 22 Feb 2019 16:51
Israel's acting foreign minister has doubled down on his divisive claim that Poles collaborated with the Nazis and "suckled anti-Semitism with their mothers' milk." Israel Katz said in a live …
GOP Rep. Steve King complains he's been the victim of 'cyberbullying' for his comments about white supremacy
The Week - 22 Feb 2019 16:49
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who was removed from his committee assignments last month after comments about white supremacy, says he will seek re-election in 2020 and will do so with a clean conscience. King in an interview...
7.5-magnitude earthquake rocks Ecuador-Peru border region
New York Post - 22 Feb 2019 16:41
QUITO/LIMA -- A deep magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck the Peru-Ecuador border region early Friday, the US Geological Survey said, causing tremors that the Ecuadorian president said were felt around the country. The quake'...
Wallace's giant bee, world's largest, refound by scientists
Al Jazeera English - 22 Feb 2019 04:36
Team of international researchers finds the first specimens of the giant insect in Indonesia's North Moluccas islands.
She may be Florida's first lawyer with autism. And she's out to change lives and minds
USA Today - 22 Feb 2019 04:20Australian who drove into crowd, killed 6, sentenced to life
Fox News - 22 Feb 2019 04:14
A man who drove a stolen car into lunchtime crowds in downtown Melbourne and killed six people was sentenced to life imprisonment in what the judge described as "one of the worst examples of mass murder in Australian his...
New marijuana laws in 2019 could help black and Latino drug dealers go legal
USA Today - 22 Feb 2019 04:11
Marijuanalegalization advocates across the country are demanding remedies to address decades of demonstrably racist policing against minorities.
Trump Administration Blocks Funds for Planned Parenthood and Others Over Abortion Referrals
The New York Times - 22 Feb 2019 22:58
The new rule would steer federal family planning funds under Title X to anti-abortion and faith based groups.