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Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, sentenced to prison, asked for this lockup

"It'll be boring," an expert on federal prisons said of the minimum-security camp at Otisville. "He'll lose his freedom, but he won't be in fear of his safety there."

13/12/2018

Markets

Oil prices rise as OPEC-led supply cuts expected to stabilise markets

Oil prices rise as OPEC-led supply cuts expected to stabilise markets

12/12/2018

World News

Time's 2018 'Person of the Year' is killed and imprisoned journalists

Time magazine is spotlighting a handful of journalists who have one thing in common: They were targeted for their work.

12/12/2018

USA

Euroviews. Unearthing the connection between politics and history | View

Chris Hayes speaks with historian Joanne Freeman about violence within the political class in the decades leading up to the Civil War.

11/12/2018

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Climate protest at Pelosi's office spurs arrests

Hundreds of climate activists protested inside the Cannon House Office Building at the office of incoming U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, demanding House Democratic leaders form a select committee for a Green New Deal.

11/12/2018

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Find the Brexit mess confusing? Don't worry, so does Theresa May

May’s plan [...] has no hope of ever passing through Parliament. And unless someone finds a way out, the U.K. will leave the EU by default — with no contingencies in place — in less than four months.

11/12/2018

USA

Euroviews. America is setting its U.N. ambassador pick up for failure on the global stage | View

Haley succeeded on the world stage because of her credibility. Nauert will need a significant investment from Trump to achieve the same status.

10/12/2018

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Overnight fire in Philadelphia guts apartment building

Overnight fire in Philadelphia guts apartment building

10/12/2018

World News

Intimacy coordinators work on-set to keep actors safe during sex scenes

"Before Weinstein, the idea of being able to say no in a positive way, wasn't really a part of the narrative in the industry," one expert said.

10/12/2018

World News

Jerome Corsi sues Mueller, Justice, Department, CIA, FBI and NSA

The suit accuses the special counsel of blackmailing him to lie as part of a "legal coup d'etat" against President Donald Trump.

10/12/2018

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US bound caravan migrants turn back as asylum process stalls

Thousands of Central American migrants spent weeks travelling north through Mexico in caravans, walking and hitching rides when possible, only for many to give up hope and turn back when they met resistance at the U.S. border.

09/12/2018

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Nearly brain-dead woman survives after being removed from life support

Michele De Leeuw, of Sterling Heights, Michigan, has almost fully recovered after open heart surgery, speech and physical therapy.

07/12/2018

World News

California's deadliest wildfire is blamed in lawsuit on faulty utility transmission tower

A lawsuit claims the Camp Fire, which killed at least 88 people, was started by a faulty transmission tower that brought dangerous live wires crashing down.

07/12/2018

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Parents of 2-year-old with cancer who needs rare blood plead for donors

"They have a few units in stock but that is not enough; that is nowhere near enough," the girl's father said.

07/12/2018

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Southwest plane slides off runway at Hollywood Burbank Airport in California

There were 117 people aboard the plane and no reports of injuries.

07/12/2018

World News

CNN, others in New York evacuated after phoned-in bomb threat

A police official said that an unsubstantiated phone threat was made to the Time Warner Building, claiming there were five bombs present.

07/12/2018

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SpaceX ship sends holiday cheer to Space Station

Christmas turkey is rocketing toward the International Space Station, along with cranberry sauce, candied yams, and fruitcake.

06/12/2018

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Woman reunites with daughter she thought had died at birth nearly 70 years ago

"It's truly her life-long dream."

06/12/2018

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Paradise returned: Some allowed back into town after deadly California fire

"You don't really get the feeling until you see it for yourself, and your stomach drops," a man who lost his home said.

06/12/2018

World News

USA Gymnastics declares bankruptcy in wake of sex abuse scandal

A lawyer for 180 alleged victims called the bankruptcy filing the "inevitable result of the inability of this organization" to protect athletes from abuse.

05/12/2018