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Harvey Weinstein spawned the #MeToo movement. Now, the former film titan is starring in the biggest trial of its era — a landmark moment in a global reckoning that has ...
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As deadly virus reminds the world of SARS, China seeks to stop scare from becoming political crisis
A deadly new virus reminiscent of one of China's biggest public health debacles has the country's leaders rushing to keep another outbreak from becoming a political crisis. After three weeks of ...
World / Crime & Legal
U.S. Senate approves Trump impeachment trial plan, rejecting Democrats on documents and witnesses
by Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker and Zeke Miller
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted early on Wednesday on party lines to approve the rules for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, rejecting Democratic efforts to obtain evidence and ensure witnesses ...
World / Politics Jan 22, 2020
Stay awake: Senators struggle to stay focused on Trump impeachment
Adam Schiff was still speaking — about witnesses, documents, future presidents and the impeachment of President Donald Trump. He'd said it all before, but five hours into the Senate trial Tuesday, Schiff, the lead prosecutor, was saying it again. Suddenly, from the Republican side, Sen. ...
World / Social Issues Jan 22, 2020
At 90, once-nomadic Alaska Native woman will be first counted in U.S. census
by Mark Thiessen
Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in the windswept western wilds of Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing led. Her home now is an outpost on the Bering Sea, Toksook Bay, ...
World / Politics Jan 22, 2020
Far from Senate, candidate Joe Biden largely avoids impeachment politics
by Bill Barrow
As the Senate begins President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Capitol Hill, Democrat Joe Biden is 1,000 miles away in Iowa, trying to capitalize on the circumstances without allowing the proceedings to overshadow the closing case he's making ahead of the first 2020 votes. "The ...
World Jan 22, 2020
Trump administration planning to add seven countries to travel ban list, reports say
The Trump administration is planning to add seven countries — Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania — to its controversial travel ban list, according to media reports on Tuesday. Some countries will face bans only on some visa categories, the Wall Street Journal ...
World / Politics Jan 22, 2020
Key ministers remain as Russia gets new government in what Putin calls 'major renewal'
by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Maria Kiselyova
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new government on Tuesday which he described as a break with the past, bringing in some fresh faces but retaining many senior ministers. The new government included a new economy minister and a new first deputy prime minister, but ...
World / Social Issues Jan 22, 2020
Hundreds of Central American migrants who waded across a river into Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. were sent back to their homeland or retreated across the border Tuesday after Mexican troops blocked their way. Fewer than 100 remained in the no-man's-land along ...
World / Social Issues Jan 22, 2020
World needs to prepare for 'millions' of climate-displaced, UNHCR chief warns
The world needs to prepare for millions of people being driven from their homes by the impact of climate change, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday. Speaking to Reuters at the World Economic Forum, Filippo Grandi said a U.N. ruling this ...
World / Crime & Legal Jan 22, 2020
GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell abruptly eases impeachment limits
by Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker and Zeke Miller
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell abruptly changed his proposed rules for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial , backing off the condensed two-day schedule to add a third for opening arguments after protests from senators, including Republicans. The trial quickly burst into a partisan fight at ...
World Jan 22, 2020
Iranian attending college in Boston is denied entry to U.S. despite court-ordered stay
by Philip Marcelo
An Iranian student attending college in Boston was denied entry to the U.S. and ordered to immediately fly back to his native country, despite a court order temporarily staying his removal, immigration lawyers and civil rights groups said Tuesday. Shahab Dehghani, a 24-year-old student at ...
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