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Maryland Rep. Hoyer hospitalized with pneumonia

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Hoyer, 79, was admitted to George Washington University Hospital on Tuesday and "is being treated with antibiotics and resting," Katie Grant, his spokeswoman, said in a statement.

Polish judge stands up against effort to dismantle court

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The purge of Poland's Supreme Court threatened to extend rollbacks in a nation that was once a post-communist democratic success story, critics said. Wednesday's actions further aligned Warsaw with Hungary, whose leader has also slashed at pluralistic protections to entrench himself in power.

Attorney: Parents in asylum hearing were in fragile state

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"The day I had my interview, I wasn't well because they'd taken my daughter away. I was worried sick. I didn't know where she was. I hadn't spoken to her," Gabriel Canas told a judge at the Port Isabel Detention Center in Texas, where parents of many of the more than 2,000 children who were separated under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy await their fate.

Quilt museum takes aim at gun violence

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The gun control issue addressed by the current exhibit at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles is meant to inspire the kind of discussion that keeps people up at night. “I wanted to insert more social and political issues into our exhibit calendar,” said Curator Amy DiPlacido. “A lot of works in this […]

Saratoga celebrates Fourth of July with a nod to the past

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American history came to life at Saratoga’s official Independence Day Observance in Kevin Moran Park on Wednesday. The crowd began to arrive at 9 a.m. and filled the park. Before Mayor Mary-Lynne Bernald welcomed the crowd people of all ages, organizers took the occasion to note the many military members assembled and asked each to […]



WhatsApp offers $50K reward to curb fake news

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WhatsApp has come under fire in recent days in India - its largest market - after a string of brutal slayings that left more than a dozen dead in more than five states - including eight dead in the past week alone. In most cases, innocent bystanders were beaten to death by mobs fed by WhatsApp rumors of child kidnappers or organ harvesting rings.

Can genetics save the northern white rhino?

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Writing in the journal Nature Communications, researchers said Wednesday they've succeeded in creating embryos using frozen northern white rhino sperm and eggs from a southern white rhino.

Couple sickened in British town when Russian spy was poisoned

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Authorities said the two, who were found unconscious over the weekend, are in critical condition in the same Salisbury hospital where the former Russian spy and double agent Sergei Skripal and his adult daughter, Yulia, were treated after being poisoned by the Soviet-era nerve agent known as Novichok four months ago.

US firms in China say government already messing with them

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An American company that ships cherries to a coastal province in southeast China recently encountered a new hurdle at the border: Customs officers ordered a load into quarantine for a week, so it spoiled and was sent back to the United States.

New lithium battery-powered lawn mowers are making the cut

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“Our lawnmower broke!” My daughter Paige was calling from the new home in Texas she and her  boyfriend, John, moved into last month. Like many first-time homeowners, John and Paige have big dreams and a dinky budget. “The one you guys just bought?” I asked. They’d gotten a deal on a basic electro-corded mower the […]





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