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  Michigan governor signs GOP-backed bills to delay, scale back voter-approved minimum wage and paid sick leave measures.

  December 15, 2018 1:45 IST

  Michigan governor signs GOP-backed bills to delay, scale back voter-approved minimum wage and paid sick leave measures.

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  Effort to put New Hampshire GOP behind Trump faces pushback

  December 15, 2018 1:30 IST

  An effort to put the New Hampshire Republican Party in President Donald Trump's corner ahead of the state's leadoff presidential primary is facing both private and public pushback

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  Trump asserts China's economy feeling his tariff pressure

  December 15, 2018 1:30 IST

  President Donald Trump says China's economy is feeling the pressure of his tariffs, and he thinks a "big and very comprehensive deal" could happen

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  Dow drops 500 as traders worry about slowing economic growth in China, disarray surrounding Britain's plans to exit EU

  December 15, 2018 1:30 IST

  Dow drops 500 as traders worry about slowing economic growth in China, disarray surrounding Britain's plans to exit EU

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  J&J hammered by report it knew of asbestos in baby powder

  December 15, 2018 1:15 IST

  Johnson & Johnson reels on media report that in new for decades about asbestos in its baby powder

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  Reports: Federal prosecutors probe Trump inaugural committee

  December 15, 2018 1:00 IST

  Federal prosecutors are reportedly investigating the finances of President Donald Trump's inaugural committee and whether foreigners made illegal contributions to its events

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  Japanese boat owners charged with helping smuggle shark fins

  December 15, 2018 1:00 IST

  U.S. prosecutors in Hawaii are accusing the owners and officers of a Japanese fishing boat of helping Indonesian fishermen smuggle nearly 1,000 shark fins

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  Cómo alentar a las niñas a estudiar carreras científicas y matemáticas: 7 estrategias

  December 15, 2018 1:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jilana Boston, New York University and Andrei Cimpian, New York University(THE CONVERSATION) Las mujeres permanecen muy poco representadas en carreras de ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas, o STEM. En el campo de la ingeniería, por ejemplo, las mujeres en Estados Unidos obtuvieron menos del 20 por ciento de los doctorados en el 2014. En México, el 89% de investigadores

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  Here's how to encourage more girls to pursue science and math careers

  December 15, 2018 1:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jilana Boston, New York University and Andrei Cimpian, New York University(THE CONVERSATION) Leer en español.Women remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. In the field of engineering, for example, women earned fewer than 20 percent of doctorates in 2014.Such gaps, however, are not the result of differences in intellectual ability. Girls

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  With blockbuster effects, Peter Jackson brings WWI to life

  December 15, 2018 0:45 IST

  With all the tricks in his bag, Peter Jackson brings World War I back to life in the 3-D documentary 'They Shall Not Grow Old'

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  Farmers buoyed but cautious as China resumes buying soybeans

  December 15, 2018 0:30 IST

  The resumption of soybean sales to China is encouraging to American farmers who have seen the value of their crop plummet amid a trade war with the Asian country

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  Army officer charged with murder of Afghan bomber suspect

  December 15, 2018 0:30 IST

  A former U.S. Army commando is being charged with murder in a long-simmering case alleging he tracked down and killed a suspected bomb-maker in Afghanistan.

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  Secretary of State Pompeo says China's detention of two Canadians is unlawful, calls for their release

  December 15, 2018 0:30 IST

  Secretary of State Pompeo says China's detention of two Canadians is unlawful, calls for their release

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  US couple accused of enticing Chinese into sex trafficking

  December 15, 2018 0:15 IST

  A New Hampshire husband and wife are accused of luring at least 27 Chinese women into the sex trade at locations across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont

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  UN envoy: UN monitors needed to observe Yemen cease-fire

  December 14, 2018 23:45 IST

  The U.N. envoy for Yemen is calling for the urgent deployment of U.N. monitors to observe the implementation of a cease-fire in the strategic port city of Hodeida and the withdrawal of rival forces

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  Eagles' Wentz has stress fracture in back; no surgery needed

  December 14, 2018 23:45 IST

  Eagles' Wentz has stress fracture in back but does not need surgery; injury could take 3 months to heal

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  10 die of suspected food poisoning at Indian temple ceremony

  December 14, 2018 23:30 IST

  Police say at least 10 people in southern India have died of suspected food poisoning after a ceremony to celebrate the construction of a new Hindu temple

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  Accountant gets 2 ½ years for stealing $580K from company

  December 14, 2018 23:30 IST

  An accountant who stole nearly $600,000 from the Massachusetts company she worked for has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison

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  From Trump to #MeToo, publishing made headlines in 2018

  December 14, 2018 23:30 IST

  The publishing world made headlines, not always by design, in 2018 with books about the current president, and one by a former president and a blockbuster year-ender by former first lady Michelle Obama

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  Court: Testimony from OxyContin maker must be unsealed

  December 14, 2018 23:15 IST

  A Kentucky appeals court says the secret testimony from a former president of one of the world's largest manufacturers of dangerously addictive opioid painkillers must be released to the public

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  Red Sox-Yankees to open with night game in London

  December 14, 2018 23:15 IST

  The World Series champion Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees will open Major League Baseball's first series in Britain with a night game and conclude the next day in the afternoon

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  Nigeria suspends UNICEF work, alleges 'clandestine' activity

  December 14, 2018 23:15 IST

  Nigeria's military suspends UNICEF work in troubled northeast, alleging 'clandestine' activity

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  Loelling, Tretiakov get easy World Cup skeleton wins

  December 14, 2018 23:15 IST

  Jacqueline Loelling of Germany won a World Cup women's skeleton race on her home track, adding to her run of dominance at Winterberg

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  US, Canada hold high-stakes talks amid turmoil with China

  December 14, 2018 23:15 IST

  The U.S. and Canada are holding high-stakes talks amid an escalating dispute with China that threatens to further complicate already testy ties between the North American neighbors

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  Colorado police search property of missing woman's fiance

  December 14, 2018 23:00 IST

  Colorado police say they are searching the property of a missing woman's fiance

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  Judge accepts request for arrest of Brazilian healer

  December 14, 2018 23:00 IST

  Authorities say that a judge has accepted prosecutors' request for the arrest of a Brazilian faith healer after more than 300 people came forward with allegations of sexual abuse

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  Lawmakers meet Coast Guard over academy harassment concerns

  December 14, 2018 23:00 IST

  Members of Connecticut's congressional delegation have met with Coast Guard officials to express their concerns over alleged discrimination and harassment at the service's academy

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  Belarus' leader slams Russian talk of taking over his nation

  December 14, 2018 23:00 IST

  The leader of Belarus is charging that Russia has pondered incorporation of his nation