Tuesday 30 April 2019

Juan Guaidó, Flanked by Soldiers, Calls for Military Uprising in Venezuela

The opposition leader appeared outside a military base in Caracas along with Leopoldo López, a prominent activist who had been under house arrest.

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to Step Down in May

The No. 2 Justice Department official submitted his resignation letter to President Trump after overseeing the Mueller inquiry through to the end.

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Stacey Abrams Will Not Run for Senate in 2020

Ms. Abrams declined to challenge Senator David Perdue, one of President Trump’s chief allies in Congress. She had been courted aggressively by national Democrats to run.

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Survival of the throne: Episode one: Japan Would Make Akihito Emperor, but She Called Him ‘Jimmy’

The crown prince would never wield the god-like powers of the monarchs of old. But he just might help heal his country.

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Roundup cancer cases could cost Germany's Bayer billions

A popular weedkiller is wreaking havoc at drugs and chemicals giant Bayer.


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Mark Zuckerberg says he invented a 'sleep box' to improve his wife's slumber

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are experiencing the joys of parenting -- including sleep deprivation.


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Can Trump and Pelosi deliver something almost everyone wants and the US really needs?

The last time President Donald Trump met with "Chuck and Nancy" in the Oval Office, he walked out. The time before that, they got into an argument as TV cameras carried the scene live.


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Venezuela opposition leader declares 'final phase of Operation Freedom'

The leader of Venezuela's opposition, Juan Guaidó, on Tuesday declared "the start of the end of the usurpation," in a dawn address in which he was flanked by men in military fatigues and armored vehicles in the capital Caracas.


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'My Kids Are In Survival Mode': A Chat With 2019's Teacher Of The Year

NPR's David Greene talks to Rodney Robinson, the 2019 National Teacher of the Year. Robinson, who's been in education for nearly 20 years, teaches at a juvenile detention center in Richmond, Va.



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New York Today: L Train Slowdown: 1 Weekend Down, 15 Months to Go

Showtime arrived for the construction-burdened L train, with long lines but no major disruption.

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Biden's announcement for the Democratic presidential nomination earned him an 11-point polling bounce, leaving him far ahead of the party's other candidates

Former Vice President Joe Biden's announcement of a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination earned him an 11-point polling bounce, leaving him head and shoulders above the rest of the Democratic candidates.


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There is no gender gap in CNN's poll



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Analysis: Bernie Sanders will be tested in 2020 as he never was in 2016

Democratic hopeful Pete Buttigieg signaled the start of a new political era for Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of the front-runners for the party's 2020 presidential nomination, with five crisp words.


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Joe Biden: 'I take responsibility' for Anita Hill's treatment

Joe Biden said Monday he takes responsibility for how Anita Hill was treated during her testimony against then-Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 1991.


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Ivanka Trump: Empowered women pave the way to economic progress

I recently traveled to Africa to advance the White House's Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, or W-GDP, which seeks to reach 50 million women in the developing world by 2025. We will work to achieve this goal by supporting women in the workplace, helping them succeed as entrepreneurs, and by advancing legal reforms that will create greater gender equality.


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How States Are Enticing Employers to Help Their Workers Save for College

With college costs high, at least eight states now offer tax credits or deductions for employers that contribute to workers’ 529 accounts. ...