Monday, November 6, 2017

Trump imposes new sanctions on North Korea; Kim says he will ... and other top stories.

  • Trump imposes new sanctions on North Korea; Kim says he will ...

    Trump imposes new sanctions on North Korea; Kim says he will ...
    President Trump announced an executive order on Sept. 21 to enforce economic sanctions on North Korea and countries that do business with the "rogue regime" of North Korea. (The Washington Post) NEW YORK — President Trump on Thursday announced new financial sanctions targeting North Korea as his administration seeks to build international support for more aggressively confronting the rogue nation, whose escalating nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities have reached what U.S. officials..
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  • Mexican authorities now doubt any child remains trapped in ...

    Mexican authorities now doubt any child remains trapped in ...
    MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials expressed doubt Thursday that any children — dead or alive — remained in the rubble of a collapsed elementary school in Mexico City, an outcome that could turn into an emotional whipsaw for a country that had been fixated for over 24 hours on the search for a missing student following a devastating earthquake. Authorities have confirmed 25 dead — 19 children and six adults — at the school, and they said that 11 other children were treated at hospitals for non-li..
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  • White House plan for tax cuts moves forward

    White House plan for tax cuts moves forward
    The White House plan for a massive package of tax cuts is gaining new momentum as Republicans attempt to set aside months of intraparty squabbling and unify behind a key part of President Trump’s agenda. Two developments are accelerating the effort: Key Senate Republicans reached a tentative deal this week to allow for as much as $1.5 trillion in tax reductions over 10 years; and there is a growing willingness within the GOP to embrace controversial, optimistic estimates of how much economic gr..
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  • What home buyers can get for $1 million

    What home buyers can get for $1 million
    The million-dollar home isn’t what it used to be. Once considered high-end or luxury, properties that sell for around $1 million these days are nice but not spectacular. A few are mansions, but many are unremarkable family homes. Some are condos. Million-dollar homes have become far more common in the Washington area. According to the real estate blog UrbanTurf, 1 in 5 homes in the District costs more than $1 million. This year, 12 D.C. neighborhoods have at least 10 percent of their homes price..
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  • For the first time, the Marine Corps plans to have a female infantry ...

    For the first time, the Marine Corps plans to have a female infantry ...
    U.S. Marines in the Infantry Officer Course conduct fast-rope training near Yuma, Ariz., on March 26, 2015. (Lance Cpl. Jodson B. Graves/ Marine Corps) In a historic first, the Marine Corps plans to assign a female officer to the infantry following her anticipated graduation from its grueling training program, service officials said Thursday. The woman is a lieutenant. She and her male colleagues in the Infantry Officer Course completed an intensive combat exercise Wednesday at the Marines’ ..
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  • A 4-year-old was looking for candy in her grandmother's purse ...

    A 4-year-old was looking for candy in her grandmother's purse ...
    When the 4-year-old slipped her hand into her grandmother's purse, she was searching for something sweet, her father told the Tampa Bay Times. Shane Zoller told the newspaper that his daughter, Yanelly, was looking for candy while visiting her grandparents last week in North Tampa, Fla. Instead, she found a handgun, then accidentally shot and killed herself, Zoller said. "I was driving to pick her up with her bathing suit in my car to take her to the splash pads," Zoller told the Times. "When I..
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  • Flint's lead-poisoned water had a 'horrifyingly large' effect on fetal ...

    Flint's lead-poisoned water had a 'horrifyingly large' effect on fetal ...
    Flint resident LaFonzo Williams, 19, prays on Jan. 14, 2016, in Lansing, Mich., amid more than 150 Flint and Detroit resident before heading into the state Capitol to protest Gov. Rick Snyder, asking for his resignation and arrest in relation to Flint's water crisis. (Jake May/Flint Journal-MLive.com via Associated Press) The fertility rate in Flint, Mich., dropped precipitously after the city decided to switch to lead-poisoned Flint River water in 2014, according to a new working paper. Tha..
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  • Every contact between Trump's team and Russian actors, graphed

    Every contact between Trump's team and Russian actors, graphed
    President Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G-20 summit in Hamburg on July 7. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) On Wednesday, The Washington Post reported another contact between someone connected to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and a person with links to the Russian government. In this case, it was Paul Manafort, who was a chairman of Trump’s campaign. While in that role, he emailed with a longtime business associate of his, s..
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  • Sanders and Klobuchar book CNN debate with Cassidy and Graham

    Sanders and Klobuchar book CNN debate with Cassidy and Graham
    U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) speaks as Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) and Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) listen. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The chief sponsors of the GOP’s 11th-hour effort to curtail the Affordable Care Act will debate two of their Senate opponents, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), on Monday night — an arrangement that surprised some of Sanders’s Democratic colleagues, who learned about the debate when host network CNN blasted out a news re..
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  • Scientists just discovered the first brainless animal that sleeps

    Scientists just discovered the first brainless animal that sleeps
    A Cassiopea jellyfish rests upside-down on black sand and pulses, rhythmically contracting and relaxing its bell. At night, Cassiopea jellies pulse less frequently — a clue that they're sleeping, researchers report. (Photo by JanEaster.com) It was well past midnight when Michael Abrams, Claire Bedbrook and Ravi Nath crept into the Caltech lab where they were keeping their jellyfish. They didn't bother switching on the lights, opting instead to navigate the maze of desks and equipment by the ..
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China's president urges Trump to use restraint over North Korea .March of white supremacists at University of Virginia ends in ... .
After backlash, Harvard rescinds Chelsea Manning's visiting fellow ... .Ancient Giant 'Ghost' Crocodile With T-Rex-Sized Teeth Discovered in Madagascar .

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