Merrit Kennedy

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North Korea Says It Tested An Engine For An Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Saturday, April 09, 2016

It's not possible to verify the claim, which follows a series of weapons tests from the isolated nation. North Korea says this engine would boost its ability to launch a nuclear attack on the U.S.

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2 Dead In Shooting At Air Force Base In Texas

Friday, April 08, 2016

Authorities have not identified the two men who died or the relationship between them. Two firearms were found at the scene at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, officials said.

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Good News For Procrastinators: 3 Extra Days To File Taxes

Friday, April 08, 2016

This is all because of an overlap of federal and state holidays with the usual April 15 IRS deadline.

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ISIS Reportedly Carries Out Mass Kidnapping Of Factory Workers In Syria

Thursday, April 07, 2016

There are conflicting stories about how many people were kidnapped from a cement factory near Damascus. A rights group says 170 people were taken, but state media puts that number at more than 300.

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WATCH: Journalists Rescue Road Grader Operator From Oklahoma Wildfire

Thursday, April 07, 2016

"My ears just about burned on that one," journalist Val Castor said. The Woodward County blaze is 20 percent and spans nearly 90 square miles.

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In France, It's Now A Crime To Pay For Sex

Thursday, April 07, 2016

The country has passed a law meant to be a comprehensive approach to reducing sex work. But some sex workers say it puts them at greater risk. Clients will be fined about $1,700 for the first offense.

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Princeton Will Keep Woodrow Wilson's Name On School Buildings

Monday, April 04, 2016

Some students had wanted the former U.S. president's name removed because of Wilson's views on segregation.

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Joseph Medicine Crow, Historian And Last Crow Tribe War Chief, Dies At 102

Monday, April 04, 2016

Medicine Crow, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009, was also the last person alive to have heard direct testimony from someone who took part in the Battle of Little Bighorn.

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Alaska Air To Buy Virgin America For $2.6 Billion

Monday, April 04, 2016

If approved by regulators and Virgin America's shareholders, the combined airline will become the fifth-largest U.S. carrier.

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EU Deports First Group Of Migrants To Turkey

Monday, April 04, 2016

This is part of the EU's controversial deal with Turkey. The agreement, aimed at stemming the flow of migrants into the EU, has been widely criticized by rights groups.

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The CIA 'Inadvertently Left' Explosive Material In School Bus After K-9 Drill

Friday, April 01, 2016

The bus then remained in service for two days after the training exercise, transporting students to a high school and two elementary schools in Virginia, before the material was found.

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U.S. Economy Added 215,000 Jobs In March; Unemployment Rate Rose To 5 Percent

Friday, April 01, 2016

The 0.1 percentage-point rise in unemployment was driven by some good news: More people who have been out of work started looking for a job again.

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State Trooper, Shot In Richmond, Va., Dies From Injuries

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Chad Dermyer, 37, died from multiple gun shot wounds after being shot at a Greyhound bus station this afternoon. The suspected shooter was also killed.

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South African President Jacob Zuma Must Pay Up, Top Court Says

Thursday, March 31, 2016

The Constitutional Court says Zuma must pay back a portion of the millions spent on a supposed security upgrade to his home. That included an amphitheater, cattle kraal, chicken run and swimming pool.

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The Victims Of The Brussels Attacks: What We Know

Thursday, March 31, 2016

The airport and metro station bombings in Brussels killed a total of 35 people, including three attackers, according to Belgium's minister of social affairs and health.

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305 Million-Year-Old Fossil A Glimpse Into The Origins Of Spiders

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

The main point of distinction between this creature and true spiders: It very likely could produce silk but lacked the spinnerets used by true spiders to, well, spin it, scientists say.

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Justice Department Reaches Agreement With Newark, N.J., On Police Overhaul

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

The proposed consent decree comes after civil rights investigators found a pattern of unconstitutional stops and property thefts that disproportionately impacted minorities.

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Hollande Abandons Plan To Strip Convicted Terrorists Of French Citizenship

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

The measure has sharply divided France since it was proposed three days after the November attacks in Paris.

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The Deadly Consequences To Children Of Yemen's War

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Hundreds of kids have been killed in the violence. And a new UNICEF report suggests that many times more children died because of the near-collapse of the country's health system.

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N.Y. Restricts Public-Employee Travel To North Carolina Over LGBT Law

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

New York state joins Seattle, San Francisco and New York City in restricting public-employee travel to North Carolina, which has passed a law that critics say is discriminatory to the LGBT community.

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