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California Lawmakers Apologize For U.S. Internment Of Japanese Americans

Thursday, February 20, 2020

The bill's sponsor says he was "disturbed by the striking parallels" between the treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and current U.S. immigration policy.

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Ontario's New License Plates Have A Problem: You Can't Read Them

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Some people were already grumbling about the redesign, but drivers soon noticed a bigger problem: The new license plates can be hard to read at night.

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Hundreds Of Homes Flooded In Mississippi As More Rain Is Expected

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

The Pearl River crested at 36.7 feet in Jackson, Miss. — lower than feared. Flooding also hit parts of Tennessee, where one official said, "It is a chess match we're playing with Mother Nature."

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Boy Scouts Of America Files For Bankruptcy As It Faces Hundreds Of Sex-Abuse Claims

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

The Boy Scouts of America has $1.4 billion in assets. The organization says it will use the Chapter 11 process to create a trust to provide compensation for victims.

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14 Americans Taken Off Cruise Ship And Flown To U.S. Test Positive For Coronavirus

Monday, February 17, 2020

U.S. officials said the people infected with the virus were isolated from the other passengers. The two evacuation flights landed at military bases in California and Texas.

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U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Blocking States' Medicaid Work Requirements

Friday, February 14, 2020

A three-judge panel found the Trump administration failed to analyze whether such requirements "would promote the primary objective of Medicaid — to furnish medical assistance," as required by law.

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U.S. Reaches 'Reduction In Violence' Deal With Taliban In Afghanistan

Friday, February 14, 2020

The step is meant to serve as an initial confidence-building measure and would last for seven days. A more formal agreement could be signed in the coming weeks.

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IMAGES: What New Coronavirus Looks Like Under The Microscope

Thursday, February 13, 2020

The images were made using scanning and transmission electron microscopes at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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U.S. Women's Soccer Team Has A New Ally In Equal Pay Fight: The Men's National Team

Thursday, February 13, 2020

The U.S. Women's National Team has a new ally in its gender discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation: the Men's National Team.

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Judge Voids UNC's Controversial Settlement Over Confederate Statue 'Silent Sam'

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The judge overturned the university system's settlement with the Sons of Confederate Veterans, concluding that the group didn't have legal standing to bring a lawsuit in the first place.

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After Iowa Debacle, Tech Experts Who Aid Progressives Call For A Strategic Shake-Up

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The failure of this year's Iowa caucuses was years in the making, some technology specialists argue, in part because of the haphazard way political users buy software.

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Judge Rules In Favor Of T-Mobile Takeover Of Sprint

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

The proposed merger "is not reasonably likely to substantially lessen competition" in the mobile wireless market, the judge said. The deal would unite the nation's third- and fourth-largest carriers.

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An Art Critic Was Mocking A $20,000 Work She Didn't Like — Then It Shattered

Monday, February 10, 2020

The sculpture by Mexican artist Gabriel Rico included a large pane of glass with objects suspended within. How it suddenly broke into pieces on Saturday is a matter of fervent disagreement.

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Finland's Women-Led Government Has Equalized Family Leave: 7 Months For Each Parent

Wednesday, February 05, 2020

Under the new policy, families are entitled to a total 14 months of paid leave. The health minister says the goal is to both improve gender equality and boost a declining birth rate.

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Prosecutor Drops Charges Against Doctor And Girlfriend Accused Of Serial Rape

Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said that a review of the case found "no provable evidence" the California couple had committed any sexual offense.

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Germany Has A New Receipt Law — And Bakeries Are Getting Sweet Revenge

Tuesday, February 04, 2020

The policy is known as Kassengesetz, and it's meant to increase transparency and prevent tax fraud. Critics say it just creates mountains of wasted paper, and shops are complying in creative fashion.

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Sadness And Worry After 2 Men Connected To Butterfly Sanctuary Are Found Dead

Monday, February 03, 2020

Millions of monarch butterflies migrate to the mountains of Mexico each winter. Authorities are now investigating the apparent murders of an activist and tour guide at the Michoacán reserve.

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A New Form Of Northern Lights Discovered In Finland – By Amateur Sky Watchers

Thursday, January 30, 2020

It was the members of a Facebook group who noted that the auroras they'd seen didn't look like any that had been previously catalogued. So physicists asked them to take a few carefully timed photos.

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Extradition Trial For Huawei Executive Facing U.S. Fraud Charges Begins In Vancouver

Monday, January 20, 2020

Meng Wanzhou was arrested in 2018 as she changed planes in Vancouver. The U.S. says the Chinese technology giant misled banks about the nature of Huawei's business in Iran.

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U.S. Navy To Name Aircraft Carrier After WWII Hero Doris Miller

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Miller was a mess attendant on the West Virginia when he jumped in to man a machine gun during the Pearl Harbor attack. He is the first African American to have an aircraft carrier named after him.

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