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Romeo Ranoco / Pool / AP Patrolling the South China Sea
The announcement of joint military operations by the U.S. and the Philippines is likely to annoy China.
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Reuters Fewer Americans Are Visiting Local Libraries—and Technology Isn't to Blame
Only one trend is closely associated with their use.
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Efrem Lukatsky / AP A New Prime Minister In Ukraine
After days of uncertainty, parliament approved Vladimir Groysman, the speaker, as the man to replace Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
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AP Who Owns ‘We Shall Overcome’?
A new lawsuit argues that the song should be in the public domain, rejecting a 1960 copyright on the civil-rights anthem filed by Pete Seeger and others.
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U.S. Navy Close Encounters of the Russian Kind
American officials have criticized the “aggressive” behavior of Sukhoi warplanes near a U.S. Navy destroyer in international waters.
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Jonathan Alcorn / Reuters The Los Angeles Police Shooting Deemed Unjustified
Video footage of a Los Angeles Police Department officer shooting an unarmed homeless man appears to contradict the officer’s report.
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Richard Drew / AP Hillary Clinton's Agenda for Black America
After a rough couple of weeks, the Democratic front-runner speaks to Al Sharpton’s National Action Network and details plans to reinvest in African American communities.
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LM Otero / AP Two Years Hard Time for the 'Affluenza' Teen
Ethan Couch, who killed four people while driving drunk in 2013, fled to Mexico in December, violating his probation.
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Ilya Naymushin / Reuters The Cost of Keeping Lenin Looking Like Lenin
Russia will spend nearly $200,000 this year to maintain the former Soviet leader's embalmed corpse.
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Tom Szczerbowski / USA TODAY Sports Kobe Bryant’s Last Game
After 20 years in the league, the Lakers great bids farewell to the NBA tonight.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters Are Banks Still Too Big to Fail?
Federal regulators rejected the “living wills” of five big U.S. banks, ordering them to make significant revisions to their bankruptcy plans.
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Reuters Same-Sex Marriage Denied in China
A judge ruled against a gay couple’s marriage petition.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Troubled Times for U.S. Coal
Peabody Energy, the energy giant, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The National Weather Services Abandons All-Caps Forecasts
THE END OF AN ERA …
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters A Strike at Verizon
More than 40,000 workers on the East Coast walked off the job at 6 a.m.
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Mike Groll / AP The Effects of New York's Restrictive Voting Laws
The Empire State’s strict registration rules have already tripped up Donald Trump’s kids—but they might hurt Bernie Sanders the most.
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