Seeking to paint rival Donald Trump as an ally of Wall Street and Democrats as champions for the middle class, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday touted an economic plan that relies heavily on tax increases for major U.S. companies, Wall Street firms and rich Americans. At a rally in Cleveland, Mrs. Clinton made no bones about […]
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USACHICAGO — Paul O’Neal, the black teen fatally shot last month by Chicago police in a controversial incident captured in part on video, sustained a single gunshot wound to the right side of his back, the Cook County medical examiner’s office determined in an autopsy made public Wednesday. Toxicological testing found no drugs in O’Neal’s
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USASydney (dpa) – Australia and Papua New Guinea confirmed Wednesday that the Manus Island detention centre for asylum seekers and refugees will be shut down, but didn’t announce a date for the closure. Some 854 people are being held in 17 camps on the island. Refugee advocates and political parties asked the government to bring
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InternationalProPublica’s reporting on the water crisis in the American West has highlighted any number of confounding contradictions worsening the problem: Farmers are encouraged to waste water so as to protect their legal rights to its dwindling supply in the years ahead; Las Vegas sought to impose restrictions on water use while placing no checks on
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The World We Share, USAWASHINGTON — Documents from an ongoing congressional ethics investigation into U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows show that Meadows paid former chief of staff Kenny West for months even after West had been barred from the congressman’s Washington office over complaints from female staff members. The ethics review of Meadows, a Republican from western North Carolina, revolves
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USALike teenagers anywhere, 17-year-old Amine Demirtas had a cellphone and loved to chat and message with friends. But when her family found out, her brother brutally killed her. Women activists across Turkey are furious by the latest incident of violence against women. Earlier this month, police charged Demirtas’ brother, 29-year-old Kasim Demirtas, with torturing his
After losing a challenge to restrictions on carrying concealed firearms, gun owners in California filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to block a state law that prevents most people from carrying guns openly in public. The lawsuit contends that the ban on openly carrying a gun in public must be struck down now that a federal
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USARIO DE JANEIRO — On the way to the Rio Olympic Arena for the final day of gymnastics competition Tuesday, Lauren Hernandez tried to encourage U.S. teammate Aly Raisman, who was competing in the floor exercise later in the day, and in the process summed up the sport in the era of Simone Biles. “Aly
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The leaders of the Catholic Church in Missouri are calling on lawmakers to sustain Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill eliminating the need to obtain a permit to carry a concealed gun in public. In a joint statement, the bishops of the four dioceses of Missouri called the legislation “a
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USAParis (dpa) – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in an interview published Wednesday that he understood the decisions by local mayors to ban Islam-influenced full-body swimming attire at the beach, but added that there would be no national legislation. Speaking to La Provence newspaper, published in southern France where most of the handful of
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InternationalNorth Korea on Wednesday condemned President Park Geun-hye’s latest speech calling for Pyongyang to end its nuclear and missile programs, saying that she is to blame for worsening inter-Korean ties. On Monday, Park gave a speech to mark the 71st anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule. In her address, Park urged North
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InternationalWASHINGTON — Donald Trump reshuffled his campaign team again Wednesday, bringing the publisher of conservative website Breitbart into his inner circle along with a former ally of his rival Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. The moves follow weeks of falling poll numbers and months of infighting in Trump’s campaign, as the nominee has struggled to overcome
A group of doctors in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo have appealed to President Barack Obama for help. In an open letter, they told the US president, “We don’t need tears, we need action.” The doctors are in the eastern part of the ancient city, in an area controlled by rebels. One of the
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