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Vaping Kills a 15-Year-Old in Texas
The New York Times - 10 Jan 2020 02:02
The teenager was the youngest to die so far in the outbreak of lung illnesses that affected thousands of people.
Cuomo's 2020 Vision: Turbulent Waters and So Many Octopuses
The New York Times - 10 Jan 2020 01:57
The New York governor commissioned a surreal poster that shows him navigating a "sea of division" and "squalls of hate."
Facebook tweaks ad policy but still allows political lies in U.S. campaign 2020
Reuters - 10 Jan 2020 04:45
Facebook Inc announced limited changes on Thursday to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools, but defied critics' demands that it bar politicians from using its ads...
Trump now says climate change is 'serious' and not 'a hoax'
The Week - 10 Jan 2020 03:22
President Trump on Thursday announced plans to change National Environmental Policy Act rules, in order to make it easier to build gas pipelines and construct mines and highways. As they are written now, the regulations ...
Watch Russian warship 'aggressively' encounter US ship
CNN - 10 Jan 2020 17:50
A Russian warship "aggressively approached" a US Navy destroyer while it was operating in the North Arabian Sea, ignoring warnings from the US vessel and increasing the risk of a collision, the US Navy said. CNN's Barbar...
Climate change protests stretch to London as Australia bushfires rage
Reuters - 10 Jan 2020 17:01
Thousands of Australians took to the streets on Friday to protest against government inaction on climate change, as bushfires ravaged tens of thousands of square miles of bushland after months of destruction and at least...
U.S. House votes to rein in Trump's war powers as U.S.-Iran tensions stay high
Reuters - 10 Jan 2020 04:42
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran as the Middle East remained tense after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian commander and Iran's ...
Trump calls his decision to authorize Soleimani strike 'bold and decisive'
The Week - 10 Jan 2020 04:30
President Trump was his own hype man during a campaign rally Thursday night in Toledo, Ohio. He praised his decision to authorize the airstrike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani last week, calling it a "bold...
New U.S. plan keeps autonomous vehicle standards voluntary
Boston - 10 Jan 2020 04:11
"The goals are simple, clear and consistent," she said. "Improve safety, security, and quality of life for all Americans."
Ticket, Passport, Pregnancy Test. Flying to This U.S. Island Can Be Complicated.
Wall Street Journal - 10 Jan 2020 17:13
Immigration concerns in Saipan, a U.S. birth-tourism destination, are putting new pressures on airlines that fly there to screen their passengers.
U.S. says any delegation to Iraq would not discuss troop withdrawal
Reuters - 10 Jan 2020 16:56
Any delegation the United States would send to Iraq would not discuss the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country, the U.S. State Department said on Friday, saying the force presence there was "appropriate."
Trump reportedly admitted impeachment played a big role in his Soleimani decision
The Week - 10 Jan 2020 16:55
President Trump's decision to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani reportedly had some self-serving underpinnings. The assassination and subsequent conflict with Iran has pushed Trump's looming impeachment trial out of the...
950 earthquakes have hit Puerto Rico so far this year. Why? Blame it on an 'earthquake swarm'
USA Today - 10 Jan 2020 16:50
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake - and 950 smaller ones - have hit Puerto Rico in the first 10 days of January 2020. So why is this happening?
Factbox: How social media services handle political ads
Reuters - 10 Jan 2020 04:23
Online platforms including Facebook and Alphabet Inc's Google face growing pressure to stop carrying political ads that contain false or misleading claims ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
U.S. inquiry into FBI, Clinton spurred by Republicans ends without results: Washington Post
Reuters - 10 Jan 2020 04:06
A U.S. Justice Department inquiry into Republican allegations of misconduct at the department and the FBI, including its handling of investigations related to 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, effec...
Body of missing Mexican journalist found riddled with bullets near highway
New York Post - 10 Jan 2020 03:54
The body of a Mexican journalist and radio host who went missing in November was found riddled with bullets Wednesday, officials said. Fidel Avila, of the "Ke Buena" station in the western state of Michoacan's Huetamo mu...
Videos Show Ukrainian Plane in Iran Struck Before Deadly Crash
Time - 10 Jan 2020 17:00
The footage shows the final seconds of the jet and what likely brought it down
She was born intersex. Her parents elected to let her grow up without surgical intervention
CNN - 10 Jan 2020 16:49
Seven-year-old Rosie Lohman loves arts and crafts (especially any involving glitter), currently wants to be a DJ when she grows up, and happens to have been born intersex.
Race for Democratic primary endorsements heats up
CBSNews - 10 Jan 2020 04:57
The four front-runners for the Democratic presidential primary remain locked in a dead heat as candidates begin to vie for major endorsements. CBSN's Caitlin Huey-Burns and the Washington Post's Dan Balz join "Red & Blue...
Boeing releases internal messages on 737 MAX, calls them 'completely unacceptable'
Reuters - 10 Jan 2020 04:18
Boeing Co on Thursday released hundreds of internal messages that raise serious questions about its development of simulators and the 737 MAX that was grounded in March after two fatal crashes, prompting outrage from U.S...
The week's best photojournalism
The Week - 10 Jan 2020 23:00
A man visits ice sculptures in Harbin, China. | (REUTERS/Aly Song) A car drives on a snow-covered road in Debrecen, Hungary. | (Zsolt Czegledi/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) A hot-air balloon shaped like a bird takes off from Mon...
Japanese Billionaire Pledges to Give Away $9 Million to His Twitter Followers
Time - 10 Jan 2020 18:17
Maezawa has yet to announce when the winners will be named