Judge: No offshore drilling preparations while government is shut down

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January 18, 2019

Judge: No offshore drilling preparations while government is shut down

A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit in which Maine is a participant rules that workers can't be recalled to work.
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January 18, 2019

Zimbabwe in ‘total internet shutdown’ amid violent crackdown

Religious leaders are criticizing the government's 'intolerant handling of dissent' and its failure to halt economic collapse.
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January 18, 2019

Researchers come face-to-face with huge great white shark

It is unclear if the shark is the famed Deep Blue, believed to be the largest great white ever recorded.
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January 18, 2019

North Korean to meet with Pompeo about a possible Kim summit

planned meeting between Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol in New York last November was called off abruptly.
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January 18, 2019

McConnell’s maneuvers take backseat to Trump in shutdown

The Seante majority leader is up for re-election in 2020 in a state where Trump tends to be more popular than he is.
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January 17, 2019

White House proposes to increase Affordable Care Act premiums

The roughly 1 percent increase could feed into the Democratic argument that the Trump administration is trying to 'sabotage' coverage for millions.
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January 17, 2019

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen defends Amazon forest activism

The agricultural minister in her homeland called her a 'bad Brazilian' for allegedly tainting the country's image abroad with criticism of deforestation.
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January 17, 2019

U.N. health chief orders probe into misconduct

Emails addressed to WHO directors complained about 'systematic racial discrimination' against African staffers and alleged other instances of wrongdoing
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January 17, 2019

Brexit talks by UK’s May called a ‘stunt’ by opposition

A weakened but defiant Prime Minister Theresa May meets lawmakers from ]rival Brexit factions to try to forge a replacement for her rejected European Union exit plan.
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January 17, 2019

Oxycontin complicates Sackler legacy

The painkiller's role in the deadly opioid crisis is bringing the Sacklers a new and unwanted kind of attention.