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2019 Hollywood Diversity Report is hopeful for a more inclusive future

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Europeans watch Brexit chaos in 'disbelief and bewilderment'

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Coast Guard officer wanted to kill Democrats and TV hosts, prosecutors say

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Trump says he will not let Alabama woman who joined ISIS back into U.S.

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Lindsey Vonn reflects on retirement: ‘It’s been an amazing ride’

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'El Chapo' juror says panelists regularly broke judge's order

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Netanyahu cozies up to far-right parties; centrists respond with own alliance

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School gave cheerleaders awards for 'big boobie' and 'big booty,' ACLU says

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How one of America's harshest isolation units was exposed from the inside

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Immigrants innovate at higher rate than U.S. citizens, study shows

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DNA leads to arrest in cold case murder from 1973

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'El Chapo' juror says panelists regularly broke judge's order

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A state trooper appears to pull gun on driver in traffic stop, video shows

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HUD toughens housing inspections to stop landlords 'gaming the system'

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Mike Pompeo says he has 'ruled out' running for a Senate seat in 2020

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Trump says it's up to attorney general to release Mueller report

Meet the Press

Biden's final hesitation about 2020 and what it could mean

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Pentagon chief's Syria briefing irks lawmakers, draws expletives from Lindsey Graham

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Judge agrees to postpone Michael Cohen's prison surrender date

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Virginia Gov. Northam to skip event at historically black school

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Europeans watch Brexit chaos in 'disbelief and bewilderment'

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A massacre, a toppled pro-Putin president and a country 'saved'

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Pope at abuse summit: 'Listen to the cry of the young who want justice'

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A young Senegalese man vanished on journey to Spain

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Trump says he will not readmit Alabama woman who joined ISIS

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Fire in centuries-old shopping district kills 70 in Bangladesh

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Nike sells out of non-NFL Kaepernick jerseys

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Are Phillies only team left in Bryce Harper sweepstakes?

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UNC steamrolls Duke after Zion Williamson injury

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MLB to crack down on sign stealing

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Why the Manny Machado deal is good for him, Padres

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MLB to crack down on sign stealing

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Why the Manny Machado deal is good for him, Padres

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CNN draws fire for hiring former DOJ spokesperson

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'It's dangerous': New York Times publisher responds to Trump's media rhetoric

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How CEOs can win when the company's stock loses

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DOJ and SEC subpoena Johnson & Johnson in talc powder asbestos probe

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New WSJ editor on China, big tech, and the struggle to cover a 'unique' president

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Immigrants innovate at higher rate than U.S. citizens, study shows

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'Young blood' company ends patient treatments

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NYC lawmaker endorses plan to break HIV-prevention drug's patent

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DOJ and SEC subpoena Johnson & Johnson in talc powder asbestos probe

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Asian women who immigrate to U.S. may have higher breast cancer risk, research finds

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Study looks at role of opioids in fatal crashes

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Asian women who immigrate to U.S. may have higher breast cancer risk, research finds

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Study looks at role of opioids in fatal crashes

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