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Joe Biden, Kamala Harris in virtual tie for Democratic nomination, new poll shows

The latest Quinnipiac poll comes just days after last week's Democratic debate.

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Dalai Lama sorry for saying female successor would have to be "attractive"

"If a female Dalai Lama comes, she should be more attractive," the Dalai Lama told the BBC in a recent interview.

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Tanks arrive in D.C. for Trump's Fourth of July celebration

NBC News spotted the tanks in the southeast section of the city on Tuesday, just days before the event.

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House Democrats sue Trump administration in effort to secure president's tax returns

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the IRS and Treasury Department in an effort to secure access to President Donald Trump's tax returns.

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14 killed in fire on Russian navy submersible

The ministry said that the blaze broke out Monday while the vessel was performing tests in Russia's territorial waters.

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Everything you wanted to know about Trump's July Fourth celebration

Tanks, the president, the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, the U.S. Army Band, the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon and the Blue Angels are all part of the program.

02/07/2019

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Women's soccer enters new era with huge World Cup audiences

FIFA says it expects the competition to reach a total of 1 billion viewers across all platforms worldwide.

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Former NASA intern may possess only surviving recordings of Apollo 11

Retiree Gary George interned at NASA as a college student in 1976. During his time there he purchased more than `1,100 videotapes for around $218. At the time, NASA was attempting to reduce costs by recording over or selling old videotapes.

02/07/2019

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Over 2,700 miles in four months: One fox's sprint stuns researchers

Researchers say it's one of the longest migrations of an Arctic fox ever documented in such a short time.

02/07/2019

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Trump's re-election efforts announce $105 million fundraising haul

The Trump campaign and the RNC combined to raise a record amount of money for this point in a re-election campaign, far outpacing President Obama.

02/07/2019

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Trump laments NY probe into NRA in second day of complaints about home state

Trump suggested the National Rifle Association will "quickly move to Texas."

02/07/2019

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Trump's Asia trip highlights daughter Ivanka's prominent, and controversial, role

"This seemed to be a moment where she came even further from the margins to center stage," said former White House staffer Peter Feaver.

02/07/2019

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'Spider-Man' spins web of delight at children's hospital in LA

A few of Earth’s mightiest heroes paid a visit to the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles

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Euroviews. The killer robots are coming. Here's our best chance at stopping them ǀ View

The US shouldn't propel the killer robot arms race by building bigger, faster, deadlier machines of our own. It should cut it short.

02/07/2019

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Interstellar visitor was no alien spaceship, scientists say

A new look at the first interstellar object known to have visited our solar system gives a thumbs-down to supernatural explanations.

02/07/2019

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Trump's foreign aid policies endanger women, experts say

"If it was done at the end of a gun, it would be denounced before the International Criminal Court," the U.N. human rights commissioner said.

02/07/2019

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'This is tough': Baseball mourns death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs

The Angels pitcher, who was pronounced dead in a Texas hotel room, had been expected to overcome injuries to blossom into a big-time star.

02/07/2019

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Trump says more deportations ahead after Independence Day

"After July Fourth, a lot of people are going to be brought back out," the president said of undocumented immigrants.

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Trump says there will be military tanks at Fourth of July celebration

The president told reporters Monday that Thursday's event would feature military tanks, amid fresh criticism of changes to the annual event.

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Tim Cook disputes 'absurd' reports about Jony Ive's departure from Apple

In a rare, scathing statement sent exclusively to NBC News, Cook took issue with a report published Sunday night by The Wall Street Journal that said Ive had grown frustrated with Cook's leadership and alleged lack of interest in the design production pro

01/07/2019

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Antarctic sea ice is shrinking rapidly after decades of growth. Scientists aren't sure why.

Researchers have long struggled to explain the unusual behavior of ice floating in the ocean around the planet's southernmost continent.

01/07/2019

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Package 'possibly containing sarin' investigated at Facebook HQ

The Facebook Inc mail facility in Menlo Park, California has been evacuated.

01/07/2019

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Despite China concessions, Trump encouraged to keep pressure on Huawei

Senators from both parties responded to Trump's move with either words of caution or outright dissension.

01/07/2019

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Ocasio-Cortez: Detained migrants being told to 'drink out of toilets'

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and other Democrats described the conditions in two Texas immigration facilities as "indefensible."

01/07/2019

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The ghost of Al Franken and the mystery of the Gillibrand campaign's failure to launch

She says voters have moved past her role in the Minnesota senator's political exit — but they still aren't buying in to her presidential pitch.

01/07/2019

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New study shows Russian propaganda may really have helped Trump

The study does not prove Russian interference swung the election to Trump. But it did find Trump's poll numbers improved when Russian trolls were active.

01/07/2019