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Protests and Blaming the Media. Sound Familiar? That Was During the ’68 Democratic National Convention.
Tue Aug 21 2018
Archived letters to former Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley bring up familiar concerns about unrest, policing, political divisions and “propaganda.”...
Fund Meant to Protect Elections May Be Too Little, Too Late
Tue Aug 21 2018
The federal government has released data on how states will spend $380 million set aside for election infrastructure. But questions remain about how much it will help secure the 20...
“Yo, Take the Rap for Me”: More Trouble for a Garbage Hauler
Mon Aug 20 2018
This time, an unlicensed employee was behind the wheel of a Sanitation Salvage truck when it smashed head-on into a sedan on a Bronx street....
Six Fake News Techniques and Simple Tools to Vet Them
Mon Aug 20 2018
There are different ways that fake news sites fake us out. In GIJN’s latest tutorial, Olga Yurkova, co-founder of Ukrainian fact-checking project StopFake, runs through six main te...
'I carry yaba to survive': Rohingya and Bangladesh's meth trade
Mon Aug 20 2018
Some Rohingya men are increasingly getting involved in peddling yaba, a popular methamphetamine in Bangladesh....
'Never again': Zarif calls US group coup attempt bound to fail
Mon Aug 20 2018
On anniversary of US-led 1953 putsch, foreign minister says Washington 'action group' won't topple government in Tehran....
Lynchings: Ministry panel considers changes in law, a relief fund
Mon Aug 20 2018
The draft report will be submitted to a committee headed by Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, that had been set up by the Home Ministry on July 23 to “deliberate” and “make recomme...
Kerala floods LIVE: Receding floodwater leaves a trail of debris behind, rescue ops underway
Mon Aug 20 2018
Kerala rains and floods LIVE UPDATES: The unprecedented rains have brought the state to a standstill. Over 200 have been killed and thousands are still feared stranded. Follow this...
'Shocked and humiliated': Lawsuits accuse Customs, Border officers of invasive searches of minors, women
Mon Aug 20 2018
From New York to San Diego, government pays thousands to settle allegations of stripping, body cavity probing, forced hospital procedures...
Former UN chief Kofi Annan passes away at 80
Sat Aug 18 2018
General Kofi Annan was the first black African to assume the office of world's top diplomat, serving two terms from 1997 to 2006...
Kerala floods: Thousands await rescue as death toll crosses 200
Sat Aug 18 2018
More than 300,000 displaced since August 8 after record rains in southern Indian state cause flooding and landslides....
Gaza protests: All the latest updates
Sat Aug 18 2018
Since protests began on March 30, Israeli forces have killed at least 166 Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave....
Northern Cyprus looks to Ankara as Turkish lira's woes bite
Sat Aug 18 2018
Island's Turkish part operates in lira but many items are priced in foreign currency leaving it exposed to fluctuations....
Imran Khan sworn in as Pakistan’s 22nd Prime Minister LIVE: New innings begin for country
Sat Aug 18 2018
Imran Khan Swearing-in LIVE: Imran, who outvoted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shahbaz Sharif in the PM election a day earlier, was administered the oath by President Mamn...
Capital outpouring: Delhi bids farewell to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, PM Modi leads funeral procession
Sat Aug 18 2018
As the procession moved, locals rushed to the edge of the road to catch a glimpse of Vajpayee, but members of the BJP walked in a human chain, keeping the crowds from coming too cl...
Imran Khan elected as Pakistan's prime minister
Sat Aug 18 2018
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief, who will take oath of office on Saturday, promises an era of 'accountability'....
St. Luke’s Heart Transplant Program to Lose Medicare Funding Today
Fri Aug 17 2018
St. Luke’s Heart Transplant Program to Lose Medicare Funding Today...
Document of the Day: US Senate Resolution on Freedom of the Press
Fri Aug 17 2018
Following editorials in some 350 newspapers across the United States Thursday calling for an end to attacks on the press by President Donald Trump,...
Life lessons from Vajpayee, from a dad who idolised him
Fri Aug 17 2018
Atal Bihari Vajpayee's speech at Gol market in Delhi in 1977 was a huge influence on my father, who had come to Delhi from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, and it formed a big part of the life...
Atal Bihari Vajpayee funeral LIVE Updates: Former PM cremated with full state honours at Smriti Sthal
Fri Aug 17 2018
The former prime minister passed away at AIIMS Thursday after battling a prolonged illness. He was 93....