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President Obama said Tuesday that the detention center is “contrary to our values” and is seen as “a stain on our broader record” of upholding the highest rules of law. Read more →
John Kasich took the most votes out of Dixville Notch early Tuesday morning, but it is expected to be a good night for Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump in New Hampshire. Read more →
Saying that America faces a “gun violence epidemic,” President Obama is taking “a series of common-sense executive actions” to reduce gun violence Tuesday, the White House says. First among the measures: tighter rules on background checks for gun buyers. Read more →
Federal authorities made no immediate attempt to retake the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in the remote high desert of eastern Oregon, which about two dozen activists seized over the weekend as part of a decades-long fight over public lands in the West.
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Happy 2016, is there one thing that candidates running for the White House could resolve to do (or not to do) that would make the U.S. a better place? Read more →
Does the WHO study that categorizes processed meats as ‘carcinogenic’ have you rethinking your diet?
While doctors have long warned against eating too much meat, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency gave the most definitive response yet Monday about its relation to cancer — and put processed meats in the same danger category as cigarettes or asbestos. Read more →
Vice President Joe Biden is reportedly considering a run for the top job. Read more →
Copyright law is an inappropriate way to deal with ingrained social antipathy to perceived sexual deviance, or with Ashley Madison’s negligent security practices, or with the company’s failure to actually delete information after taking money to delete it. Read more →
As part of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act expected later this year, Congress should require universities with endowments in excess of $100 million to spend at least 8 percent of the endowment each year. Read more →