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U.S.
Fed Signals End of Interest Rate Increases
The Federal Reserve said it expected continued growth but, in a sharp reversal, indicated it stood ready either to increase or to reduce rates, depending on economic conditions.The federal reserve board is nervous.
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U.S.
Taliban Talks Raise Question of What U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Could Mean
A hasty American withdrawal, experts said, would erode the authority and legitimacy of the Afghan government, raising the risk that the Taliban could recapture control.Many dead Afghans.
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World
Opposition Leader, and Oil, Become Focus of Venezuela-U.S. Struggle
After Washington handed control of Venezuela’s assets in the United States to the opposition leader, the government of Nicolás Maduro struck back fiercely.Ultimately it is about oil.
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Technology
FaceTime Bug Lets iPhone Users Eavesdrop, in a Stumble for Apple
A glitch in the video and audio calling app, which the company says it will fix, can turn the device into one perhaps better suited for espionage.I do not.
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World
The Messier Brexit Gets, the Better Europe Looks
The British meltdown has muted talk in other countries about quitting the E.U. But that does not mean the populist threat to Europe’s cohesion is gone.Premature.
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Technology
Apple Was Slow to Act on FaceTime Bug That Allows Spying on iPhones
A teenager in Arizona discovered the flaw, which allows eavesdropping, on Jan. 19, and his mother contacted Apple the next day. But the company was slow to reply.The bug was a feature before it was quashed.
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Opinion
Help Pick the Worst of Trump
So many awful people to choose from.Each is awful in unique fashion.
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U.S.
Did Trump Cave on the Wall? Some Conservatives Say Yes
Right-wing commentators accused the president of folding on a central promise and predicted that it would hurt him among voters who have long stood by him.I can hope.
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New York
‘We All Need to Help’: Outrage and Empathy After a Mother’s Death on Subway Stairs
Malaysia Goodson’s death prompted dialogue about New York City life for people with disabilities, parents, the elderly and the obstacles created by the city’s transit system.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFUTHcjiZGo&index=1&list=RDwFUTHcjiZGo
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Health
He Swallowed a Toothpick. It Could Have Killed Him.
For several weeks, a young athlete’s symptoms stumped doctors, despite tests and scans. Unnoticed in a sandwich or wrap, toothpicks can do a surprising amount of damage in the digestive tract, and beyond.Eat with care. It is worth while to remove the tooth picks.
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Well
For Real Weight Control, Try Portion Control
If you’re serious about losing or maintaining weight, learn the size of a healthful portion and treat restaurant servings as enough for two or more.Yes.
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Opinion
The BuzzFeed Layoffs as Democratic Emergency
Digital media has always been a turbulent business, but last week’s layoffs suggest a reason for panic.Hair on fire.
While not healthy, news continues.
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U.S.
U.S. Targets Venezuela With Tough Oil Sanctions During Crisis of Power
The economic penalties by the Trump administration marked the most forceful American action against President Nicolás Maduro, whom the U.S. is trying to oust.I want to see the destruction of John R. Bolton.
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Obituaries
Morton Sobell, Last Defendant in Rosenberg Spy Case, Is Dead at 101
Convicted in the Cold War spy trial that delivered Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to their deaths and divided the nation, he later admitted that he had been a spy.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien_Robespierre
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World
Cooper-Boles Amendment Challenges Theresa May’s Brexit Strategy
The Cooper-Boles amendment, on which lawmakers may vote on Tuesday, could delay Britain’s exit from the European Union.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/world/europe/what-is-brexit.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/world/europe/what-is-article-50-brexit-uk.html
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2016/577971/EPRS_BRI%282016%29577971_EN.pdf
Hard Brexit will happen.
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New York
Her Kitchen Cabinets Looked Familiar. That’s Because They Were Stolen From Nycha, Investigators Say.
A New York City Housing Authority supervisor was arrested and accused of possessing equipment and appliances intended for the public housing complex where she worked.The City of New York must fix its public housing.
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World
On Venezuela, Rubio Assumes U.S. Role of Ouster in Chief
Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, has become a chief policy architect for the United States in a daring and risky campaign to dislodge Venezuela’s autocratic leader from power.The U.S. is doing the wrong thing again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_Panama_from_Colombia
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U.S.
An Angry Trump Pushes Back Against His Own ‘Naive’ Intelligence Officials
The president treated the Worldwide Threat Assessment presented the day before as a scorecard on his foreign policy and something close to an affront.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Bolton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state
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U.S.
Speaking Black Dialect in Courtrooms Can Have Striking Consequences
A soon-to-be published study found court reporters in Philadelphia regularly made errors when transcribing sentences spoken in a dialect linguists term African-American English.Racism continues to be powerful.
"Eye" witnesses are not reliable.
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World
Landscaper Pleads Guilty in Murders That Shook Toronto’s Gay Community
In a case that opened a rift between Toronto’s gay community and its police, a landscaper has pleaded guilty to eight murders in the city’s gay district.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%932017_Toronto_serial_homicides#Suspect_biography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_sadism_disorder
Reads like Sadism.
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