The underwater barriers meant to protect the Italian city from damaging high tides are a decade behind schedule and billions over budget.
Lynley Price
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Somber ceremony recalls those killed in Pearl Harbor attack
About a dozen survivors attend the ceremony, the youngest of whom are now in their 90s.
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Reddit bans accounts, suspects possible U.K. vote interference
The social media platform says the suspicious accounts shared the same pattern of activity as a Russian interference operation that was uncovered earlier this year.
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Homeland Security may require U.S. citizens be photographed at airports
In a report last year, the department said facial recognition is the best biometric approach at borders because it can be done ‘with a high degree of accuracy.’
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Wisconsin officers on front lines in 2 student shootings
According to a survey, an estimated 43% of public schools nationwide have armed officers on campus.
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Jews angered by activists’ use of Holocaust victims’ remains
A German-based activist group known for provocative stunts says the urn contains remains unearthed from 23 locations near concentration camps in Germany, Poland and Ukraine.
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U.S. Marine charged with illegally flying guns into Haiti
Marine Sgt. Jacques Yves Duroseau told agents he wanted to travel to the island nation to ‘defeat the thugs’ that have aided in the country’s instability.
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Gun background checks on pace to break record in 2019
On Black Friday alone, the FBI ran 202,465 checks.
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Health program offers free HIV prevention drug to uninsured
Drugmaker Gilead has agreed to donate PrEP for up to 200,000 people a year over 10 years.
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‘Baby Shark’ creators plan Navajo version of popular video
SmartStudy, who has teamed up with the Navajo Nation Museum in Arizona, says it hopes the project will spark interest in the language among the tribe’s young generation.