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Steyer Aide Offered Money For Endorsements

Steyer Aide Offered Money For Endorsements

A top aide to Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer in Iowa privately offered campaign contributions to local politicians in exchange for endorsing his White House bid, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the conversations.Read more

Orangutan Granted Human Status Settles Into New Florida Home

Orangutan Granted Human Status Settles Into New Florida Home

WAUCHULA, Fla. (AP) — A 33-year-old orangutan granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina is settling into her new surroundings at the Center for Great Apes in central Florida. Patti Ragan, director of the center in Wauchula, Florida, says Sandra is “very sweet and inquisitive” and adjusting to her new home. She was born…Read more

Bercow Speaks Out On Trump, Dubs Brexit A “Historic Mistake”

Bercow Speaks Out On Trump, Dubs Brexit A “Historic Mistake”

John Bercow is not a man of few words. And now that he has been freed from the enforced neutrality of his job as speaker of Britain’s House of Commons, he has quite a few things to say. Brexit? A historic mistake. Donald Trump? A leader who has said “loathsome and despicable” things.Read more

Iran Alleges UN Inspector Tested Positive For Explosives

Iran Alleges UN Inspector Tested Positive For Explosives

Iran alleged Thursday that the U.N. inspector it blocked from a nuclear site last week tested positive for suspected traces of explosive nitrates. The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said it had no immediate comment.Read more

China Sentences 9 In Fentanyl Trafficking Case After US Tip

China Sentences 9 In Fentanyl Trafficking Case After US Tip

A Chinese court sentenced nine fentanyl traffickers on Thursday in a case that is the culmination of a rare collaboration between Chinese and U.S. law enforcement to crack down on global networks that manufacture and distribute lethal synthetic opioids.Read more

Trump Denies He Wanted Barr To Publicly Clear Him

Trump Denies He Wanted Barr To Publicly Clear Him

President Donald Trump on Thursday denied a report that he wanted Attorney General William Barr to hold a press conference to declare he broke no laws during a July phone call in which Trump pressed his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate Democrats.Read more

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Orangutan Granted Human Status Settles Into New Florida Home

Orangutan Granted Human Status Settles Into New Florida Home

WAUCHULA, Fla. (AP) — A 33-year-old orangutan granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina is settling into her new surroundings at the Center for Great Apes in central Florida. Patti Ragan, director of the center in Wauchula, Florida, says Sandra is “very sweet and inquisitive” and adjusting to her new home. She was born…Continue Reading

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