1960s prankster Paul Krassner, who named Yippies, dies at 87

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July 21, 2019

1960s prankster Paul Krassner, who named Yippies, dies at 87

He was a publisher, author and radical political activist on the front lines of the counterculture.
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July 21, 2019

ISIS militants return to Iraq, continue fight

The group is waging a low-level insurgency across the central and northern part of the country.
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July 21, 2019

Puerto Rico governor will not seek re-election, leaves his party

Ricardo Rosselló is facing public furor over an obscenity-laced online chat.
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July 21, 2019

Heat and humidity grip East Coast as Midwest gets reprieve

Organizers in Boston cancel a benefit run, Delaware Civil War re-enactors get the day off and the New York Police Department implores residents to take it easy.
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July 21, 2019

Plan would make coastal mansions eligible for disaster aid

Watchdog groups say the proposal would stress already strained relief programs.
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July 21, 2019

Trump administration pauses enforcement of abortion restriction

Agencies call the action to suspend a gag rule on taxpayer-funded family planning clinics 'wholly insufficient.'
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July 21, 2019

Prince George turning 6 on Monday

Kensington Palace is marking the occasion by releasing new photos of the future king taken by his mother.
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July 21, 2019

Teen activists win ‘mental health days’ for Oregon students

A new law allows them to take mental health days off from school just as they would sick days.
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July 21, 2019

Mueller hearing to air evidence of Trump wrongdoing, lawmaker says

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the House Judiciary Committee chairman, says this week's hearing will highlight findings that could warrant impeachment.
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July 21, 2019

Suicide bomber hits Pakistani hospital, killing 9

She struck as wounded were being brought in from an earlier shooting against police, authorities say.