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California Couple, Parents Of 13, Plead Guilty To Abuse, Torture, Imprisonment

By Amy Held

David and Louise Turpin face 25 years to life behind bars in an abuse case the DA said was “among the worst … ever seen.” It included charges of starving and shackling children to furniture.

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Microsoft Workers Protest Army Contract With Tech ‘Designed To Help People Kill’

By Laura Sydell

They say Microsoft’s contract “crossed the line” into weapons development for the first time and that the company is failing to inform its engineers “on the intent of the software they are building.”

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Botswana Weighs Lifting Hunting Ban, With Eye On Reducing Elephant Population

By Amy Held

A government group recommends elephant hunting resume within limits, and also calls for the animals to be slaughtered for meat used in pet food production.

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Judge Rules Against State Department In Same-Sex Couple’s Citizenship Lawsuit

By Merrit Kennedy

Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks have twin sons, born four minutes apart. The State Department has maintained that one is a U.S. citizen and one is not. A judge sided with the couple.

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Virginia Republicans Plan Hearings For Lt. Gov. Fairfax’s Sexual Assault Accusers

By Brakkton Booker

GOP members in Virginia’s General Assembly plan to hear from women who allege that Justin Fairfax sexually assaulted them years ago. Fairfax denies the allegations.

Netflix Buys Rights To Stream Chinese Sci-Fi Blockbuster ‘The Wandering Earth’

By Laurel Wamsley

The film’s release has been a major event in China. Will overseas audiences by charmed its big-budget special effects, too?

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Trump Administration Proposes Sweeping Changes To Federal Family Planning Program

By Sarah McCammon

Any organization that provides or refers patients for abortions will be ineligible for Title X funding to cover STD prevention, cancer screenings and contraception.

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Trump’s Venezuela Moves Follow Long History Of Intervention In Latin America

By Alex Leff

History suggests that if the U.S. takes too large a role in the South American country’s crisis, it could spark a worse backlash than the original issue, experts and former diplomats warn.

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Jussie Smollett’s Character Removed From Final Episodes Of ‘Empire’ Season

By Colin Dwyer

The actor was arrested Thursday for filing a false police report. Now, it appears the role that made him famous may be in doubt. Empire producers said they chose to “avoid further disruption on set.”

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Florida Police: Robert Kraft, Owner Of Patriots, To Face Solicitation Charges

By Vanessa Romo

The charges are part of a sting on a local spa. Kraft is being charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution, a misdemeanor, tied to two different visits to the spa.

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Kraft, Oscar Mayer Brands Take A Massive Hit As Tastes Shift

By Avie Schneider

The giant Kraft Heinz food company’s stock dropped sharply Friday after it said its Kraft and Oscar Mayer brands are worth $15.4 billion less than previously stated.

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What An Insect Can Teach Us About Adapting To Stress

By Liana Simstrom

Under pressure, a lot of us get rigid about our sense of self. But psychologists say it’s healthier to be flexible and adapt to your circumstances. Just ask a grasshopper.

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Senate Inquiry On Drug Prices Echoes Landmark Hearings Held 60 Years Ago

By Jay Hancock

A Senate hearing on Tuesday featuring pharmaceutical executives will tackle many issues raised in the historic Kefauver hearings, which led to tougher drug regulation. High prices remain a concern.

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Advertisers Abandon YouTube Over Concerns That Pedophiles Lurk In Comments Section

By Matthew S. Schwartz

Hasbro, Disney, Nestle and others have suspended their ads on the online video site. YouTube has responded by disabling comments on millions of videos.

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7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Ecuador’s Border With Peru

By Bill Chappell

The earthquake’s epicenter was far inland, away from the country’s main highways that run along mountain ranges.

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Venezuela’s Maduro Orders Closure Of Brazilian Border

By Matthew S. Schwartz

President Nicolás Maduro issued the order in an apparent effort to make it harder for international aid to enter the country and buoy his political opponent, Juan Guaidó.

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Oakland, Los Angeles And More To Come: Why Teachers Keep Going On Strike

By Anya Kamenetz

Across the country, teachers are striking again. First there was Los Angeles, then Denver and West Virginia. Now Oakland, Calif., teachers are on the picket lines.

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Here’s What May Happen When The Mueller Investigation Is Completed

By Philip Ewing

The special counsel may be close to wrapping up. Or he may not. He could file a landmark report. Or he may not. The rules are limited, and the attorney general has a lot of discretion.

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Migrant Youth Go From A Children’s Shelter To Adult Detention On Their 18th Birthday

By John Burnett

In two-thirds of over 1,500 cases from April 2016 to February 2018, Immigration and Customs Enforcement put migrant youth into detention when they turned 18, according to government data.

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U.S. Will Leave 200 ‘Peacekeeping’ Troops In Syria

By Matthew S. Schwartz

Two months after President Trump announced a complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country, the White House says the contingent will remain for an unspecified period of time.

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Military Families Experience High Stress, Anxiety And Unemployment, Report Says

By Vanessa Romo

The annual report from the Department of Defense found a vast majority of civilian spouses of active-duty members faced a variety of challenges due to their partners’ deployment.

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Sons Of ‘El Chapo’ Indicted On Drug Conspiracy Charge

By Vanessa Romo

The indictment alleges Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Ovidio Guzman Lopez “conspired to import and distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana from Mexico and elsewhere” into the U.S.

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Peter Tork Of The Monkees Dies At 77

By Laurel Wamsley

An adept musician in a pop band dismissed as made for TV, Tork became famous with the Monkees in the 1960s. Their reunion tours lasted well into the 2000s.

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‘A Life Destroyed’: Survivors And Pope At Vatican Summit Address Clergy Sex Abuse

By Sylvia Poggioli

One survivor said a priest forced her to have abortions after raping her. The pope said he has come up with 21 “reflection points” designed to address the crisis.

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U.S. Soda Taxes Work, Studies Suggest — But Maybe Not As Well As Hoped

By Dan Charles

Connecticut and California are considering statewide taxes on sugary drinks. New data from soda taxes in Berkeley and Philadelphia present a mixed picture of their effects on sugar consumption.

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‘I Want Justice:’ R. Kelly Accused Of Sexual Misconduct By 2 More Women

By Colin Dwyer

Rochelle Washington and Latresa Scaff said the singer made sexual advances on them when they were underage in the mid-1990s. The claims come amid a flurry of renewed accusations against R. Kelly.

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Israel Launches Spacecraft To The Moon

By Merrit Kennedy

If the mission is successful, it would make Israel the fourth country to land on the lunar surface – after the U.S., the former Soviet Union and China.

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‘Every Kind Of Norm Is Broken’: U.N. Says Brutality In S. Sudan May Rise To War Crimes

By Amy Held

Gang rapes, abductions and killings have grown commonplace in South Sudan, according to the Commission on Human Rights, whose new report outlines widespread violence in the country’s ongoing conflict.

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Roger Stone Barred From Talking About His Case Following Criticism Of Judge

By Ryan Lucas

Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she did not believe Stone’s apologies on Thursday and ordered him to keep quiet about her and his case in public. If he doesn’t, he could be locked up.

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Family Reunites With Dog That Disappeared During The Deadly Camp Fire

By Merrit Kennedy

The Akita, named Kingston, had been missing since the Camp Fire started. “When I found out, [it] just about brought me to tears,” the dog’s owner, Gabriel Ballejos, told a local television station.

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When Sheriffs Won’t Enforce The Law

By Martin Kaste

Some sheriffs in Washington state say they won’t enforce a new gun law. It’s the latest example of sheriffs exercising what some regard as their duty to resist “government overreach.”

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Apple And Goldman Sachs Will Reportedly Launch An iPhone-Connected Credit Card

By Laurel Wamsley

The credit card would represent a foray into new businesses for both companies. With a card, Apple may be able to take a larger cut from purchases than it does now through Apple Pay.

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A New Treatment Can Relieve Food Allergies, But Few Doctors Offer It

By Esther Landhuis

Many parents of kids with life-threatening food allergies live with fear, EpiPen in hand. Some are trying oral immunotherapy, a treatment that can help patients build tolerance to foods like peanuts.

Freckled Model In Zara Ad Sparks Outcry On Chinese Social Media

By Yuhan Xu

Her unretouched face set off a heated debate about beauty standards — and whether freckles are uglifying.

World’s Largest Bee Is Spotted For First Time In Decades

By Bill Chappell

The bee towers over its apian cousins. Females have been recorded as being at least an inch and a half long. Add to that a pair of gigantic mandibles, and it’s a bee like no other.

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Heckler & Koch Fined $4.2 Million Over Assault Rifle Sales In Mexico

By Bill Chappell

A court in Germany ruled that Heckler & Koch broke the law when it allowed some 4,500 G36 assault rifles to reach Mexican states where drug cartel violence had prompted a ban on such deals.

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