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08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday it had pulled all staff from an annual crop tour after an employee was threatened, and three sources said the threat came over the phone from an angry farmer.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
President Trump on Tuesday ahead of a meeting with the president of Romania.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Migrant children at a shelter and processing center in Deming, N.M., in May.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Eve Wiley of Dallas learned, through DNA testing, that her biological father was her mother’s fertility doctor.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
A global equities gauge rose on Wednesday for a third day in four as bets on more economic stimulus overcame, for now, worries over the rising prospect of a global recession.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Attorney General Xavier Becerra of California announcing that the state is challenging the Trump administration's new “public charge” rule that will make it difficult for immigrants who receive public assistance to obtain green cards.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Two men were shot and killed in Coney Island on Tuesday night.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
President Trump speaking about manufacturing in Monaca, Penn., last week.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled a rule that allows officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while judges consider whether to grant them asylum in the United States, abolishing a previous 20-day limit.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration was seriously looking at ending the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of noncitizens and people who immigrated to the United States illegally.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
A tract of forest burned as it was cleared on Tuesday by loggers and farmers in Amazonas State. Under President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil has relaxed its environmental protections.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
After months of negotiations, the two companies could not reach a deal for further cooperation over the comic book character. This could affect the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Gravestones at the memorial center of Potocari near Srebrenica, where Serbian fighters massacred about 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the Bosnian war.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
Iraq's paramilitary groups on Wednesday blamed a series of recent blasts at their weapons depots and bases on the United States and Israel.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday challenged Britain to come up with alternatives to the Irish border backstop within 30 days, but French President Emmanuel Macron cautioned there would be no renegotiation of the Brexit deal.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said a no-deal Brexit would be of Britain's own making and not the European Union's, adding that any trade pact London cut with Washington would not mitigate the cost of leaving the bloc without a deal.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday challenged Britain to come up with alternatives to the Irish border backstop within 30 days, but French President Emmanuel Macron cautioned there would be no renegotiation of the Brexit deal.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said a no-deal Brexit would be of Britain's own making and not the European Union's, adding that any trade pact London cut with Washington would not mitigate the cost of leaving the bloc without a deal.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
Thousands of Hong Kong residents held a sometimes scrappy anti-government protest on Wednesday at a suburban subway station that was attacked by a mob last month, angry that nobody has yet been prosecuted for the violence.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
Thousands of Hong Kong residents held a sometimes scrappy anti-government protest on Wednesday at a suburban subway station that was attacked by a mob last month, angry that nobody has yet been prosecuted for the violence.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
Federal Reserve policymakers were deeply divided over whether to cut interest rates last month but were united in wanting to signal they were not on a preset path to more cuts, a message not likely to sit well with U.S. President Donald Trump.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
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08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
America’s economic titans want you to know they really care. Doubt them.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Riding grew harder as I grew older. Then I got an electric bicycle.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
As the administration tries to keep growth going, its trade war weakens it.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Palestinian protesters in the West Bank clashed with Israeli troops in early August.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Julián Castro is seen on a television production monitor during the second night of the Democratic presidential debates in July. Castro qualified for the September debate on Tuesday.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Twenty Americans die each day waiting for organs. Here’s how to change that.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Members of the dissident group Ladies in White marching in Havana.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Hiring in leisure and hospitality was significantly weaker than believed, new government data showed.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
Target Corp beat expectations for earnings and raised its full-year outlook on Wednesday as its investments in same-day delivery and pick-up services increased traffic to its website and stores, sending shares 19% higher.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his administration would seek to close background check loopholes for gun purchases after Democrats accused him of reversing course on gun control measures.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
Survivors of the Parkland, Florida, high school massacre on Wednesday released a sweeping gun-control plan that would ban assault-style rifles and take other steps in hopes of halving U.S. firearms deaths and injuries within a decade.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
Wall Street's main indexes rose on Wednesday as upbeat earnings from retailers pointed to strength in U.S. consumer demand, and held gains after minutes from last month's Federal Reserve meeting showed policymakers had debated a more aggressive interest rate cut.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused non-governmental organizations of setting wildfires in the Amazon rainforest to damage his government's image after he cut their funding.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused non-governmental organizations of setting wildfires in the Amazon rainforest to damage his government's image after he cut their funding.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
Sudan's new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was sworn in on Wednesday as leader of a transitional government, and vowed to make achieving peace and solving the country's economic crisis a priority.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
The agriculture and biofuel industries and their allies in the U.S. Congress ramped up pressure on the Trump administration on Wednesday over the relief he has given oil refiners from rules requiring use of biofuels.
08/21/2019 New York Times Top News
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell has been under pressure from President Trump to cut interest rates more quickly.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
The United Nations warned on Wednesday that 22 "life-saving" aid programs will be forced to close in Yemen in the next two months if countries do not pay more than $1 billion in funding that they pledged earlier this year.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
If Iran's oil exports are cut to zero, international waterways will not have the same security as before, its president said on Wednesday, cautioning Washington against raising pressure on Tehran in an angry confrontation between the longtime foes.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
France’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he would meet Iranian officials ahead of this weekend's G7 summit and make proposals aimed at de-escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
If Iran's oil exports are cut to zero, international waterways will not have the same security as before, its president said on Wednesday, cautioning Washington against raising pressure on Tehran in an angry confrontation between the longtime foes.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
France’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he would meet Iranian officials ahead of this weekend's G7 summit and make proposals aimed at de-escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
Mexican tomato producers struck a last-minute agreement with the Trump administration to avert an anti-dumping investigation and end a tariff dispute that has rumbled on for months, government officials said on Wednesday.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that other countries will need to take up the fight against Islamic State militants, citing Russia, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran as examples.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
U.S. home sales rose more than expected in July, boosted by lower mortgage rates and a strong labor market, signs the Federal Reserve's shift toward lower interest rates was supporting the economy.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
Mortgage rates are at a three-year low and housing price appreciation has cooled, but many Americans seeking to buy their first home are facing tough times.
08/21/2019 Reuters Top News
The Federal Reserve debated cutting interest rates more aggressively at its July meeting, although central bankers were united in wanting to avoid the appearance of being on a path to more rate cuts, minutes showed.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
Police arrested former Indian finance minister P. Chidambaram late on Wednesday in relation to alleged corruption and money laundering, a day after the Delhi High Court rejected his application to seek exemption from arrest.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said he would not escalate a deepening trade and diplomatic dispute with China but added that his government had no intention of backing down as it defended its interests.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
Danes voiced shock and disbelief on Wednesday at U.S. President Donald Trump's cancellation of a visit to Denmark after his idea to buy Greenland was rebuffed, although Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she believed relations would not be affected.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed offense over the Danish prime minister's statement that selling Greenland was "absurd," adding that a U.S. purchase of the autonomous Danish territory was just an idea.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
Sudan on Tuesday completed the formation of an 11-member sovereign council that will run the country for a three-year transitional period until elections, a spokesman for the ruling military council told a news conference.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
Italy's main opposition party said on Wednesday it was ready to hold talks with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement over forming a government following the collapse of the previous, populist coalition.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Customs and Border Protection said it will not provide flu vaccines to detained migrant children, despite three deaths in part because of influenza.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Police were searching for a shooter Wednesday after four college students were wounded when a gunman opened fire near Clark Atlanta University.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Controversy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's donations to the MIT lab date back to 2015. He reportedly gave over $200,000.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
The resignation comes days after Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney called Richard Ross Jr. the best police commissioner in the U.S.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested on Wednesday that Britain and the EU could find a solution to the sticking point of the Irish backstop in the next 30 days, a possible signal she is willing to compromise with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Great white sharks have become a new part of the daily beach life at Cape Cod. Some are now feeding off the resurgent gray seals in the area.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Eric Lin was arrested in Seattle Friday for charges of making threatening communications via Facebook toward one unidentified South Florida woman.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Survivors of a plane crash recorded the moment the Coast Guard rescued them off the coast of California.![]()
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
Two American service members were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the NATO press office said without elaborating.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
Fourteen people had to be treated for injuries in Madrid after a flight operated by Spanish charter airline Evelop ran into severe turbulence en route from Mauritius, a company official who declined to be identified said on Wednesday.
08/21/2019 Reuters World News
Britain wants to do a swift Brexit deal but the "undemocratic" Irish border backstop must be axed in full to prevent a no-deal exit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Dana Pullman, feds say, paid for flowers and a romantic trip to Miami using the Massachusetts state police union's debit card.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
The FAA "looks forward" to a panel's findings on the Boeing 737 MAX jets but stands by the process that certified a key component of the aircraft.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Jorge Luis Dupre Lachazo, 21, admitted to bashing the victim's head with a mallet and dousing her in a liquid chemical.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
74-year-old Gary Van Ryswyk is being held on $250,000 bail. The victim was taken to a hospital and listed in stable condition.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Three administrators at Berry Miller Junior High told the Texas student that his hair violated dress code policy. The teen's parents are suing them.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
The quick response from a nearby pilot helped the Coast Guard's ability to save two lives, Lt. Cmdr. Joshua Murphy said.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Robert Morris Levy was arrested and faces a grand jury indictment on manslaughter and fraud charges in connection with the death of three veterans.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Joseph Oberhansley, 38, is accused of killing his estranged girlfriend and eating parts of her brain and organs in 2014.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
A look at the day's best photographs from around the world.![]()
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Both cat species have been observed walking with a strange gait and may be suffering from some type of poisoning, Florida wildlife officials said.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Emma Valentina Hernandez was fatally attacked by three dogs in an alley near her Detroit home. The dogs probably will be euthanized.
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Dean and Monica Berckenhoff were stunned on their wedding day when the man who received their son's heart walked in during their ceremony.![]()
08/21/2019 USA Today - Nation
Planned Parenthood said Monday it's pulling out of the federal family planning program rather than abide by a new Trump administration rule prohibiting clinics from referring women for abortions.