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- How trade war and Trump's rhetoric are further unsettling the economyAs world leaders gather in France, how Trump has changed the G-7News Wrap: Democracy supporters in Hong Kong form human chain extending 25 milesInternational pressure mounts for Brazil to counter raging Amazon firesScientists lost a shark tag. Months later, an 8-year-old found it.
- North Korea launches short-range missiles, complicating U.S. attempts to restart talksTrump says U.S. has really good relationship with North KoreaEnraged Trump likens Fed chief to 'enemy' ChinaTrump says he wouldn't stop Fed Chair Powell if he offered to resignHong Kong airport operating normally despite planned 'stress test' protest
- UK consulate worker detained in China is freed in Hong Kong, says familyTrump escalates attacks on China and threatens to raise tariffsJair Bolsonaro claims 'profound love' for Amazon rainforest as criticism intensifiesDocument reveals how Facebook downplayed early Cambridge Analytica concernsNorth Korea fires two suspected missiles after branding Pompeo a 'toxin'
- Texas Latinos to Republicans: Want to prevent another El Paso? Then start by changing your rhetoricWhy we should stop praising wealthy and famous peopleIs the endless war in Afghanistan actually ending?Why Trump’s trade war with China could force Americans to pay $60 to vote overseasThe Department of Justice admits it mistakenly emailed out a link to a white nationalist website
- 'This Is An Appalling Kowtow To Beijing' - Hong Kong Workers Fired For Supporting ProtestsRed Flag Gun Laws: Connecticut Man's Firearms Seized Because His Son Shared A Meme On FacebookHong Kong Chaos Crashes Earnings, Worst Since 2008Animation: The 20 Largest State Economies By GDP Over The Last 50 YearsMore Wildfires Are Burning In Angola & Congo Than Brazil
- Steve King doubles down on no-exceptions abortions, this time with back-upMichigan council candidate wants to keep her town ‘as white as possible’U.S. Olympic officials drag feet on sex abuse reforms, act swiftly to stop protests during anthemShakeup of immigration court system threatens migrants’ due processAfter Dayton and El Paso, the list of averted mass shootings keeps growing
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Treatment for Pancreatic Tumor—Doctors Say Supreme Court Justice Completely 'Cancer-Free'Trump Mulling 'Uniquely Dystopian' Proposal to Use AI to Identify Mental Health Issues as Risk Factors for Gun ViolenceDespite Massive Police Lockdown, Protesters Vow to Offer 'Radical Solutions' to Counter G7 FailuresWarnings of Grave Climate and Human Rights Impact as US Export-Import Bank Approves $5 Billion for Natural Gas Project in MozambiqueThe Fight's Not Over, Say Activists, as Nebraska Supreme Court Approves Keystone XL Route
- Kamala Harris Doesn’t Have a Climate PlanWith “Lover” Taylor Swift Says GoodbyeA Tennessee Republican Accused of Sexual Misconduct With Underage Girls Just Said He Isn’t Running AgainExclusive: In a Devastated Town, Bernie Sanders Explains His Plan for a Climate Change RevolutionFriday Cat Blogging – 23 August 2019
- Aides Struggle To Stop Dozens Of Kerosene-Soaked Republicans From Lighting Selves Ablaze Atop David Koch’s BodyEvery Ingredient In Recipe Substituted To Avoid Trip To StoreBernie Sanders Launches $16 Trillion Climate PlanDavid Koch Pumps Billions Of Dollars Into Campaign To Secure Antonin Scalia A Seat In The Holy TrinityImpact Of The Massive Fires In The Amazon Rainforest
- Trump Says He Will Raise Existing Tariffs on Chinese Goods to 30%A Gyrating Economy, and Trump’s Volatile Approach to It, Raise AlarmsWorld Leaders’ G7 Expectations: A Nice Chat, Some Good Wine, No Unity With TrumpAs Amazon Fires Become Global Crisis, Brazil’s President Reverses CourseAs Amazon Fires Spread, So Do the Misleading Photos
- A couple was killed during a botched drug raid. Now an officer has been charged with murder.Trump said doctors left operating rooms to greet him after mass shootings. Hospitals say that’s not true.Fraudsters tried to steal more than $40 million in one of the biggest online scam cases in U.S. historyHe terrorized gay communities from D.C. to Florida. Now the ‘I-95 killer’ has been executed.This city wanted to be welcoming. Then a candidate vowed to ‘keep Marysville a white community.’
- Florida man found guilty of manslaughter in shooting of unarmed black man in a dispute over a handicapped parking spotBrazilian president prepares to send army to contain Amazon firesFBI charges 80 people, operating mainly out of LA and Nigeria, with stealing at least $6 million through various fraud schemesMore than 300 accuse former Ohio State team doctor of sexual abuse, lawyers sayHong Kong protesters form human chains to call for democracy
- Judge rejects tribe's bid to declare big chunk of Up North its reservationSuspect arrested after woman's body found in Hines Park in WestlandYpsilanti nonprofit, police host gun buyback this weekendCatholic ministry selling furniture, antiques in MonroeAnother Michigan brewery pays off students' lunch debt
- Can Trump count on American consumers to save the economy from recession?At G-7, Britain's Boris Johnson steps onto the world stage, in the shadow of Brexit and TrumpICE detention centers preparing for longer average stays by migrant familiesRuth Bader Ginsburg treated for tumor on pancreasIraqis, bristling over Israeli airstrike, renew call for U.S. troops to get out
- Co-worker charged in on-campus slaying of Cal State Fullerton administratorFlorida man found guilty in parking lot shooting of unarmed black manBeverly Hills real estate agent accused of robbing rich and famousCindy McCain on husband John McCain’s legacy one year after his deathMore students across the country arrested for threatening school violence
- A dispute over a handicapped-accessible parking spot ended with an unarmed man getting shot and a renewed debate over a controversial Florida lawHear what Michael Drejka said during police interviewBoth sides in Florida manslaughter trial say video of fatal shooting will prove their caseManslaughter or self defense? It came down to this videoWhat you need to know about 'stand your ground' laws
- DOJ Says Psychologist Removed Jeffrey Epstein From Suicide WatchFlorida Man Found Guilty Of Manslaughter Despite 'Stand Your Ground' DefenseDOJ Increases Power Of Agency Running Immigration Court SystemTop Publishers Sue Audible, Alleging Encroachment On Text TerritoryFeds Charge 80 People Over Massive Online Fraud Conspiracy
- Hong Kong protesters go ‘Baltic,’ but some struggle to explain why (VIDEO)Mysteriously vanished Dutch WikiLeaks partner ‘likely’ lost in kayaking accident – Norway policeGoogle forbids political discussion on its internal employee forumsStorm which killed 5, injured 150 was like a ‘terrorist attack,’ says Polish rescue chiefExoplanets could host abundant life – even BETTER than Earth, scientists discover
- Hong Kong protesters form human chain in call for democracyAmazon wildfires part of 'genocide' facing Brazil's Indigenous peoples, advocate saysTrump retaliates against China with tariff hike; stocks sell offChinese police release detained U.K. consulate in Hong Kong stafferNorth Korea has fired 2 unidentified projectiles off its east coast, South says
- 'Iranians never negotiate under duress,' Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif tells FRANCE 24No day at the beach: G7 adapts summit to the age of 'America First'Global pressure over Amazon fires escalates, Bolsonaro defiantTunisian media mogul and presidential candidate Nabil Karoui arrestedHong Kong protesters stage ‘human chain’ as city braces for fresh airport protests
- Candidate stuns Michigan city by saying it should be as white 'as possible'Bolsonaro, under EU trade threat, sends army to fight huge fires in the AmazonAfghan women fear for their rights as US, Taliban talk peaceUS to open Greenland consulate as part of broader Arctic plan'Trump is having a tantrum': Shares tumble as US-China trade war deepens
- IVF could bring ‘extinct’ rhino back: Vets harvest sperm from deceased males and eggs from last two surviving femalesSquadron Leader John Hart, Battle of Britain’s last surviving Canadian pilot, dies at 102Federal election leaders’ debate will feature five moderators — four of them from OntarioLiberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith: Free-spirited maverick or savvy political operator?Interpol rescinds arrest warrant for dissident Chinese judge living in Canada, calling it politically motivated