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Hurricane Harvey strengthens to Category 2 as evacuations continue
Hurricane Harvey was "dangerously approaching the Texas Coast" Friday morning, expected to drop as much as 35 inches of rain and usher in "life-threatening" storm-surge flooding upon landfall late Friday or early Saturday, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Taylor Swift's New Music Video: A Guide to What It All Means
Taylor Swift has used her latest video to throw some shade and let the world know she's heard everything people have been saying about her. Swift premiered the video for "Look What You Made Me Do" Sunday night at MTV's Video Music Awards and it was a lot to take in.
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Civil Rights Groups Criticize Trump Justice Pick Ahead of Hearing
The questioning could be intense for President Donald Trump's pick to head the Justice Department's civil rights division, as Eric Dreiband's nomination goes before the Senate judiciary committee Wednesday.
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Health Care State of Play: McConnell Moves On From Replace to Repeal
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday night that the latest plans to repeal and replace Obamacare were dead and said he would attempt to hold a vote on a repeal-only bill, using essentially the same legislative language the vast majority of the GOP conference voted for last Congress.
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How to Make Sense Of the School Choice Debate
During her time as education secretary, Betsy DeVos has made it very clear she supports educational choice. This week, she even went as far as calling opponents of the movement "flat earthers" who are holding America's children back.
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Jurors Deliberations Over for 2nd Day In Bill Cosby Trial, But No Verdict Yet
Jurors failed to reach a verdict Tuesday and will begin a third day of deliberations Wednesday in Bill Cosby's trial for aggravated indecent assault -- a case closely watched by the public as well as the dozens of women who have accused Cosby of similar misconduct.
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United Passenger David Dao Swung Fists Violently, Officers' Reports Say
The United Airlines passenger who was left bloodied and bruised after being forcibly removed from a flight earlier this month was swinging his arms, his hands balled into fists, as officers from the Chicago Department of Aviation tried to pull him out of his seat, according to incident reports from the officers involved.
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Three-Time GRAMMY Winner NE-YO Invests in Holberton School for Full-Stack Engineers
NE-YO joins school’s Board of Trustees; commits to promote greater diversity in tech industry
The idea of a coding school that charges no upfront tuition was intriguing to Ne-Yo. The Grammy Award-winning artist is certainly not the first musician to invest in Silicon Valley, but he’s one that wants to put his talents and money into helping to solve the diversity challenges facing the tech industry.
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Brooklyn's Coolest Hotels And Hottest Hangouts
While they still exist at the Mast Brothers chocolate factory at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, what's currently popping up alongside this New York borough's artisanal cocktail lounges and trendy restaurants is a new generation of hotels.
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Prince Mourned One Year After His Death
Linda Haynes-Williams will be in both physical and emotional pain on Friday, as she marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Prince.
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36 ISIS Fighters Killed by US 'mother of all bombs': Afghan Official
In its second major display of military might in one week, the US dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb on ISIS positions in a remote part of Afghanistan.
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Rice lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash
‘Green’ process promises pristine graphene in bulk using waste food, plastic and other materials
That banana peel, turned into graphene, can help facilitate a massive reduction of the environmental impact of concrete and other building materials. While you're at it, toss in those plastic empties.
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Problems at the post office could devastate these small businesses
Delays in mail delivered by the United States Postal Service have impacted veterans waiting to receive their medication and threatened mail-in voting in November. They're also hurting America's small businesses.
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Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis is another market-moving wild card
President Donald Trump's battle with Covid-19, the most serious health threat facing a sitting US president in decades, is yet another market-moving wild card on Wall Street.
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5 things to look for in tonight's vice presidential debate
Seated 12 feet apart, Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic rival, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, will meet in Utah at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday night for the only vice presidential debate of the campaign.
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Fact check: Kamala Harris and Mike Pence debate
Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris are participating Wednesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2020 election.
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ELECTION 2020: For Millions of Americans, the Future of Health Care is What’s on the Ballot
With the confirmation of Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the consensus among many Americans is that the conservative jurist’s appointment portends doom for the Affordable Care Act.
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US coronavirus cases hit record daily high and experts warn daily death rates will triple by mid-January
Daily Covid-19 cases in the US reached a record high on Thursday, with experts warning that death rates could triple by mid-January.
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Washington Post: CIA assessment says Putin 'probably directing' efforts to interfere in 2020 election against Biden
The CIA assessed in August that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top aides "are aware of and probably directing Russia's influence operations" aimed at undermining Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in the 2020 election, according to a new report in The Washington Post.
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Breonna Taylor's mother writes she's 'reassured of why I have no faith in the legal system'
Breonna Taylor's mother says this week's announcement that no officer is being charged with her daughter's killing "reassured" her of why she has no faith in the legal system.