WASHINGTON — Extensive work was well underway on a new $20 bill bearing the image of Harriet Tubman when Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced last month that the design of the note would be delayed for technical reasons by six years and might not include the former slave and abolitionist. Many Americans were deeply disappointed […]
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Stocks ended a choppy week of trading with modest losses Friday as investors look forward to getting more clues about the direction of interest rates. Technology shares drove the declines, and energy stocks also fell a day after leading the market. Some late-day gains in banks and insurers helped temper the market’s losses. Investors dealt
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Image copyright PA Image caption Jo Brand said the joke was “crass and ill-judged” The Metropolitan Police has said it will take no further action over Jo Brand’s comments on a radio show about throwing battery acid at politicians. The comedian was accused of inciting violence after joking on BBC Radio 4’s Heresy about throwing
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption People took to the streets this week in Hong Kong to protest against proposed changes to the extradition bill. Changes to Hong Kong’s extradition law could hurt the autonomy that has made it one of Asia’s main financial hubs. The government is seeking to allow extraditions to mainland China,
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Thousands of women across Switzerland walked off the job, burned bras and blocked traffic Friday in a day of demonstrations to demand fairer pay, more equality and an end to sexual harassment and violence. It was the first such protests in the Alpine nation in 28 years. Discontent over sexism and workplace inequality in prosperous
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Authorities will push for a battery charge against Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri after the executive was accused of pushing and hitting a sheriff’s deputy in the face as he tried to get onto the court when his team won the NBA title in Oakland, an official said Friday. After the game Thursday against the
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday again shook up his immigration team, appointing a hard-liner to coordinate border policy from the White House and sending a message that he is redoubling his efforts to prevent migrants from entering the United States. Thomas D. Homan, his choice for the job, served as the acting head of
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption González was well-known in Mexico, with dozens of acting credits to her name One of Mexico’s best-known television actresses, Edith González, has died aged 54. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2016 and went into remission a year later, but it recently returned. González started her career as
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The White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is the latest high profile figure to leave the Trump administration, returning to her home state of Arkansas at the end of June. Mrs Sanders has been in the role since July 2017 after replacing her predecessor Sean Spicer. Sanders’ tenure as White House spokeswoman was not without
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is moving closer to approving T-Mobile’s $26 billion merger with Sprint, but only if the companies sell multiple assets to create a new wireless competitor, according to three people familiar with the plan. If such an arrangement is approved, it could weaken an effort by attorneys general from nine states
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