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When "rehab" means patients do unpaid work for big companies
CBSNews - 24 Apr 2019 22:44
Cenikor Foundation has sent tens of thousands of patients to work without pay at more than 300 for-profit companies
Sri Lankan politician calls for burka ban in wake of terror attacks
New York Post - 24 Apr 2019 16:59
A Sri Lankan Parliament member has submitted a motion to ban the burka in the country as a national security measure — days after the Easter Sunday attacks that claimed 359 lives, according to new reports. Ashu Marasin...
McDonald's plastic straw petition: Call to ditch paper straws
BBC - 24 Apr 2019 17:54
Petition started for McDonald's to stop their paper straw roll-out "as they dissolve in drinks".
Trump demands New York Times apologize for Russia probe coverage
New York Post - 24 Apr 2019 04:23
President Trump demanded Tuesday that The New York Times beg for his forgiveness for its coverage of the Russia probe. "I wonder if the New York Times will apologize to me a second time, as they did after the 2016 Electi...
Trump Hauls Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to the Oval Office, Wants to Know Why He Doesn't Have More Twitter Followers
Slate - 24 Apr 2019 04:22
The president suggests Twitter try using "flying water tankers" to help solve the problem. Or any problem really.
Would Man Utd fans prefer Man City or Liverpool to win the Premier League?
BBC - 24 Apr 2019 07:13
Manchester United fans take on a game of 'would you rather' to see just how far they would go to stop Liverpool lifting the Premier League trophy
Death toll rises to 359 in Sri Lanka bombings, more arrested
Miami Herald - 24 Apr 2019 05:45
The death toll from the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 359 and more suspects have been arrested, police said Wednesday. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility …
Trump: White House considering asserting executive privilege to hinder congressional probes
USA Today - 24 Apr 2019 04:05
In Washington Post interview, Trump said Democratic-led investigations are unnecessary given results ofspecial counsel Robert Mueller's report.
Top Christie aide sentenced to 13 months for role in "Bridgegate"
CBSNews - 24 Apr 2019 23:16
Bridget Kelly, Christie's former deputy chief of staff, says that the former governor is to blame for the scandal
Putin: we don't want to cause problems for new Ukraine president
Reuters - 24 Apr 2019 17:02
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday it was unacceptable that residents of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions had no rights, but he said Moscow did not want to create problems for the new Ukrainian leadership.
George W. Bush's top speechwriter is now calling for Trump's impeachment
The Week - 24 Apr 2019 17:02
Another Republican has hopped on the impeachment train. After the Mueller report detailed President Trump's failure to take what Michael Gerson calls "a criminal plot by a hostile foreign government" to the FBI, the chie...
Japan apologizes to forcibly sterilized people, vows redress
Miami Herald - 24 Apr 2019 16:59
Japan's government apologized Wednesday to tens of thousands of people who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law which was designed to "prevent the birth of poor-quality descendants," …
Court to hear arguments in legal challenge to "Remain in Mexico"
CBSNews - 24 Apr 2019 16:48
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked many of the administration's immigration polices, prompting the president's ire
Honduran brothers reunited six months after being separated at U.S. border
CBSNews - 24 Apr 2019 16:45
Two brothers, originally from Honduras, have been reunited six months after they were taken into custody and separated at the U.S. border. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan says the Trump administration'...
Suicide bombing intelligence row stokes political tension in Sri Lanka
Reuters - 24 Apr 2019 16:43
Political tension mounted in Sri Lanka on Wednesday over the handling of advance intelligence related to Easter Sunday's suicide bombings, with an ally of the prime minister charging that top officials deliberately withh...
President Trump says if Democrats try to impeach him, he'll take it to the Supreme Court
USA Today - 24 Apr 2019 16:42Ukrainians fear measles vaccination as infection rate rises
Al Jazeera English - 24 Apr 2019 16:40
Ukraine has most measles infections globally with its low vaccination rate and widespread scepticism over its efficacy.
'You can't arrest your way out of record drug-related deaths,' say police
The Guardian - 24 Apr 2019 08:00
Police forces across the UK are offering drug users pre-arrest education and treatment instead of a caution or charge In what is effectively de facto drug decriminalisation, people caught in possession of personal amount...
Trump's Fed Pick Stephen Moore: Critics are "Pulling a Kavanaugh Against Me"
Slate - 24 Apr 2019 16:57
Moore has come under scrutiny for derogatory columns about women.
Beijing celebration of building binge overshadowed by debt
Miami Herald - 24 Apr 2019 05:43
Asian and African leaders plan to press Beijing at a conference this week to reduce the politically volatile debt burden left by its Belt and Road Initiative to build ports …
Feds detail ex-pharma CEO's shady 'drug deals'
New York Post - 24 Apr 2019 04:54
The former CEO of a major pharmaceutical distributor was hauled into court in handcuffs Tuesday -- and faces life behind bars -- on charges he illegally supplied shady pharmacies with deadly opioids. Laurence Doud III, 7...
In Latvia during military exercises shells fell 150 metres from private houses
OpEdNews - 24 Apr 2019 04:47
In Latvia, - da--i County, during military exercises anti-tank shells flying outside of the ground fell 150 metres from residential houses.