Tax Fight Gets Personal as Senators Spar Over Bill
New York Times - A daylong debate over taxes devolved into an angry shouting match as Senators Orrin Hatch and Sherrod Brown sparred over whether the bill favored the rich.
View ArticleIsland Nations, With No Time to Lose, Take Climate Response Into Their Own Hands
New York Times - Island states that are least responsible for global emissions but most vulnerable to storms and rising seas are looking outside the United Nations process for aid.
View ArticleHow Saad Hariri's resignation could backfire on Saudi
CNN - If Saudi Arabia is behind the resignation of the Lebanese Prime Minister, it may find it has over-reached this time.
View ArticleTrump Admin Lifts Ban On Importing Poached Elephant Trophies
AP - WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Trump administration said it will allow the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for...
View ArticleCongress' $700 billion defense bill is headed to Trump ? but there's a catch
AP - AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Congress passed a $700 billion defense bill for 2018 on Thursday, and now it's waiting for President Donald Trump to sign. The bill allots about $634 billion for core...
View ArticleWhy money obviously won't be a big factor in deciding Ohtani's MLB team
USA Today - The two-way phenomenon is forgoing hundreds of millions of dollars if he enters MLB this offseason. Â Â Â Â Â Â
View ArticleTexas Unemployment Rate Improves To 3.9 Percent In October
AP - The Texas unemployment rate has improved for the sixth straight month with an October jobless figure of 3.9 percent.
View ArticleSometimes, the cupcakes on the SEC football schedule don't go down so easily
Washington Post - Mercer will play at Alabama on Saturday after giving Auburn a fight earlier this season.
View ArticleEvery six weeks for more than 36 years: When will sex abuse in Olympic sports...
Washington Post - A culture in which responsibility has been passed and top coaches are exulted has left children vulnerable.
View ArticleEx-staffers vouch for Franken after allegations
AP - Several women who worked for Minnesota Sen. Al Franken are vouching for him in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment.  Â
View ArticleGreece: Search continues for 6 still missing in flash floods
AP - Hopes were diminishing as darkness fell Friday for six people reported missing in deadly flash floods that struck near Athens, killing 16.
View ArticleAP Interview: Russia must be more tolerant, candidate says
Washington Post - MOSCOW (AP) ? A celebrity Russian TV host who intends to run for president in next March's election says she hopes to make the nations' tightly-controlled political system more...
View ArticlePope to feed hundreds of poor at special Sunday lunch, Mass
AP - Pope Francis will be offering several hundred poor people ? homeless, migrants, unemployed ? a lunch of gnocchi, veal and tiramisu when he celebrates his first World Day of the Poor in the spirit...
View ArticleA college essay she never let go
CNN - Erin Thompson typed furiously, unleashing a torrent of painful memories onto the page.
View ArticleFormer Wisconsin prisons secretary penning tell-all book
AP - MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? A former Wisconsin prisons secretary is writing a tell-all book about how he was driven out of state government. Former Department of Corrections Secretary Ed Wall resigned in...
View ArticleOfficial: All 10 of Zimbabwe ruling party's provincial branches call for...
AP - HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ? Official: All 10 of Zimbabwe ruling party's provincial branches call for Mugabe's removal.
View ArticleMontana's jobless rate remains at 3.9 percent in October
AP - HELENA, Mont. (AP) ? Montana's unemployment rate remained at 3.9 percent in October, maintaining the level it has been for most of this year. Montana added 1,300 payroll jobs over the last month,...
View ArticlePhone companies get new tools to block robocalls and spam callers
AP - Phone companies will have greater authority to block unwanted calls from reaching customers as regulators adopted new rules to combat automated messages known as robocalls.
View ArticleUnemployment down slightly in Maine in October
AP - AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) ? Maine's unemployment rate fell slightly in October. The Maine Department of Labor says the preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.5 percent in October was...
View ArticleAfter Bonn: where next for the global climate caravan?
AP - BONN, Germany ? As negotiations at the global climate conference in Bonn, Germany, draw to a close Friday, here's a look at which steps will be taken in the coming years to further international...
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