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Dec 10 2013
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Nelson Mandela Memorial Draws Mourners And Leaders From Around The World
World leaders and joyous singing South Africans gathered Tuesday to honor Nelson Mandela at a Soweto soccer stadium that was half full amid cold driving rain.
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Joe Biden?s two failed presidential bids could haunt vice president
As Vice President Joseph R. Biden spends this week vacationing in South Carolina and mulling whether to get into the presidential race, he's got to be thinking about the humiliating beatings he took in his two previous bids for the top job.
Washington TimesJul 13 2020
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A New Understanding of Herd Immunity
The portion of the population that needs to get sick is not fixed. We can change it.
Edward Lorenz was just out of college when he was recruited into World War II. He was assigned to be a weather forecaster, despite having no experience in meteorology. What Lorenz knew was math.
So he started experimenting with differential equations, trying to make predictions based on patterns
Jul 01 2019
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Buttigieg campaign says he raised nearly $25 million in the second quarter
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg announced Monday morning he raised more than $24.8 million from more than 294,000 donors in the second quarter. That dwarfs his $7 million haul in the first quarter.
The reporting period ended June 30, but the reports aren't due to the Federal Election Commission until July 15. Buttigieg is the first 2020 primary candidate to release his
USA TODAYOct 18 2019
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Republican Voters Are Largely Backing Trump’s Withdrawal From Syria
On Sunday, Oct. 6, President Trump publicly called for withdrawal of U.S. troops from northeastern Syria. Since then, as U.S. troops have hastily withdrawn from their position, Turkish, Russian, and Syrian government forces have advanced into the region. The American withdrawal has been met with bipartisan disapproval from Congress, where two-thirds of Republicans in the House voted with
538 (ABC News)Jun 29 2019
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Mexico says ‘maquila’ plants to offer migrants 40,000 jobs
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his country’s “maquila” assembly plants are offering to give 40,000 jobs to Central American migrants.
Tens of thousands of migrants who hoped to reach the United States are stuck in Mexico. Many have been sent back to await court dates on their U.S. asylum claims.
And Mexico has also stepped up raids on trains,
Associated PressDec 02 2019
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Elizabeth Warren has past ties to McKinsey consulting firm despite jabs at Buttigieg work there
Elizabeth Warren has criticized 2020 Democratic primary rival Pete Buttigieg for his work at McKinsey & Co. But the Massachusetts senator has ties of her own to the management consulting firm.
Last week, Warren, 70, targeted the South Bend, Indiana, mayor's work for McKinsey from 2007-2010, and called on him to release the list of all his former clients. Buttigieg, 37, has
Washington ExaminerMay 22 2020
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Congress headed toward unemployment showdown
A debate over whether to extend enhanced unemployment benefits is emerging as a significant obstacle to getting a deal on another round of coronavirus relief legislation.
With the national unemployment rate expected to creep toward 20 percent in the months ahead, the fight over whether to boost benefits for Americans who lose their jobs or to keep benefits lean to motivate laid-off
The HillMar 02 2016
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Donald Trump Overwhelms G.O.P. Rivals From Alabama to Massachusetts
Donald J. Trump won sweeping victories across the South and in New England on Tuesday, a show of strength in the Republican primary campaign that underscored the breadth of his appeal and helped him begin to amass a wide delegate advantage despite growing resistance to his candidacy among party leaders.
New York Times (News)Apr 09 2015
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Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Had Prior Excessive Force Complaint
The white South Carolina police officer charged with murder for shooting an unarmed black man in the back was allowed to stay on the force despite a 2013 complaint that he used excessive force against another unarmed black man.
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