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Johnson & Johnson Stock Drops On Report Company Knew About Asbestos In Baby Powder
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that its baby powder contained asbestos, Reuters said in a new report that drove the company’s shares down more than 9 percent Friday, CNBC reported.Reuters based its report on a review of documents and deposition and trial testimony ... Some juries have sided with J&J and others have been unable to reach verdicts....
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Court rules Obamacare is unconstitutional
BBC News 15 Dec 2018
Two Republicans - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his Wisconsin counterpart Brad Schimel led the legal challenge ... He ruled that the individual mandate was now unconstitutional. As the individual mandate was an "essential" element of the ACA, the whole of Obamacare was therefore unconstitutional, Judge O'Connor said ... ....
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From Clinton To Macron, Neoliberals Still Don’t Get Nationalism – And It May Lead To Fascism
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingWinning the war against fascism during World War II only so liberals could lose to globalism’s harsh economic disparity has consequently made today’s citizenry all over the world susceptible to explicit nationalist appeals ... Today’s neoliberals still don’t get backlash nationalism....
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How Theresa May can get out of her Brexit hell
CNN 15 Dec 2018
(CNN)Theresa May must be used to coming home from Brussels empty-handed ... With just over 100 days to go until the UK is supposed to be leaving the European Union, May is still trapped in her Brexit crisis. There is, however, a way out. No-deal Brexit looks likelier than ever after May's summit humiliation ... Read More ... She is down but not yet out ... ....
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Facebook: Bug Affecting Up To 6.8 Million Users Exposed Photos They Hadn't Shared
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Up to 6.8 million Facebook users using third-party apps had their photos exposed because of a bug in the social media network’s programming, CNBC reported Friday ... In March, reports from the New York Times and The Guardian shed light on how Cambridge Analytica used data on Facebook users to influence the 2016 U.S ... 13 and Sept....
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Defeated Wisconsin Governor Signs Bills Limiting His Sucessor's Powers
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Wisconsin Gov ... He detailed all of the governor's powers, including a strong veto authority, that will not change while defending the measures he signed as improving transparency, stability and accountability."There's a lot of hype and hysteria, particularly in the national media, implying this is a power shift. It's not."...
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White House: Trump Administration 'Not To Blame' For 7-Year-Old Girl's Death
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
The death of a 7-year-old girl in Border Control custody was a “tragic situation,” a White House spokesman said on Friday, but the Trump administration is not to blame before calling on Congress to “disincentivize” migrants from making trips to the southern U.S. border, The Washington Post reported.On Thursday, U.S ... on Dec....
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Chris Christie Takes Himself Out Of Running For White House Chief Of Staff
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Former New Jersey Gov ... As a result, I have asked him to no longer keep me in any of his considerations for this post." ... Lindsey Graham, a source told NBC.Axios and Bloomberg also reported Friday that Christie was a top contender, and a Washington Post reporter tweeted that the paper was about to report the same thing when his statement landed....
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Trump reportedly grew frustrated no one wanted to be his chief of staff before settling on Mick Mulvaney
Business Insider 15 Dec 2018
President Donald Trump abruptly tapped Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, to become his next White House chief of staff after growing frustrated that none of his top candidates would accept the position, a senior White House official said in a Washington Post report on Friday ... Astrid Riecken/Getty Images ... ....
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Stargazers Can Watch Geminid Meteor Shower Online
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
The Geminid meteor shower continues this weekend, and people all over the world were getting ready to see the last big meteor shower of 2018, Newsweek reported ... That stream was set to begin at 6 p.m. EST Thursday night for those looking to catch the meteor shower live without heading outside ... ....
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Hubble discovers planet vanishing at record speed
The Times of India 14 Dec 2018
WASHINGTON. Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a planet roughly the size of Neptune, evaporating at a rate 100 times faster than a previously identified exoplanet of similar size. The findings, published in the journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics, advance astronomers' knowledge about how planets evolve ... ....
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One of Khashoggi killers said 'I know how to cut' on audio, Erdogan says
The Times of India 14 Dec 2018
ISTANBUL. One of the killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was heard saying "I know how to cut" on the audio of the killing Turkey shared with US and European officials, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday ... The journalist had gone there to collect documents for his forthcoming marriage ... The man clearly says 'I know how to cut' ... ....
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Paris braces for fifth weekend of protests by gilets jaunes
The Guardian 14 Dec 2018
Thousands of riot police and armoured vehicles will be deployed in Paris on Saturday as France anticipates a fifth weekend of anti-government protests in the capital and other cities ... The grassroots protest movement has continued all week on roundabouts and tollbooths, and authorities believe Saturday’s street marches will go ahead ... .......
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Sri Lanka's disputed prime minister resigns to end impasse
Yahoo Daily News 15 Dec 2018
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka's disputed prime minister resigned on Saturday, saying he wanted to end a long political impasse over his appointment and allow the president to form a new government ... It was not immediately clear if the letter had been handed over to President Maithripala Sirisena ... ....
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U.S. Education Department Cancels $150 million In Student Loan Debt
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday it would automatically cancel $150 million in student loans connected to for-profit colleges that closed in recent years, NBC News reports.The move was made under an Obama-era policy that a federal judge in October essentially forced U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to implement....
