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DC Restaurants To Close In Immigrant Solidarity Show

Some of the US capital's finest restaurants are putting their money where their mouths are: shutting down for a day to...

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New Facebook Job-Hunting Features Challenge LinkedIn

Facebook on Wednesday began letting businesses in the US or Canada post jobs and take applications from jobseekers,...

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US Actor Ashton Kutcher Urges End To Child Sexual Exploitation

Ashton Kutcher told the committee that he had seen things "that no person should ever see" US actor Ashton Kutcher...

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Pope Appears To Back Dakota Pipeline Opponents

Pope Francis has appeared to back Native Americans fighting the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline. The Pope said...

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Andy Puzder Withdraws Nomination For Labour Secretary

US President Donald Trump's choice for labour secretary has withdrawn from consideration on the eve of a long-delayed...

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Trump Relaxes US Policy On Middle East Two-State Solution

US President Donald Trump has dropped decades of US policy insisting on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian...

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Scott, Watson Eye More Glory At Riviera, Masters

Past Masters winners Adam Scott and Bubba Watson see this week's US PGA Genesis Open at Riviera as a key tuneup for the...

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Australian Swimmer Hackett Posts Bruised Face Photo Amid Family…

Australian swimming star Grant Hackett posted a photograph of his cut and bruised face on social media Thursday as his...

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Merck Halts Trial of Once ‘promising’ Alzheimer’s Drug

US pharmaceutical giant Merck announced it is halting a clinical trial on a drug once touted as a promising treatment...

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Trump’s Contested Pick For Labor Secretary Withdraws

US President Donald Trump's pick for labor secretary Andrew Puzder withdrew from consideration Wednesday, the White...

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Boeing Workers In South Carolina Vote On Union

Boeing hourly workers in South Carolina headed to the polls Wednesday to determine whether to unionize in a region of...

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Fed’s Yellen Spars With Lawmakers On Regulation, Economy

The US central bank chief sparred with legislators Wednesday over its responsibility for the weak economic recovery,...

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Chicago Toddler’s Fatal Shooting Streamed Live On Facebook

A toddler and a man were fatally shot while riding in a car in Chicago, in a Valentine's Day attack captured in a live...

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Trump Says Two States Not Only Answer To Mideast Conflict

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was open to a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if it...

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Obama Gets Special Invitation To Watch Bundesliga Game

After leaving office as president of the United States, Barack Obama must work out what to do with life after...

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Leading US Science Group Backs Genetically Modifying Human Embryos

An influential US science advisory committee this week said genetic modification of human embryos should be allowed in...

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US Arrests Mexican With Protected Status

US immigration authorities arrested a Mexican man without residency papers even though he has special status protecting...

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Trump Promises Israel That Iran Will Never Get Bomb

President Donald Trump hailed the United States' "unbreakable" bond with Israel on Wednesday and promised Prime...

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As Crisis Swirls, Trump Faces Mounting Pressure In Party

Donald Trump and his White House have come in for intense criticism in the president's dizzying first weeks in office,...