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Nov 15 2019
News
FDA sends Dollar Tree warning letter for selling 'potentially unsafe drugs' from Chinese suppliers
Dollar Tree is under fire for stocking “potentially unsafe drugs” and cosmetics.
The Food and Drug Administration said in a news release on Thursday it sent a warning letter to Greenbrier International Inc., which does business as Dollar Tree, outlining “multiple violations of current good manufacturing practices at contract manufacturers used to produce Dollar Tree’s Assured Brand OTC
USA TODAYSep 04 2020
Opinion
Dan Gainor: Questions for Trump, Biden from the press are like MLB fastballs vs. extra-easy softballs
Politics is a lot like baseball. But thanks to the news media, press conferences with presidential candidates have turned into a predictable mix of hardball and wiffle ball.
It all depends on which candidate the “journalists” support.
Compare two recent press conferences. Both President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden were gearing up for their trips to
Fox News (Opinion)May 29 2012
News
Brother says Pakistani doc tortured, appeals to US for legal help
The Pakistani doctor sentenced last week to 33 years in prison for helping track Usama bin Laden suffered torture, isolation and starvation during his interrogation, his brother told Fox News -- as he made an appeal from the family for the U.S. Embassy to help fight his legal case. Jamil Afridi told Fox News in an interview that the Embassy so far has not reached out to the family of Dr.
Fox News DigitalFeb 04 2020
News
Homeless US student population 'highest in over a decade'
The number of homeless students in the US is the highest in over a decade according to a new study.
Most of the 1.5 million homeless schoolchildren stayed with other families or friends after losing their homes.
But 7% lived in abandoned buildings or cars, the report by the National Centre for Homeless Education showed.
It is often caused by job insecurity, unaffordable
BBC NewsSep 02 2020
News
Markey Fends Off Kennedy Challenge In High Profile Mass. Senate Primary
Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey has fended off the highest-profile Democratic primary challenge of his decades in federal office, defeating the rising Rep. Joe Kennedy III, a member of the state's legendary political dynasty.
Kennedy conceded the contest nearly two and a half hours after polls closed Tuesday night. The Associated Press projected Markey as the winner a short time later.
NPR (Online News)Sep 02 2020
News
Ed Markey fends off challenger Joe Kennedy in Massachusetts Senate primary
Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey held onto his Senate seat, defeating a rising star from the Kennedy dynasty in the deep blue state’s Democratic primary Tuesday.
Rep. Joseph Patrick Kennedy III, who currently represents the state’s 4th Congressional District, called Mr. Markey to concede the race about two hours after polls closed, according to multiple reports.
It marked the first
Washington TimesJul 23 2020
News
Trump to send 'surge' of hundreds of federal agents to cities
President Donald Trump is to send "a surge" of federal security forces to US cities in a crackdown on crime.
Chicago and two other Democratic-run cities are being targeted in the Republican president's move, amid a spike in violence.
But federal deployments in Portland, Oregon, have proved controversial. Local officials say they have raised tensions amid ongoing protests.
BBC NewsJul 23 2020
Opinion
Why This Revolution Isn't Like the '60s
In the 1960s and early '70s, the U.S. was convulsed by massive protests calling for radical changes in the country's attitudes on race, class, gender and sexual orientation. The Vietnam War and widespread college deferments were likely the fuel that ignited prior peaceful civil disobedience.
Sometimes the demonstrations became violent, as with the Watts riots of 1965 and the protests at
Victor HansonSep 01 2020
News
Trump warnings on lawlessness divide GOP candidates
Senate Republicans running for reelection are divided over whether to embrace President Trump’s aggressive tactics toward Black Lives Matter protesters and his dire warnings of lawlessness under a possible Biden administration.
Some Republicans in competitive races have run ads mimicking Trump’s message on law and order, but others are steering clear of the divisive subject, which
The HillSep 01 2020
News
'This is really bad': Social media users voice concern after Joe Biden appears incoherent in Pittsburgh speech
'This isn't a mispronunciation or stumbling over a few words.'
Twitter users circulated several portions of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's speech from Pittsburgh on Monday, causing the words "Biden video" to trend on the platform.
While the former vice president was hailed and criticized over policy, one excerpt where Biden appeared incoherent sparked concern among
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