Adam Schiff, the erudite and dogged chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, is prosecuting the case of his life on Capitol Hill this fall. The 59-year old former federal attorney…
more ...Iraq’s Violent Protests Raise Fears Over Country’s Future
In recent days, anti-government protests have engulfed Baghdad and some other cities in Iraq. Security forces have opened fire, killing dozens and wounding hundreds. A curfew has been imposed in…
more ...How Sears Catalog Fought White Supremacists
By the late 19th century, slavery was over, but the American South was still rife with discrimination and injustice for rural African American sharecroppers. “They could only shop at one…
more ...Trump Administration Shifting to Privatize Migrant Child Detention
On a recent day in a remodeled brick church in the Rio Grande Valley, a caregiver tried to soothe a toddler, offering him a sippy cup. The adult knew next…
more ...Mia Farrow Visits Chad to Promote New Approach to Hunger
Groups of women had traveled for days to find care for their starving children in Chad, blankly staring in exhaustion and with little hope. But other women smiled, relieved to…
more ...MGM to Settle 2017 Las Vegas Mass Shooting Suit
A Las Vegas Law Firm says there is an agreement on a settlement between MGM Resorts International and victims of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The legal firm…
more ...AP-NORC Poll: Most Say Whites Treated More Fairly By Police
Majorities of Americans across racial lines say white people are treated more fairly than black people by the police, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for…
more ...Melinda Gates Pledges $1 Billion to Speed Up Gender Equality
Melinda Gates has pledged $1 billion to promote gender equality in the United States. In an article published in Time Wednesday, Gates wrote, “It’s frustrating — even heartbreaking — to…
more ...Tensions Over Hong Kong Unrest Flare on US College Campuses
As political tensions flare back home, Hong Kong students on U.S. college campuses say they have been ostracized and in some cases threatened by fellow students from mainland China, and…
more ...Dallas Cop Gets 10 Years in Prison for Killing Her Neighbor
A white Dallas police officer was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for killing her black neighbor in his apartment, which she said she mistook for her own unit…
more ...Sudan Seeks Removal from US Terrorism List
Following months of political instability after the ousting of longtime President Omar al-Bashir, the new interim government in Sudan is now seeking to remove the country from the U.S. list…
more ...N. Korea Builds Leverage, Demonstrates Threat, With Likely Submarine Launch
North Korea has tested what appears to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile — an important advancement in Pyongyang’s weapons program and a major provocation just days ahead of working-level nuclear…
more ...‘Car Wash’ Probe Faces New Challenges
Brazil’s top court is expected to make a ruling this week that could lead to the annulment of dozens of cases brought by the sprawling Operation Car Wash that has…
more ...Ecuador President Ends Subsidies That Hold Down Fuel Costs
Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno announced an end to government subsidies for holding down fuel prices and said Tuesday night that he will send congress a proposal to overhaul taxes and…
more ...New Indonesian Parliament Urged to Tackle Sexual Violence ‘Emergency’
Lawmakers sworn into Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday are being urged to push through a sexual violence bill to protect women from abuse that rights groups say has reached “emergency” levels.…
more ...Johnson & Johnson Settles Ohio Lawsuits to Avoid Federal Trial
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it will pay $20.4 million to settle claims by two Ohio counties, allowing the U.S. healthcare giant to avoid an upcoming federal trial seeking…
more ...Ukraine President Woos Tom Cruise
Ukraine’s leader isn’t just trying to charm U.S. President Donald Trump — he’s set his sights now on Tom Cruise, too. Mission impossible? Maybe not — Cruise is studying possible…
more ...Egypt Displays Looted Coffin Returned From New York’s Met
Egypt is displaying a gilded ancient coffin returned to the country last week from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art after U.S. investigators determined to be a looted antiquity. …
more ...Man Kills 1, Wounds at Least 9 at Finland Shopping Center
A man with a knife-like weapon killed one person and wounded at least nine others Tuesday at a shopping center in central Finland, police said. The attacker has also been…
more ...2020 Democrats Plead for Campaign Cash as 3rd Quarter Closes
Bernie Sanders said, “I hate asking people for money” — and then asked for money. Joe Biden’s campaign warned that President Donald Trump would “feel like he won” if a…
more ...Trump Critics Struggle to Raise Money for Primary Challenge
Mark Sanford, the most prominent primary challenger to President Donald Trump, has said he won’t solicit contributions from his longtime donor base until he’s “proven a measure of electoral success.”…
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