WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr declared on Monday that a deadly shooting last month at a naval air station in Pensacola, Fla., was an act of terrorism, and he asked Apple in an unusually high-profile request to provide access to two phones used by the gunman. Mr. Barr’s appeal was an escalation of […]
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The Trump administration is dropping its designation of China as a currency manipulator in advance of the signing Wednesday of a Phase 1 U.S.-China trade agreement By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer January 13, 2020, 10:29 PM 2 min read WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is dropping its designation of China as a currency manipulator
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Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter says he is suing three distributors of opioids By KEN MILLER Associated Press January 13, 2020, 9:43 PM 3 min read OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter on Monday brought a lawsuit against three distributors of opioids after winning a lawsuit against one drug manufacturer and reaching pretrial
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Abby Huntsman said Monday that she is leaving ABC’s “The View” to help her father, Jon Huntsman, run again for governor of Utah. Her last day is Friday. “There’s no one I believe in more than my dad right now,” she told her fellow panelists and viewers. Huntsman added, “It’s not often in life that
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Flybe says air passenger duty unfairly burdens its domestic customers Flybe is in talks with the government to defer the payment of air passenger duty amid reports the airline is attempting to secure a rescue deal. The BBC understands that delaying the tax bill is just one option that
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North Carolina forward Brandon Robinson was injured in a car crash in which police say the other driver was charged with driving while impaired January 13, 2020, 9:45 PM 2 min read CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina forward Brandon Robinson was hurt in a weekend car crash and the school says the injuries are
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In a private meeting in 2018 between Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Mr. Sanders said that he did not think a woman could win the presidency, according to two people familiar with the discussion. Ms. Warren subsequently told associates about Mr. Sanders’s comment, according to people with knowledge of
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For nearly 15 years, U.S. Navy veteran Kevin Rosenberg owed six figures in student loans. But on January 7, 2020, a New York judge ruled that the $221,385.49 in student loan debt owed by Rosenberg as of November 2019 was dischargeable under chapter 7 bankruptcy. “I have a chance now to have a life,” the
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Greta Gerwig was nominated for best director in 2018 The 2020 Oscar nominations have been announced in Los Angeles, but it is not a good year for diversity in the top categories. There were no women nominated in the best director category – Greta Gerwig missed out as director
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Image copyright STR/Getty The US will reverse its decision to brand China a currency manipulator as the countries work toward a trade deal. The US Treasury Department is expected to announce the decision on Monday. Washington and Beijing will this week sign “phase one” of a trade deal aimed reducing friction between the world’s two
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