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Nation & World

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July 18, 2019

Golf Rory McIlroy’s first British Open tee shot could not have gone worse

Playing in his homeland and a pretournament favorite, McIlroy struggled in his first round.
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July 18, 2019

Are cellphones a flight danger? They are on these Boeing jets

Over the past three years mystified pilots have reported more than a dozen instances of important flight information disappearing
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July 18, 2019

Louvre in Paris removes Sackler name after opioid protests

The Musée du Louvre is the first major institution to remove the name of a family once known as art patrons and now blamed for drug crisis.
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July 18, 2019

Iran says it seized foreign oil tanker and its crew

The ship was not identified by it may be the UAE tanker Riah that has stopped transmitting its location.
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July 18, 2019

Man shouting ‘You die!’ kills 33 in fire at anime studio in Japan

Most of the victims were employees of Kyoto Animation, which does work on movies and TV productions but is best known for its mega-hit stories featuring high school girls.

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Published
July 17, 2019

Trump slams congresswomen, and rally crowd roars, ‘Send her back!’

The president turns a campaign rally into an extended dissection of 4 Democratic congresswomen he attacked this week with racist tweets.
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July 17, 2019

Lawyers zero in on drug companies amid opioid epidemic

Maine and most other states have sued opioid manufacturers, and rulings on some of the first cases could come by the end of August.
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July 17, 2019

Asylum ban may further strain immigrant detention facilities

The Border Patrol housed 900 people in an area with capacity for 125 in El Paso, Texas, according to a Department of Homeland Security report.
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July 17, 2019

Lead paint suppliers settle California lawsuit for $305 million

The nation's former major suppliers of lead paint have agreed to pay California's largest cities and counties $305 million to settle a nearly 20-year-old lawsuit.
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July 17, 2019

Fed says U.S. economy trundles steadily along, outlook positive

Most Fed officials still predict growth of 2 percent or higher this year, but say that outlook is threatened by risks related to global trade disputes.