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George Mendonsa claimed to be the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square — a photo that defined the jubilation of Victory over Japan Day. The two had never met.

The Vermont independent became an ideological leader in the Democratic Party after his 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton. He faces a far more crowded and liberal field this time.

The justice has been recovering at home since late December. She missed January’s oral-argument days but participated in those 11 cases based on written briefs and transcripts of the arguments.

The Democratic Party is largely unified around the value of immigrants and against President Trump’s policies, far from labor concerns and the party’s law and order agenda of the 1990’s.

Educators oppose charter schools and a new voucher system. The strike comes a year after the last walkout sparked similar strikes across the U.S.

Broecker was an early advocate for reducing fossil fuels to avoid the disruptive effects of climate change and brought the term “global warming” into the mainstream.

They say there’s rarely enough evidence to prosecute. “The U.S. does not want to watch as these ISIS fighters permeate Europe, which is where they are expected to go,” Trump tweeted.

A coalition led by California has sued the Trump administration over its plan to divert billions of dollars to border wall construction.

The U.S. president urged military leaders to stop blocking food aid from entering the country, and said those who refuse to accept the opposition leader “will find no safe harbor … no way out.”

Bohemian Rhapsody, a biopic about Queen’s late frontman Freddie Mercury, is up for five awards. Two surviving band members will play at Sunday’s ceremony, joined by Adam Lambert singing lead.

“The age of inadequate self-regulation must come to an end,” says Damian Collins, chair of the committee behind the report, which is often scathing on Facebook’s practices and corporate conduct.

Honey bees deal with many stressors: chemicals, climate change and viruses. But this year, a tiny mite has wiped out colonies, causing worry over whether there are enough bees left to do their jobs.

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe told CBS and NPR that officials had discussed invoking the 25th Amendment, a procedure which takes power away from the president.

The New York congressman was sentenced to 21 months after he sent an explicit photo of himself to a 15-year-old girl.

Remarkably little is known about the fundamentals of how a woman carries a baby inside her. Two Columbia University researchers aim to change that, to reduce the number of kids born too soon.

A key witness described how a political operative hired by the Republican candidate flouted the state’s election laws as part of an absentee ballot operation.

The president is prepared to veto any congressional resolutions of disapproval on his declaration of a national emergency over border security, White House adviser Stephen Miller says.

The former acting director of the bureau also tells NPR that he and Justice Department leaders were so rattled following the dismissal of James Comey they struggled with how to respond.

Bennett College, a historically black women’s college, could lose accreditation due to financial instability. President Phyllis Worthy Dawkins tells NPR’s Michel Martin how the school raised millions.

Almost 3,000 people painted their bodies blue and gathered in Germany in hopes of setting a world record on Saturday.

Researchers say this number could be much higher, and that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime carried out 98 percent of them, dropping chlorine gas, sarin and sulfur mustard gas on civilians.

The mayor of Cremona, Italy, blocked traffic during five weeks of recording and asked residents to please keep quiet so master musicians could play four instruments — note by note — for posterity.

Kindergartners from Georgetown Day School in Washington D.C., help NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro field questions to McClain, who’s an astronaut serving on the International Space Station.

Public records requests to the office of the Secretary of the Interior have increased by over 200 percent since 2016. Critics say that proposed rule changes to limit those requests will hamper access.

The Camp Fire in November 2018 incinerated roughly 90 percent of the homes in Paradise, Calif. Owners of the few remaining homes may find it more difficult to keep their home insured.

College students across the country have re-created campus versions of CBS’ Survivor — all while juggling classes and homework. The challenges are popular online and have earned a devoted following.

The living-history museum in Virginia re-creates 18th-century recipes in its restaurants using ingredients grown in the traditional way onsite. But some modern palates aren’t too keen on the taste.

The fund is reducing awards as it faces a surge in claims before the fund’s 2020 expiration date.

Ganz portrayed more than 100 film roles starting when he was 19. His most notable were as an angel in Wings of Desire and Adolf Hitler in Downfall.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a standing ovation for a speech that critiqued U.S. foreign policy. Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President Pence defended U.S. global leadership.

Theodore McCarrick rose to power as a cardinal and archbishop of Washington, D.C. He became the most senior Catholic Church official in modern times to lose clerical status.

Some aid workers are being denounced as opposition activists and there are fears that all aid could be blocked. The situation could soon resemble a “medieval siege,” warns an analyst in Caracas.