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More than 12 million pounds of meat are now included in the recall. Officials say some 250 people have been sickened. They fear contaminated beef may remain in people’s freezers.

Maya Little led a rally against the plan to relocate “Silent Sam” in a new, multimillion-dollar history and education center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

According to a report obtained by The New York Times, lawyers working for CBS say Moonves obstructed an investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct. His lucrative exit package may be withheld.

A large study of Danish kids finds that childhood infections are linked with a higher risk of developing some mental illnesses. The risk is highest in the months immediately following the infection.

It was only 10 years ago that the Castro government lifted its ban that prohibited regular citizens from buying computers. Today, phones are a key method of accessing the Internet in Cuba.

Despite protests from voters, Republican legislators in Wisconsin have voted to curb the authority of Gov.-elect Tony Evers, a Democrat who will take office in January. The list of changes is long.

The league’s Board of Governors unanimously approved the city’s bid to become the 32nd active franchise in the NHL. The team expects to take the ice for the first time in 2021.

A lawsuit involving President Trump and his D.C. hotel could hit the headlines in the fall of 2019, prime time in the next presidential campaign.

More than 50 Massachusetts schools are participating in a new program that brings counselors in to help children deal with the stress and trauma of living in families struggling with drug addiction.

The new head coach is replacing DJ Durkin, who was fired after a player died under his watch. Now, Locksley must revive a program mired in controversy, though he has a spotty coaching past of his own.

The magnitude 7.6 temblor prompted fears that a tsunami might strike Vanuatu and the French territory of New Caledonia. But within hours, local officials said the worst of the danger had passed.

Prosecutors said Flynn’s cooperation since his guilty plea has been so valuable that a judge should be lenient at sentencing, but the full details still aren’t public in a heavily redacted document.

The protesters honored women killed in 2018, and called for the government to take action. They used empty shoes and posed as victims in graphic displays.

State investigators appear focused on whether a Republican political operative violated the law by hiring people to collect mail-in ballots from voters. The GOP candidate won with a 900-vote margin.

Maria Ressa, the head of Rappler, an online news outlet known to criticize the Philippine government, was charged with tax evasion. “I will do what I need to do to face all of this,” she said.

A federal judge ruled that the Pentagon provided no rationalization for recruiting immigrants and then delaying their military service.

“Read my lips” succeeded at countering Bush’s image problem. But if it improved his chances of being elected in 1988, it may have ruined his chances of being re-elected in 1992.

Lawmakers have agreed to send rejected refugees or those with criminal records to an uninhabited island once used to test diseased animals.

Dane Best won over the town board of Severance with cold logic, persuading them to overturn the long-established law.

A relief showed Roman soldiers carrying the spoils of the war, including a menorah from the destroyed ancient Temple of Jerusalem. Observers noted the problematic image.

American medical schools have historically been disproportionately white, but they are starting to attract more diverse students. The change may be the result of a diversity policy with teeth.

The bond market is worried the trade war, slowing global growth and a drop in oil prices are signs the economy is slowing and may be heading for a recession. Nervousness spilled over into stocks too.

In July, the countries declared the war was over; a couple of months later, they opened their border for the first time in almost 20 years. Some analysts caution big changes are coming too quickly.

In Breaking News, Alan Rusbridger reflects on the blockbuster stories he helped publish over the course of his 20-year tenure running the British newspaper The Guardian.

Emile Ratelband, 69, says he feels 20 years younger, and he had asked a court to allow him to change his legal age accordingly. He lost his case, but plans to appeal.

The National Republican Congressional Committee said that it has reported a “cyber intrusion” to the FBI that may have imperiled its data. It’s not clear who’s responsible.

Mohn will step aside to focus on a newly created position to lead the network’s fundraising drive. He and his wife will contribute $10 million toward the effort from their personal fortune.

The lawmakers emerged from a CIA briefing and said they were convinced that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was responsible. One said if there was a trial, he would be convicted “in 30 minutes.”

No matter where in the globe former President Bush’s pursuits took him, he circled back every year, as if tethered, to Walker’s Point — his family’s estate in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Meyer will be replaced by Ohio State’s offensive coordinator Ryan Day, who led the team when the head coach served his suspension for the first three games of the 2018 season.