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Republicans are planning to bring President Trump's offer to end the shutdown up for a vote in the Senate this week. Democrats oppose it and will vote on their own package in the House.
Almost all of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' 36,000 employees are being forced to work without pay. Some can't afford gas to get to work, others are selling spare household items on the Internet.
Thrift stores are overwhelmed as people bring stuff in after watching Netflix's Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. NPR's Audie Cornish hears from New Yorker fashion columnist Rachel Syme about the trend.
Football is still king in America, but almost nobody wants to insure it. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with ESPN's Steve Fainaru about the growing crisis that could topple the U.S.'s most popular sport.
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed in Birmingham, Ala. He wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail." James Earl Jones reads an excerpt of the letter at a 1988 event at New York's 92nd Street Y.
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled her latest plan to take Britain out of the European Union on Monday. Critics say her statement contained little that might move the process forward.
When Latvia attained independence in 1991, the retreating KGB left behind two sacks and two briefcases containing indexed records of the secret informants who had been paid to turn in their neighbors for offenses including anti-Kremlin activism and watching pornography.
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Spanish rescuers working to find a two-year-old boy who fell into a deep well have said they do not expect to reach the spot where he is believed to be before Tuesday at the earliest.
#SuzyCouture: Dior’s Circus Comes To Town
CHRIS EVANS’ friends and family will have to call into his new radio show if they need to get hold of him — because there’s no chance of getting him on his mobile. During the first Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky yesterday, he revealed he has ditched his phone for good. But all of […]
The New York Liberty are finally about to have a new owner.
A TV meteorologist from Rochester, New York, says he was unfairly fired for making a flub on live TV. Jeremy Kappell said he got tongue-tied during a broadcast Sunday morning and uttered what sounded like an offensive slur to African-Americans. Viewers were stunned and took to social media to vent their outrage. "This guy needs to be fired," was one tweet. "Wow. Call the station. This should be addressed," said another. Kappell and his wife, Lisa, spoke to Inside Edition.
If you have been looking for the ideal diet for your own personal health that also benefits the planet, a scientific research team from the University of London may have the perfect answer - the “Planetary Health” diet. According to the London scientists, the ideal diet includes doubling your consumption of plant-based foods like nuts, fruits, vegetables, and legumes, and cutting your meat and sugar intake in half. The researchers say that if everyone followed this diet, it would prevent...
Two vans were hijacked in Londonderry on Monday, police said, two days after the Northern Irish city saw a car bombing involving a stolen car ...
JUVENTUS thumped bottom-placed Chievo 3-0 to move nine points clear at the top of the Serie A table. Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty in the second half, but goals from Douglas Costa, Emre Can and Daniele Rugani secured the three points. Costa converted from distance to give Massimiliano Allegri’s side the lead after just 13 […]
The media avalanche following BuzzFeed's 'scoop' was more damaging to the image of the news industry than the report itself.
German prospect Alexander Zverev only managed to beat his racket on Monday as the highly-regarded fourth seed was dumped out of the Australian Open by big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic in a surprising
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