Month: June 2019

Trump Announces Deal With Mexico Averting Tariffs

Cindy Saine at the State Department contributed to this report.    U.S. President Donald Trump said late Friday that the United States and Mexico had reached a deal on migration …

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Two Execs Out as Uber Stock Sputters

Uber is parting ways with two of its top executives less than a month after the company’s rocky stock market debut. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told employees in an email Friday …

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Trump Criticizes NASA Moon Mission After Promoting It Earlier 

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized NASA for aiming to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024 and urged the space agency to focus instead on “much bigger” initiatives like going …

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US Legislators Seek Answers on Boeing 737 Max Defect 

Two key U.S. legislators want answers from Boeing and federal regulators about why the company waited more than a year to disclose that a safety alert in its 737 Max plane wasn’t …

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Trade War Clouds Outlook as Finance Chiefs Meet in Japan

Finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Japan this weekend will try to make headway on long-standing issues such as how much global giants like Facebook and Amazon should …

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Latin Lovers Tune In: Vatican Broadcasts News in Language of Ancient Rome

Friends, Romans and Latin lovers — lend the Vatican your ears. Vatican Radio is starting its first regular news bulletin in the language of Caesar and Cicero. Called “Hebdomada Papae, …

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Putin Says US Unilateralism Undermines Global Trade

Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized the United States for using pressure and sanctions to maintain its economic supremacy. Speaking Friday at an investment forum in St. Petersburg, Putin said …

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Research: Russian Disinformation on YouTube Draws Ads, Lacks Warnings

Fourteen Russia-backed YouTube channels spreading disinformation have been generating billions of views and millions of dollars in advertising revenue, according to researchers, and had not been labeled as state-sponsored, contrary …

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Facebook Stops Huawei From Pre-Installing Its Apps on Phones

Facebook has stopped letting its apps come pre-installed on smartphones sold by Huawei in order to comply with U.S. restrictions, dealing a fresh blow to the Chinese tech giant. The …

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Stitching Stories of Sexual Violence and Survival

It’s often hard for victims of sexual violence to speak about their experience. But 3,000 of them were able to express themselves through art, creating a personal square of fabric …

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Stitching Stories of Sexual Violence and Survival

Thousands of stories told by sexual assault survivors are stitched together in hundreds of quilts. Together, they form The Monument Quilt, organized by the activist collective FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture. …

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How Communities Can Survive Floods, Major Storms, Wildfires 

The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season is officially underway, yet many people haven’t recovered from some of last year’s storms. Meantime, tornados have torn up swaths of several U.S. states in …

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Floods, Major Storms, Wildfires Take Psychological Toll on Survivors

The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season is officially underway, yet people haven’t recovered from some of last year’s storms. Meantime, tornados have torn up swaths of several U.S. states in the …

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Seaweed Could Help Produce Biodegradable Plastic

Efforts to recycle discarded plastic have not reduced piles of single-use products from landfills, and China will no longer import plastic waste for recycling. The United Nations says more than …

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Harlem Remembers ‘Queen Of Swing’ Norma Miller

One of the first Lindy Hoppers in America, Norma Miller dazzled the country with this fast-paced, acrobatic dance in the 1930s and 1940s. A multitude of international tours and thousands …

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WHO: 1 Million STD Cases Diagnosed Every Day

More than 1 million people across the world are diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STI) every day, the World Health Organization said. In a study released Thursday, the U.N. health …

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NASA: Just Binoculars Needed to See Jupiter’s Largest Moons

Keep an eye on the sky this month as the mighty Jupiter puts on a show.  NASA says Jupiter will make its closest approach to Earth in June — so …

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‘Dr. John,’ Funky New Orleans ‘Nite-Tripper’ Musician, Dies

Dr. John, the New Orleans musician who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said. He was 77. …

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US Measles Cases Pass 1,000 Mark for 2019  

The number of measles cases confirmed in the United States in 2019 has reached 1,001, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report said this week. As of last week, …

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T. Rex Finds Dangerous Meal as Smithsonian Dinosaur Hall Reopens

A dramatic scene from the twilight of the age of dinosaurs —a T. rex feasting upon a horned plant-eater named Triceratops — will greet visitors when an ambitious new fossil …

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Fiat Chrysler Drops Renault Merger Idea

Italian-U.S. carmaker Fiat Chrysler on Thursday pulled the plug on its proposed merger with Renault, saying negotiations had become “unreasonable” because of  political resistance in Paris.     Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, …

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Obamas Sign Deal to Produce Podcasts for Spotify

Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company Higher Ground has signed a deal with Spotify to create a series of podcasts for the music streaming service, which is seeking to diversify …

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