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Charles Sykes / Invision / AP Remembering Alan Rickman
The British actor, who was perhaps best known in the U.S. for his roles in the Harry Potter films and Die Hard, was 69.
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Evan Agostini / Invision / AP) This Just In: Alan Rickman Has Died
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Alex Brandon / AP Powerball Jackpot: We Have 3 Winners
The winning tickets were bought in California, Florida, and Tennessee.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP The Plot Against Paul LePage
A group of Maine legislators hopes to impeach the state’s controversial governor for using state money to intimidate his political opponents.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP The Importance of Obama's Ultimatum on Guns
Democratic Senate candidates are fine with the president’s demand that they support restrictions on firearms. What a difference a decade makes.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters A Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak in Flint
The city’s public-health crisis grows after Michigan officials announce 10 people have died from the waterborne illness since 2014.
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Shutterstock The Tragedies Far More Likely to Hit Than Your Powerball Number
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Bebeto Matthews / AP The End of Al Jazeera America
Its chief executive said the the decision was driven by the fact that “our business model is simply not sustainable.”
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Sepahnews / AP American Sailors Released
U.S. and Iranian officials are hailing the diplomacy that resulted in their release.
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Alan Diaz / AP What If You Bought All 292 Million of the Possible Powerball Combinations?
A very weird thought experiment
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Lefteris Pitarakis / AP The Aftermath of the Istanbul Attack
Ten of the 11 victims are German, and Turkish authorities arrested five person in connection with the suicide bombing.
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Damian Dovarganes / AP The Return of the Los Angeles Rams
After having no NFL team for 21 years, L.A. may suddenly have two.
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Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters Why Is Bernie Sanders Overtaking Hillary?
As the new year begins, new polling shows a reversal in the Democratic primary. What, if anything, stopped the frontrunner’s momentum?
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Reuters Ten U.S. Sailors, Two Navy Boats, and Iran
Iran says it will "promptly” return a group of U.S. sailors who reportedly drifted into Iranian waters Tuesday.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Florida’s Death Penalty Is Struck Down
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the state’s jury-sentencing system in capital cases violates the Sixth Amendment.
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Reuters What Makes a Joke ‘Transphobic’?
Ricky Gervais doesn’t understand why people are peeved at him. It’s pretty simple, though.
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Stephanie Keith / Reuters What Becomes of Lottery Winners?
Millions are buying Powerball tickets assuming that winning will bring them a prosperous, work-free life, but research suggests they shouldn't be so certain.
