Paris police have opened a terrorism investigation after an attack Friday wounded two people near the former offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
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Lawmakers from both parties denounce Trump’s assertion on power transfer
Congressional leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, reject the president’s position that he’ll ‘see what happens’ before abiding by the election outcome.
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Massachusetts construction worker dies from eating too much black licorice
Eating as little as 2 ounces of black licorice a day for 2 weeks can cause a heart rhythm problem.
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U.S. jobless claims at 870,000 as fraud clouds data, delays payments
The concerns about fraudulent unemployment applications have focused mainly on a new program, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
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The Latest: Israel tightens second lockdown as virus cases soar
Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic from around the world. JERUSALEM — Israel on Thursday moved to further tighten its second countrywide lockdown as coronavirus cases continued to soar, ordering all nonessential businesses to close and requiring people to stay within 1,000 meters of their homes. Prayers during the ongoing Jewish High […]
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California to stop sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035
The proposed rule would not ban people from owning gas-powered cars or selling them on the used car market.
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Two Louisville police officers shot in protests of Breonna Taylor case
The violence occurred after a grand jury brought no charges against police for killing the Black woman during a drug raid gone wrong in March.
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The Metropolitan Opera to skip season, for first time in nearly 140 years
This season was to have started this week, but all 218 performances of 23 operas have been canceled.
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The Latest: World leaders criticize ‘critical collapse’ in response to virus
Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic from around the world. UNITED NATIONS — World leaders gathering remotely Wednesday criticized a haphazard global response to a microscopic virus that has unleashed economic havoc and taken nearly 1 million lives in its march across the globe. In the words of Kazakhstan’s president, it was […]
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U.S. bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns
The order, which cites national security and data privacy concerns, follows weeks of dealmaking over the video-sharing service TikTok.