World Votes to Lift Blockade on Cuba as US, Israel Vote 'No'
The vote was 191 to 2 in favor of lifting the 55-year-old U.S. blockade on Cuba.
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Eight Dead After Motorist Plows Into Manhattan Bike Lane
A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists along a busy bike path near the World Trade Center memorial on Tuesday, killing at least eight and seriously injuring 11 in what the mayor called "a particularly cowardly act of terror."
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Assad sets sights on Kurdish areas, risking new Syria conflict
With Islamic State near defeat in Syria, Damascus is setting its sights on territory held by Kurdish-led forces including eastern oil fields, risking a new confrontation that could draw the United States in more deeply and complicate Russian diplomacy.
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EPA chief cites bible as he bans scientists it funds from advisory boards
EPA head Scott Pruitt cited the bible when announcing a raft of changes which will affect who can advise the agency on its science advisory boards. Critics have seen the move as an attack on independent science.
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FDA Cracks Down on Marijuana Cancer Treatment Claims
U.S. officials sent a warning to the marijuana industry, alerting online sellers they cannot market their products as a treatment for cancer.
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North Korean Defector Says a U.S. Strike Would Trigger Automatic Retaliation
A high-ranking North Korean defector told a congressional hearing Wednesday that a pre-emptive U.S. military strike on the country would trigger automatic retaliation, with the North unleashing artillery and short-range missile fire on South Korea.
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Pentagon Discloses New Quality Glitch on Lockheed's F-35 Jets
The Pentagon’s F-35 program office is weighing how to fix to a newly discovered glitch in the fighter – the military’s most expensive program – that halted deliveries of the Lockheed Martin Corp. plane for 30 days.
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Americans Are Renouncing Citizenship at a Record Pace
In the third quarter of this year, 1,376 Americans renounced their U.S. citizenship, putting the annual tally on track to top 2016’s record, data from the Treasury Department show.
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Americans Are Officially Freaking Out
For those lying awake at night worried about health care, the economy, and an overall feeling of divide between you and your neighbors, there’s at least one source of comfort: Your neighbors might very well be lying awake, too.
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