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Police arrest Julian Assange at Ecuadorian embassy in London
Police entered the Ecuadorian embassy in London Thursday morning, arresting Julian Assange and bringing the WikiLeaks founder's seven-year stint there to a dramatic close.
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Texas legislators considering making abortion potentially punishable by death
Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow a woman who undergoes an abortion procedure to possibly be charged with capital murder -- a crime punishable by death in Texas.
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American Diabetes Association Announces Risk Test Campaign in Partnership with Harris County Precinct One Commissioner Rodney Ellis
Precinct One Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and members of the medical profession on Wednesday, April 3 announced a campaign to inform people about a 60-second online “Know Your Risk” test for type 2 diabetes.
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Commissioner Rodney Ellis 65th Birthday
Photography by Vicky Pink - Family and friends gathered to wish a very Happy 65th …
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Texas House Signs Off On Medical Schools for Sam Houston State, University of Houston
The Texas House approved two new medical schools in Texas this week, one at Sam Houston State University and the other at the University of Houston
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Investigators Believe Fires at 3 Black Churches in Louisiana were Intentionally Set
Fires that consumed three historically black Louisiana churches in 10 days are believed to have been intentionally set, a local elected official said Tuesday.
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3 US service members killed in Afghanistan
Three US service members were killed by an improvised explosive device near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Monday, according to the US military. Three other US service members and a contractor were wounded.
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Three US service members and one contractor were killed by an improvised explosive device near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Monday, according to the …
Published on April 9, 2019
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Woman saves man's life along trail
Kelsey Davis and her mother were getting lunch in Carmel, near the Monon Trail, when they heard a man crash on a motorized scooter.
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The anti-Facebook: Inside Pinterest's slow and quiet rise
For most of its early history, the digital scrapbooking service had grown unimaginably fast. Millions flocked to it in 2011 and 2012, despite minimal coverage in the tech press. Pinterest grew so quickly that its small team of engineers raced to keep the site up and running, fixing outages on street corners, at coffee shops and, in at least one case, on a paddle boat.
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Eric Swalwell announces 2020 presidential bid
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell announced Monday that he is running for president, telling "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert that he believes the United States is in "quicksand" where Americans feel they are "running in place and it is not adding up to anything."
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How to find your max heart rate for exercise
You have your runners on, your FitBit is charged, but now what? When you exercise, your heart and breathing rates increase, delivering greater quantities of oxygen from the lungs to the blood, then to exercising muscles.
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Ingredient in whitening strips is harmful to deep layer of teeth, research says
Hydrogen peroxide, the active ingredient in over-the-counter whitening strips, may be harmful to the layer under the enamel of teeth, according to research presented Tuesday at a scientific meeting.
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Wells Fargo unloads retirement-plan unit for $1.2 billion
Wells Fargo is saying goodbye to its retirement-plan business as the bank continues to grapple with a penalties, legal fees and a backlash over its scandals.
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Here are the 18 Democrats who have said they're running for president
The 2020 Democratic field is taking shape, with candidates revealing their intentions on a seemingly everyday basis.
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Lloyd's of London cracks down on day drinking
London's centuries-old insurance market is finally banning drugs and drunks.
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9 top administration officials who told Trump 'no' -- and what happened next
Two weeks before she was fired, Kirstjen Nielsen told President Donald Trump "no."
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Judge blocks policy forcing some asylum seekers to remain in Mexico
A federal judge in California blocked the Trump administration's policy of returning some asylum seekers to Mexico to await their immigration court hearing, delivering a major blow to the administration just a day after the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign.
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Obama's 'circular firing squad' remarks may not persuade 2020 Democrats
In Berlin, the city famous for once dividing itself in two with a wall, former President Barack Obama tackled the issue of division in politics and his worries for the Democratic Party's future: "Among progressives in the United States ... is a certain kind of rigidity where we say, 'Uh, I'm sorry, this is how it's going to be.'" Obama argued, at an Obama Foundation event on Saturday, that party infighting usually leads to the weakening of a movement by "creating what's called a 'circular firing squad' where you start shooting at your allies because one of them is straying from purity on the issues."
