Demand has declined over recent years after thousands of lawsuits claim it causes cancer.
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Judge: Salvage firm can recover Titanic’s telegraph machine
NOAA argued against the move, saying the Marconi is likely surrounded by remains and should be left alone.
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Boy Scout councils under pressure to share sex abuse costs
More than 12,000 boys have been molested by 7,800 abusers since the 1920s, according to Boy Scout files revealed in court papers.
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Etihad makes first known commercial flight between UAE, Israel
The plane was stocked with 14 tons worth of aid to help Palestine fight the coronavirus.
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My ‘decision to make’: Trump defends criticized use of malaria drug
He asserts, without evidence, that a study raising alarm about hydroxychloroquine was an ‘enemy statement.’
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Reopening U.S. economy will mean creating all kinds of new jobs
Nearly every industry is creating new positions, like social distances monitors, entrance watchers and elevator attendants.
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Mnuchin and Powell push differing priorities to aid economy
The Fed chairmans says a lending program the agency is creating for small businesses should be operating by the end of the month.
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FBI: Shooter at Pensacola base coordinated with al-Qaida
Officials say Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani had been radicalized since at least 2015, before he arrived in the U.S.
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Tech-assisted COVID-19 tracking having some issues
Tech companies have offered database tools to help with tracing efforts, but privacy efforts are a concern because of the need to store detailed information about people and their contacts.
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Trump administration charts slow path for reopening nursing homes
One organization estimates people in assisted-living facilities account for 41 percent of COVID-19 deaths.