Nation & World
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PublishedOctober 6, 2017
Vermont decides to celebrate John Brown Day later this October
Brown's 1859 raid on a federal armory in West Virginia lead to his hanging and Civil War.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2017
Loneliness is ‘epidemic,’ and work is partly to blame, ex-surgeon general says
In a new cover story in the Harvard Business Review, Vivek Murthy treats loneliness like a public health crisis, and the workplace as one of the primary places where it can get better – or worse
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PublishedOctober 6, 2017
Trump administration narrows ACA’s contraception mandate
The new regulation allows a much broader group of employers and insurers to exempt themselves from covering contraceptives such as birth control pills on religious or moral grounds.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2017
Trump quietly stalls safeguards for dozens of endangered species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has withdrawn at least 42 pending regulatory actions pertaining to endangered species, many of which detail how to protect animals or plants already deemed to be in peril.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2017
Father cleared of killing daughter, 2, after his 7-year-old son confesses
The father had been jailed since April 2016.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2017
After hurricanes, U.S. hiring falls 33,000, first decline in 7 years
Jobs are likely to rebound in the coming months as businesses in Houston and Florida reopen and construction companies ramp up repair work.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2017
Nobel Peace Prize goes to group working for worldwide nuclear weapons ban
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons 'has been a driving force in prevailing upon the world's nations to pledge to cooperate ... in efforts to stigmatize, prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons,' the Nobel committee says.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2017
Brush fire in New Hampshire’s Lost River Gorge spreads to 70 acres
The blaze fanned by steady winds forces the early closure of the popular Lost River Gorge.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2017
White House, NRA agree ‘bump stock’ device should be regulated
It was a rare concession for the nation's largest gun lobby which has stood firm in recent years against stricter gun regulations.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2017
Hackers stole classified information from NSA contractor’s computer, report says
The hackers, allegedly working for the Kremlin, apparently identified sensitive material through the contractor's use of antivirus software by Kaspersky Lab, a Russian company.
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