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Why Palladium's Suddenly an Especially Precious Metal
Bloomberg
For the first time in more than a decade, palladium is rivaling gold in value. A key component in pollution-control devices for cars and trucks, the …
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The final days of Felipe Alonzo-Gomez, the 8-year-old migrant who died in US custody
CNN - By Nick Valencia and Eric Levenson, CNN
(CNN) — An 8-year-old migrant's last days were a blur of border patrol stations and hospital visits in a location about 2,000 miles from his family's home in Guatemala. The boy's death while in the custody
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The Worst Political Predictions of 2018
POLITICO - By ZACK STANTON and DEREK ROBERTSON
Spoiler alert: Everyone was wrong—again. Zack Stanton is digital editor of Politico Magazine. Derek Robertson is a news assistant for POLITICO Magazine. Follow him on Twitter @afternoondelete. If you at
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U. S. envoy to coalition fighting ISIS resigns in protest of Trump’s Syria decision
The Washington Post - By John Hudson, Ellen Nakashima, Karen DeYoung
Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the international coalition fighting the Islamic State, has resigned in protest of President Trump’s decision to abruptly withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. His resignation,
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The 50 Best Moments From an Amazing Movie Year
theringer.com - Sean Fennessey
This year, the most exciting movie moments were often the smallest and unlikeliest: A mad titan snaps his fingers, a star is born in a parking lot, …
TED Talks
These Are the 10 Best TED Talks of the Year, According to the Guy Who Runs TED
Inc Magazine - By Jessica Stillman
Close out your year with great insights delivered in 20-minute bites. Ever wonder how people get chosen to speak at TED? Well, it's curator Chris Anderson's job to weed through the thousands upon thousands
African-American News
Inside The Country Where You Can Buy A Black Man For $400
buzzfeednews.com - Monica Mark
Slavery is thriving in Libya, where thousands of black Africans hoping to get to Europe instead find themselves bought and sold, forced to work for …
The 25 Most Surprising Human Discoveries Made in 2018
Inverse
As 2018 winds down, Inverse is highlighting 25 surprising things we learned about humans this year. These stories told us weird stuff about our bodies …
Pictures of the Year 2018
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Papadopoulos sentenced to 14 days in jail for lying to FBI in Mueller probe
NBC News - By Ken Dilanian
"The president of the United States hindered this investigation more than George Papadopoulos ever could," a lawyer for Papadopoulos said. WASHINGTON — The man whose boozy conversation with a diplomat
Video surfaces refuting Trump’s claim that he’s never called someone ‘retarded’
The Washington Post - By John Wagner
President Trump claimed this week that he had never used the word “retarded” to describe Attorney General Jeff Sessions — or anyone else — in an attempt to rebut one of the details included in the forthcoming
What we know about the facilities holding migrant children
The Washington Post
President Trump has signed an executive order to halt the family separation process he created, but at least 2,500 children have already been taken from their parents and sent to shelters in at least states.
The chaotic effort to reunite immigrant parents with their separated kids
The Washington Post - By Kevin Sieff
BROWNSVILLE, Tex. — Each of the mothers had a different memory of the moment she was separated from her child. For some, it was outside a Border Patrol station just north of the Rio Grande, shortly after
Trump says North Korea still 'extraordinary threat'
BBC News - BBC World
US President Donald Trump has renewed sanctions on North Korea, citing an "extraordinary threat" from its nuclear weapons - just 10 days after saying there was no risk from Pyongyang. "There is no longer
Administration seeks to expand immigrant family detention
Associated Press - By AMY TAXIN
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration is calling for the expanded use of family detention for immigrant parents and children who are stopped along the U.S.-Mexico border, a move decried by
Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and intellectual provocateur, dies at 68
The Washington Post - By Adam Bernstein
Charles Krauthammer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist and intellectual provocateur who championed the muscular foreign policy of neoconservatism that helped lay the ideological groundwork
The Trouble With Johnny Depp
Rolling Stone - Stephen Rodrick
Johnny Depp isn’t here yet. Still, his presence is all around the 10,500-square-foot rented mansion at 16 Bishopswood Road in London’s Highgate …
The nation’s top spies said Russia is continuing to target the U.S. political system
The Washington Post - By Ellen Nakashima and
The nation’s top intelligence chiefs were united Tuesday in declaring that Russia is continuing efforts to disrupt the U.S. political system and is targeting the 2018 midterm elections, following its operation
White House Let Rob Porter Keep Job Even After Receiving Final F.B.I. Report
The New York Times - By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
WASHINGTON — The White House changed its story on Tuesday about how it handled allegations of spousal abuse against Rob Porter, the staff secretary who resigned in disgrace last week, conceding that the
Pence: The United States is ready to talk with North Korea
The Washington Post - Columnist
Despite the mutual chilliness between U.S. and North Korean officials in South Korea last week, behind the scenes real progress was made toward a new diplomatic opening that could result in direct talks
Trump's budget balloons deficits, cuts social safety net
apnewsarchive.com - By ANDREW TAYLOR and MARTIN CRUTSINGER
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget plan Monday that envisions steep cuts to America’s social safety net but …
Trump to Move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem in 2019, Pence Says
Bloomberg - Margaret Talev, Jonathan Ferziger
President Donald Trump will act on his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital by transferring the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv in 2019, …
It looks like Jeff Sessions is taking Trump's cues to clean house at the FBI
Business Insider - Sonam Sheth
• Attorney General Jeff Sessions is pushing FBI director Christopher Wray to replace deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe and former FBI general counsel James Baker.• President Donald Trump has accused of
In an Unexpected Move, Amazon Just Made Its Biggest Announcement Since Acquiring Whole Foods
Inc Magazine - By Betsy Mikel
This could be the biggest thing since self-driving cars. There are no cashiers. There aren't even checkout lanes. And there definitely aren't any lines. At Amazon's new grocery store, you just grab stuff
House votes to end government shutdown, sending legislation to Trump
The Washington Post - By Robert Costa ,
Congress voted late Monday to reopen the government after a three-day shutdown, sending President Trump a short-term spending bill that passed after Senate Republican leaders pledged to act on immigration
Trump Admin Will Protect Health Workers Who Refuse Services On Religious Grounds
NPR - Alison Kodjak
Updated at 12:39 p.m. ET Health care workers who want to refuse to treat patients because of religious or moral beliefs will have a new defender in the Trump administration. The top civil rights official
The US embassy in London says the initial plan to move and finance a new building was a Bush decision
Business Insider - Alexandra Richards
• President Donald Trump blamed his decision not to visit the UK on a "bad deal" negotiated by the Obama administration.• The US embassy in London says the plan to the finance a new embassy goes back

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Why Palladium's Suddenly an Especially Precious Metal

The final days of Felipe Alonzo-Gomez, the 8-year-old migrant who died in US custody

The Worst Political Predictions of 2018

U. S. envoy to coalition fighting ISIS resigns in protest of Trump’s Syria decision

The hidden beauty of pollination | Louie Schwartzberg

Videos Worth Your Time

The 50 Best Moments From an Amazing Movie Year

These Are the 10 Best TED Talks of the Year, According to the Guy Who Runs TED

Inside The Country Where You Can Buy A Black Man For $400

The 25 Most Surprising Human Discoveries Made in 2018

Pictures of the Year 2018

Papadopoulos sentenced to 14 days in jail for lying to FBI in Mueller probe

Video surfaces refuting Trump’s claim that he’s never called someone ‘retarded’

What we know about the facilities holding migrant children

The chaotic effort to reunite immigrant parents with their separated kids

Trump says North Korea still 'extraordinary threat'

Administration seeks to expand immigrant family detention

Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and intellectual provocateur, dies at 68

The Trouble With Johnny Depp

The nation’s top spies said Russia is continuing to target the U.S. political system

White House Let Rob Porter Keep Job Even After Receiving Final F.B.I. Report

Pence: The United States is ready to talk with North Korea

Trump's budget balloons deficits, cuts social safety net

Trump to Move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem in 2019, Pence Says

It looks like Jeff Sessions is taking Trump's cues to clean house at the FBI

In an Unexpected Move, Amazon Just Made Its Biggest Announcement Since Acquiring Whole Foods

House votes to end government shutdown, sending legislation to Trump

Trump Admin Will Protect Health Workers Who Refuse Services On Religious Grounds

The US embassy in London says the initial plan to move and finance a new building was a Bush decision