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And while media attention for the Flint water crisis has dwindled in recent years, Reese and Chen have found a creative way to get it back into the national c...

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Tamil Nadu parties oppose IPL matches in Chennai over Cauvery issue

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Mark Zuckerberg Announces New Facebook Ad Regulations

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Amit Shah likens opposition to 'snakes, mongooses, dogs, cats'

Later, addressing a press conference, Shah said, "What I meant was political parties having no ideological similarities are coming together out of fear of Modi"...

Facebook is on a list of 30 groups in data privacy probe

Facebook will also need to approve all apps that request access to information such as check-ins, likes, photos, posts, videos, events and groups . The Calif...

Nepal PM accorded ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan

An official said that the two countries are also engaged in discussions on the joint statement where India would "welcome" the new constitution of Nepal. Any tr...

Jeremy Corbyn accuses Boris Johnson of exaggerating Salisbury poison attack evidence

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Sessions orders "zero tolerance" policy on illegal border crossings

In a Friday tweet, the president said while Pruitt was doing a "great job" he was not in line to replace Sessions, the former Alabama Senator turned AG who ha...

5.3 quake shakes LA area

The Los Angeles Fire Department went into "earthquake mode", during which it pulls its trucks out of stations and crews begin sweeping neighborhoods to check fo...

Ex-spy Skripal 'improving rapidly' after poisoning, hospital says

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal , who was attacked with a nerve agent in Britain last month, is now "improving rapidly", officials said Friday. The late...

China ready to pay any cost in trade war with US

The ministry also vowed to take "comprehensive countermeasures", according to Xinhua, although it did not add further details. The escalating tit-for-tat trad...

Kenny Rogers cancels his tour due to ill health

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Humboldt Broncos bus, semi involved in serious collision, multiple deaths

Emergency measures personnel and victim services workers will be made available for families. "The accident being talked about involved Humboldt team bus". St...

Donald Trump proposes $100 billion more in new tariffs on China

President Donald Trump says Beijing is violating its free-trade commitments by pressuring foreign companies to hand over technology to potential Chinese compe...

Facebook scandal affected more users, up to 87M

In its response to the Indian government's notice over data breach, Facebook said that the UK-based data mining firm Cambridge Analytica used its data without...

Stocks dive as United States proposes more China tariffs; Dow falls 700

President Donald Trump has called for an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods, ratcheting up a trade dispute with Beijing. At 8:33 a.m. Whi...

China Poses Questions About The US Tariffs Legality At WTO

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TDP MPs protest even after Rajya Sabha adjournment

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Russia Is Extremely Interested in Poisoned Spy's Dead Pets

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NBC Grills Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg Over Slow Response to Privacy Breach

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Showers today, rain tomorrow, then a break Friday

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Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to achieve common aim of regional security

In February, the Afghan President had made a peace offer to the Taliban in the Kabul Process Conference, which also included the recognition of the militant gro...

Central Texas Congressman Blake Farenthold resigns from Congress

A few of his GOP colleagues urged him to resign over the accusations, which Farenthold has repeatedly denied. The Corpus Christi Republican who had been pla...

Facebook is only allowing authorized ad buyers to run political "issue" ads

The company also is planning to release in June a searchable archive of all past political ads that would show not just their images and text, but the amount sp...