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Twitter account that amplified D.C. video appears linked to California teacher

The account appears to be run by a woman who used a fake profile photo, tweeted criticism of President Donald Trump and sold teaching materials online.

USA

Catholic student in D.C. march explains 'smirking' at activist

"I see it as a smile, saying that this is the best you're going to get out of me," said Nick Sandmann in an exclusive "Today" interview.

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BuzzFeed to lay off up to 15 percent of its staff

BuzzFeed announced it would be cutting 15 percent of its workforce, or around 200 employees.

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Far-right lawmakers in Germany walk out on Holocaust survivor's speech

A Jewish community leader accused the party of playing down Nazi crimes during her speech commemorating the Holocaust.

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Venezuela

EU stops short of backing Venezuela's 'interim president' Juan Guaido

Brussels has called for Venezuela’s self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido to be respected but has stopped short of explicitly backing him in the role.

USA

Fear of migrants 'makes us crazy,' Pope Francis says

The pontiff, who is the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina, has made the plight of migrants and refugees a cornerstone of his papacy.

USA

Parents of woman in vegetative state who gave birth state say she's 'not in a coma'

"She has significant intellectual disabilities as a result of seizures very early in her childhood," the family's attorney said in a statement Tuesday.

USA

Missing soccer star may be alive aboard plane's life raft, police say

The Argentine had spent the hours before the aircraft vanished saying farewell to teammates after Cardiff City paid $19 million for him last week.

USA

Inside the Brexit deal's major sticking point: The Irish backstop explained

Hardly mentioned during the referendum campaign in 2016, arrangements for the Irish border have proved trickier to solve than almost any other issue.

USA

Talk about highway speed limit on Autobahn has Germans all fired up

Germany is one of the few countries in the world that doesn't impose speed limits on its beloved Autobahn highways.

World News

Watch: 2019 Oscar nominations announced

The 2019 Oscar nominations have been announced by actors Kumail Nanjiani of The Big Short and Tracee Ellis Ross from ABC’s Black-ish.

USA

Plane carrying Premier League player vanishes over English Channel

Cardiff City paid FC Nantes around $19 million for the Argentine forward last week.

USA

Soccer icon Ronaldo avoids jail, but must pay $21M fine for tax fraud

The Juventus star was accused of having used shell companies outside Spain to hide income made from image rights.

USA

45 dead, 70 wounded as Taliban strikes base run by intelligence service

The group holds sway in almost half of Afghanistan and carries out attacks on a daily basis, mainly targeting the country's beleaguered security forces.

World News

France fines Google €50 million using GDPR privacy law

France's regulatory body dealing with data privacy has fined Google €50 million regarding advertisers’ access to users' personal data, it announced on Monday.

USA

Theresa May aims to break Brexit deadlock — but her plan B might look familiar

More than one-third of lawmakers from May's Conservative Party voted against her divorce proposal last week.

USA

Nazi's paintings now fund foundation for Jews

The Zurueckgeben foundation also encourages Germans to take stock of the more mundane items in their households and question where they came from.

USA

Israel confirms attacking Iranian forces in Syria

Until now Israel has largely refrained from public admissions of its covert military operations in neighboring Syria.

USA

Student filmed in face-off with protester denounces 'lies' against him

The young man, Nick Sandmann, said he respected all races and was trying to defuse the incident at Friday's Indigenous Peoples March.

USA

Members of group giving food, water to migrants convicted of misdemeanors

Four members of the group No More Deaths face a maximum sentence of six months in prison and a possible $500 fine.