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The demonstrations have drawn hundreds of thousands of people across the country who say the cost of living in France has risen too high.

The deal pauses a tariff increase that had been planned to take effect New Year’s Day. President Trump called the meeting with China’s president “amazing and productive.”

Incoming House freshmen drew numbers for where their new offices would be in January. Luck determined whether they’d get a room with a view or one in the rafters.

Three women have accused the astrophysicist of inappropriate behavior. One says she quit her job on his TV show Cosmos because of it.

Ocean litter is a global problem. These Greeks are acting locally to clean up the Aegean.

With her new anthology, Glory Edim says she wants to “capture the energy and vibrancy of what it means to be a black woman in the literary space.”

Ceremonies and services for the former president will be held through Thursday, concluding in College Station, Texas, where he’ll be buried at his presidential library.

In question are thousands of absentee ballots that were never mailed back, largely affecting black and American Indian voters. The board cited “claims of irregularities and fraudulent activities.”

The former president’s choice of socks were often a colorful counterpoint to his conservative suits and attire.

Voters in Utah voted to legalize medical marijuana this year. Now state lawmakers are meeting to rewrite the provisions, but supporters of the initiative say lawmakers are overstepping.

While politicians praised his service to the country, former President George W. Bush called him “the best dad a son or daughter could ask for.”

In this week’s roundup: News from the Ed Department; more parents are taking out loans for their kids in college; and two lawsuits were also filed this week.

The summit marks a test of how far world leaders will seek to distance themselves from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the wake of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Deficit? Debt? Shutdown? Debt ceiling? NPR offers a guide to some of the political and economic terms you’re likely to hear.

Medicare’s incentive program to discourage nursing homes from discharging patients too quickly will also give bonuses to facilities that have fewer rehospitalizations.

In response to the three controversial videos, many Chinese are calling for a boycott of the brand — although Chinese ads aren’t always respectful of other cultures, either.

The World War II generation had a sense of serving the country together and also shared a belief in professionalism, one historian says. Still, Bush was not afraid to get personal with campaign foes.

Amber Guyger is believed to be the second Dallas police officer charged with murder in the past 45 years. She faces up to life imprisonment if convicted.

Berta Cáceres was killed in western Honduras in 2016 and her murder brought renewed attention to the dangers environmentalists face in Central America.

It’s a decision opposed by environmental groups, who say the blasts could harm marine animals, and some coastal communities, who fear it could be a precursor to offshore drilling.

The publication was beloved by its teenage readers. Gevinson, who founded the site when she was 15, said Rookie was “no longer financially sustainable.”

The Government Accountability Office found breakdowns in the way the Food and Drug Administration evaluates drugs for rare diseases. The analysis came after an investigation by Kaiser Health News.

Answers remain elusive for the country’s Department of Conservation, which believes these incidents are not related. In the latest one, more than 50 pilot whales died in the remote Chatham Islands.

Zinke suggests Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, who is in line to chair the House committee overseeing his agency, is a drunk. The ugly exchange comes ahead of likely hearings about Zinke’s ethics issues.

The product comes in a crystal-adorned container. Amid the hoopla, Nigerians weighed in on the subject of skin lightening.

The number of cases worldwide leaped more than 30 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to the World Health Organization and the CDC. And they say the rise has roots in failures to vaccinate children.

The earthquake, with its epicenter just a few miles off Anchorage, has been followed by a series of aftershocks. The Trans Alaska Pipeline System has been shut down.

President Trump’s son told the Senate that he was only “peripherally aware” of negotiations that continued into 2016. Trump’s former lawyer said he briefed Trump’s family members about it.

The hotel giant said information on up to 500 million customers worldwide was exposed in a breach of its Starwood reservation database. The data includes dates of birth and passport numbers.