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John Raby / AP West Virginia's Teachers Are Not Satisfied
Despite the governor's offer to raise their salaries, the state's educators remain on strike, saying that the real problems remain unaddressed.
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This Average Joe Is the Most Quoted Man in News
A retired highway maintenance worker has been interviewed by American media outlets over a thousand times.
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Amir Cohen / Reuters The Unsinkable Benjamin Netanyahu?
Israeli police say the country’s prime minister should be charged with bribery and fraud. He insists he’s innocent—and promises to stay in power.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Eric Garcetti Isn't Expecting Much From Washington
The Los Angeles mayor insists that politics is working fine at the municipal level—and talks about Trump, policing, and his favorite L.A. film.
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Reuters The Particular Horror of Church Shootings
Twenty-six people were killed in an attack in Sutherland Springs, Texas, adding to the long list of houses of worship hit with gun violence.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The U.S. Economy Reaches Lowest Unemployment Rate Since 2000
In October, the country added 261,000 jobs, picking up after a short slump.
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Andrew Harnik / AP / Katie Martin / ... Who Is Jerome Powell, Trump’s Pick for Fed Chair?
His nomination represents a political compromise, as he's a regulation-cautious Republican who would likely keep up the policies of his Democratic predecessor.
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Reuters Trump Is Turning the Fed Pick Into a Reality Show
Why, yes, the president of the United States did create an Instagram teaser for his forthcoming central-banking announcement.
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Jose Luis Magana / AP Trump Reverses His Stand on DACA
There are plenty of details to be worked out in a tentative accord between the president and Democratic leaders to protect Dreamers in exchange for border security. But it’s an agreement that only Trump could strike.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Republican Senators Plead for One Last Chance to Repeal Obamacare
Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy introduced a bill to convert the law into a block grant for states. But the GOP has moved on, and their plan might never get a vote.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Expanding Investigation Into Michael Flynn
The former national-security adviser worked on, but allegedly failed to disclose, a plan to work with Russia to build nuclear reactors in the Middle East.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters New Census Data Shows More Americans Emerging From Poverty
But it also lays bare the geographic and economic divisions growing in America.
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Justin Sullivan / Getty The Looming Superfund Nightmare
As unprecedented hurricanes assault coastal U.S. communities, residents and experts fear the storms could unleash contamination the EPA has tried to keep at bay.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters An Ousted NSC Official Is Joining the House Intelligence Committee Staff
Derek Harvey, forced out of the White House this summer, is set to work for one of the committees central to the congressional Russia investigations.
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Reuters / Gregg Newton More Than 10 Million People Lost Power in Florida
Thanks to Hurricane Irma, the southwest of the state’s electrical grid will need a “wholesale rebuild.”
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Wilfredo Lee / AP Why a Hurricane Like Irma Poses a Particular Challenge to Florida
The storm’s enormous size, spanning both coasts of the state, could slow the rescue and recovery efforts, officials warned on Sunday.
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Henry Romero / Reuters The Uncertainties of Being Asked to Work During a Hurricane
As some people evacuate for Irma, they wonder if leaving town might cost them their jobs.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Congress Passes Harvey Aid and Seals Trump's Deal With Democrats
Despite a Republican split, the 316-90 vote on Friday will send $15.25 billion to Texas and Louisiana, prevent a government shutdown, and lift the debt ceiling for three months.
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SLIDER by RAMMB / CIRA @ CSU Watch Cargo Ships Skitter Away From Hurricane Irma
Nobody wants to be in the path of this mammoth storm.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters The Banality of the Equifax Breach
With over half of the entire U.S. adult population potentially exposed, what’s left to do but shrug and sigh?
