Merrit Kennedy

Merrit Kennedy appears in the following:

CNN Sues Trump Administration To Restore Jim Acosta's Press Credentials

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

The White House suspended the reporter's credentials following a contentious news conference last week during which President Trump called him a "rude, terrible person."

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AI News Anchor Makes Debut In China

Friday, November 09, 2018

"This is my very first day at Xinhua News Agency," says a sharply dressed artificial intelligence news anchor. "I look forward to bringing you the brand new news experiences."

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Scientists Spy On Bees, See Harmful Effects Of Common Insecticide

Friday, November 09, 2018

Bees exposed to a type of insecticides called neonicotinoids dramatically changed their behavior — becoming sluggish, antisocial and spending less time caring for the colony's young, researchers say.

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Girl Scouts Of The USA Files Suit Against Boy Scouts Of America

Wednesday, November 07, 2018

The girls' leadership development organization is accusing the Boy Scouts of trademark infringement, after it started admitting girls as well as boys.

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Runaway Train Blazes Through Western Australia For More Than 50 Miles

Tuesday, November 06, 2018

The train had nobody on it. It was eventually deliberately derailed, creating a dramatic crash scene with huge lengths of crumpled, twisted metal on the desert sand next to the train track.

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Notorious Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Heads To Trial In New York

Monday, November 05, 2018

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the man accused of having run the world's largest drug trafficking organization, was charged in a 17-count indictment that spans decades. Jury selection began Monday.

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Saudi Arabia Now Says Khashoggi Killing Was Premeditated

Thursday, October 25, 2018

The Saudis have changed course again on what they say happened to Saudi journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi, who was last seen alive walking into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.

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Apparent 'Pipe Bombs' Mailed To Clinton, Obama And CNN

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

U.S. authorities have identified at least six suspicious packages that were mailed to leading Democratic figures and CNN since Monday. Some of them appear to be similar.

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What's Going On With That Bizarre Rectangular Iceberg?

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

It's getting a lot of attention because of its unexpected angles and straight lines. A sea ice specialist explains why it formed this way.

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Man Sentenced In Germany For Poisoned Baby Food Scheme

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

The 54-year-old got more than a dozen years after confessing to poisoning baby food with an antifreeze ingredient, putting the jars on store shelves and then trying to extort money from supermarkets.

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Behold The Headless Chicken Of The Deep Sea

Monday, October 22, 2018

A sea cucumber that looks like a headless chicken has been caught on video in the deep seas near East Antarctica, thousands of miles from where one of the species was last spotted.

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Video Footage Shows Apparent Khashoggi 'Body Double' Exiting Consulate

Monday, October 22, 2018

A Turkish ruling party official described the newly released surveillance footage as evidence of a Saudi cover-up. Saudi Arabia has confirmed that journalist Jamal Khashoggi died.

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USC Reaches $215 Million Settlement Over Gynecologist Abuse Allegations

Friday, October 19, 2018

The tentative deal would compensate current and former female students who were patients of former USC gynecologist George Tyndall. He has been accused by about 500 women of sexual misconduct.

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Jamal Khashoggi Died In Consulate In Istanbul, Saudi State TV Reports

Friday, October 19, 2018

Saudi officials admit the journalist died in a fight at the country's consulate in Istanbul. The announcement reverses repeated claims by the Saudis that he had not died there.

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Jamal Khashoggi's Last Column Before Disappearance Calls For Free Expression

Thursday, October 18, 2018

The column's publication is "kind of an acknowledgement to ourselves ... that we don't have much hope that we're going to be able to edit this one with him," the Post editorial page editor told NPR.

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U.N. Syria Envoy Staffan De Mistura Is Stepping Down

Thursday, October 18, 2018

De Mistura told the U.N. Security Council he was leaving for "purely personal reasons." In his final month, he plans to make a major push to try to lay the groundwork for a new constitution in Syria.

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Brexit Talks Stall At 'Moment Of Truth' Summit

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

"We need much time, much more time and we continue to work in the next weeks," EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said. This was supposed to be the day leaders would unveil a draft trade deal.

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Pompeo Meets With Turkey's Leaders Amid Diplomatic Crisis Over Missing Journalist

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

The U.S. secretary of state is in Ankara, where the Turkish government alleges journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi agents, a charge Riyadh denies.

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Pompeo Arrives In Saudi Arabia To Discuss Khashoggi Disappearance

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

President Trump dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the kingdom amid international tension over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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Trump Visits Areas Slammed By Hurricane Michael

Monday, October 15, 2018

The president observed some of the worst-hit areas during a helicopter tour, including Florida homes that had been ripped from their foundations. "Some of them have no trace of a home," Trump said.

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