Merrit Kennedy
Stories
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Health
WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak A Global Health Emergency
"The main reason for the declaration is not because of what is happening in China, but because of what is happening in other countries," said World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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Politics
District Of Columbia Sues Inaugural Committee For 'Grossly Overpaying' At Trump Hotel
President Trump's inaugural committee spent more than a million dollars renting event space at the hotel in January 2017, a cost that D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine says is far above market rate.
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Latin America
Glenn Greenwald Accused By Brazilian Prosecutors In Hacking Probe
The U.S. journalist decried the accusation as an "obvious attempt to attack a free press in retaliation for the revelations we reported." A judge will decide whether the case moves forward.
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Health
First Case Of New Coronavirus Detected In U.S.
The individual had arrived in Washington state from Wuhan, China, where the virus was discovered in December.
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Health
'Freed From The Secret': Rep. Ayanna Pressley Opens Up About Living With Alopecia
The freshman lawmaker says she felt that it was particularly important for her to speak out about her condition because her hairstyle, Senegalese twists, had become a part of her political brand.
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Technology
'PigeonBot' Brings Robots Closer To Bird-Like Flight
Birds change the shape of their wings far more than planes. The complexities of bird flight have posed a major design challenge for scientists trying to translate the way birds fly into robots.
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World
In Rare Move, Pope Francis Appoints A Woman To A Senior Vatican Position
Francesca Di Giovanni is the first woman to have a managerial role in the Secretariat of State, one of the most important departments in the Vatican. She's been working there for 27 years.
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Health
Hungary Says It Will Offer Free Fertility Treatments To Counter Population Decline
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is fiercely opposed to immigration and has said that boosting national fertility rates is his preferred way to counter the population downturn and risk of labor shortages.
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National
Montana Court Reverses $35 Million Child Abuse Verdict Against Jehovah's Witnesses
The unanimous Montana Supreme Court decision found that religious institutions are not always obligated to report child sexual abuse to authorities due to an exemption in Montana state law.
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National
Ikea Reaches $46 Million Settlement Over Death Of Toddler Killed By Dresser Tip-Over
Jozef Dudek was two when an Ikea dresser fell on top of him and killed him. His family sued the furniture giant in a wrongful death lawsuit. Millions of the recalled dressers may still be in use.