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Harvey Weinstein sues former company over emails, records
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Harvey Weinstein sues former company over emails, records

October 26, 2017

Weinstein’s lawsuit filed Thursday in Delaware seeks access to the records, which Weinstein’s lawyers argue are key to the Oscar-winner’s defense from the avalanche of harassment claims made against him…

2 Dakota Access protesters sentenced to jail in North Dakota
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2 Dakota Access protesters sentenced to jail in North Dakota

October 26, 2017

Sixty-four-year-old Mary Redway and 27-year-old Alexander Simon were convicted Oct. 19 of misdemeanor disorderly conduct during the protests in North Dakota. Redway, of Providence, Rhode Island, was sentenced to four…

GOP targets environmental rules after wildfires
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GOP targets environmental rules after wildfires

October 26, 2017

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said lawmakers will vote next week on a bill to loosen environmental regulations for forest-thinning projects on federal lands. The GOP argues the actions will…

Dollars targeting opioids hit hurdles as impatience builds
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Dollars targeting opioids hit hurdles as impatience builds

October 26, 2017

At a congressional hearing Wednesday in Washington, Republicans and Democrats shared frustration as they questioned top administration officials about federal spending to fight a nationwide plague of opioid addictions, the…

Companies in West Texas oil patch need production workers
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Companies in West Texas oil patch need production workers

October 25, 2017

Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle file via AP<br><br>A Halliburton employee works near rows of hydraulic fracturing pumping units at a three pad site in Midland, Texas.du1-i-syn The Houston Chronicle reports that today,…

Weinstein Co. targeted in new claims of sexual misconduct
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Weinstein Co. targeted in new claims of sexual misconduct

October 25, 2017

Actress Natassia Malthe reacts during a news conference in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, where she alleged sexual assault by producer Harvey Weinstein in 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)du1-i-syn Allred,…

Refugee advocates denounce Trump’s latest order
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Refugee advocates denounce Trump’s latest order

October 25, 2017

Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban on May 15, 2017, outside a federal courthouse in Seattle. Trump’s six-month worldwide ban on refugees entering…

On JFK documents, Trump squeezed over disclosure
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On JFK documents, Trump squeezed over disclosure

October 25, 2017

Surrounded by detectives, Lee Harvey Oswald talks to the media as he is led down a corridor of the Dallas police station for another round of questioning in connection with…

Trump calls Yellen ‘terrific’ and notes stock market gains
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Trump calls Yellen ‘terrific’ and notes stock market gains

October 25, 2017

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks about “Monetary Policy Since the Financial Crisis” during the National Economists Club Herbert Stein Memorial Lecture at the British Embassy in Washington.Sait Serkan Gurbuz/Associated…

In poll, people say Trump tax plan benefits rich, companies
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In poll, people say Trump tax plan benefits rich, companies

October 25, 2017

Susan Walsh/Associated Press file<br><br>FMost Americans say President Donald Trump’s tax plan would benefit the wealthy and corporations, and less than half believe the president’s message that “massive tax cuts” would…

Premiums rising 34 percent for most popular health plan
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Premiums rising 34 percent for most popular health plan

October 25, 2017

The Trump administration says consumers can start previewing plans and premiums online for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act in 2018. Open enrollment starts Nov. 1.Alex Brandon/Associated Press Window-shopping…

Catalan VP says Spain ‘gives us no option’ but to secede
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Catalan VP says Spain ‘gives us no option’ but to secede

October 25, 2017

Catalan regional Vice President Oriol Junqueras speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. Catalonia’s vice president says Spanish authorities are giving separatists…

Mexican immigrant takes sanctuary in western Colorado church
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Mexican immigrant takes sanctuary in western Colorado church

October 25, 2017

Immigration activist Sandra Lopez speaks to community members and supporters during a press conference on Tuesday in Carbondale. Lopez has taken sanctuary at Carbondale’s Two River Unitarian Universalist church. She…

Diversifying an oil and gas economy in Carlsbad, N.M.
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Diversifying an oil and gas economy in Carlsbad, N.M.

October 25, 2017

Jameson Lucas, brew master at Milton’s Brewing in Carlsbad, N.M., taps a keg in the keg room. Milton’s is the first microbrewery to open in Carlsbad.Adrian Hedden/Carlsbad Current Argus via…

Toxins in widespread use excluded from EPA chemical review
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Toxins in widespread use excluded from EPA chemical review

October 25, 2017

George Riegel, Jr., M.D., right, owner of Asbestos Removal Technologies Inc., helps prepare a personal air monitor on job foreman Megan Eberhart before asbestos abatement in Howell, Mich. Congress ordered…