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Donald Trump Arlington National Cemetery

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Donald Trump lays wreath at Arlington National Cemetery

ARLINGTON, Va. (UPI) -- President Donald Trump made an unscheduled appearance at Arlington National Cemetery Saturday to observe wreaths laid to honor fallen military veterans. For about 15 minutes, Trump walked around grave sites as volunteers placed holiday wreaths on headstones except for ones bearing the Star of David. The tradition reportedly began in 1992. "They're doing a great job," Trump said in reference to the volunteers, according to a pool report. The president was accompanied by two military men in camouflage […]

todayDecember 15, 2018 49

romaine lettuce

Business & Lifestyle

FDA traces romaine E. coli outbreak to California farm; some lettuce safe to eat

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it was able to trace an E. coli outbreak to a California farm. The FDA's investigation identified a positive sample result for the outbreak strain in the sediment of a local irrigation reservoir used by Adam Bros. Farms in Santa Barbara County. The agency said the farm has been cooperating with the outbreak investigation and hasn't shipped any romaine lettuce since Nov. 20. So far 59 people in 15 […]

todayDecember 13, 2018 29

Robin Thicke Pharrell Williams Blurred Lines infringement

Business & Lifestyle

Thicke, Williams ordered to pay $5 million for infringement

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- A Federal judge in California ordered a final judgement of nearly $5 million to the family of Marvin Gaye for Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams' copyright infringement in their song "Blurred Lines." District Judge John A. Kronstadt said the two artists must jointly pay Gaye's family damages of $2.9 million. Separately, Thicke must pay $1.7 million and More Water From Nazareth Publishing -- Williams' publishing company -- must pay $357,631. The final judgment, issued Monday, was […]

todayDecember 13, 2018 37

A U.S. Border Patrol agent speaks to the women and children who crossed illegally into San Ysidro, Calif., on December 2. Ariana Drehsler/UPI photo

National

Appeals court rules against Donald Trump’s asylum ban

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- A Federal appeals court denied President Donald Trump's request to strike down a lower judge's order to block the administration's asylum ban for migrants who enter the country illegally. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals late Friday said Trump's new rules limiting who can seek asylum go against U.S. law, and are attempt at an "end-run around Congress." "Just as we may not, as we are often reminded, 'legislate from the bench,' neither may the Executive legislate […]

todayDecember 8, 2018 45

Trump government shutdown

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Trump would ‘absolutely consider’ delay on government shutdown

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The White House and congressional negotiators are considering a bill that would delay a government shutdown after the death of former President George H.W. Bush. President Donald Trump said Saturday that if approached by members of Congress he would likely grant a request to push the deadline back, while funeral plans for Bush, whose body is set to lie in state at the Capitol, are being completed. "If they come -- which they have -- to talk […]

todayDecember 2, 2018 32

U.S. service members killed

National

Three U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan identified

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Department of Defense on Wednesday identified three U.S. service members killed when an improvised explosive device blew up in Afghanistan. The two soldiers and one airman died Tuesday from injuries sustained in Andar, Ghazni province, as part of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission, the Pentagon said in a news release. Army Capt. Andrew Patrick Ross, 29, of Lexington, Va., and Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Michael Emond, 39, of Brush Prairie, Wash., were assigned to the […]

todayNovember 28, 2018 72

Business & Lifestyle

CVS Health: Deal to buy Aetna will close after Thanksgiving

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (UPI) -- CVS Health's $69 billion acquisition of Aetna will take longer than expected as the retail pharmacy needs approval from two more state departments of insurance. Earlier this month, CVS CEO Larry Merlo said the deal was on track to close before Thanksgiving. In a SEC filing Tuesday, the company said that now won't happen until after the holiday. "CVS Health has made significant progress and is in the final states of the approval process with the […]

todayNovember 21, 2018 72

Decision 2018

Judge extends recount deadline for Florida provisional, mail-in ballots

LAUDERHILL, Fla. (UPI) -- Thousands of provisional and mail-in ballots in Florida that were initially set aside now have more time to join the recount, a judge ruled early Thursday. Voters who cast the provisional or mail-in ballots, but were rejected because of mismatched signatures, now have until Saturday to verify their ballot, Judge Mark Walker of the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee ruled. "This should give sufficient time, within the state's and counties' current administrative constraints, for Florida's voters […]

todayNovember 15, 2018 42

Dartmouth

Business & Lifestyle

7 women sue Dartmouth, alleging sexual misconduct by professors

HANOVER, N.H. (UPI) -- Seven women filed a lawsuit against Dartmouth University accusing the New Hampshire Ivy League school of failing to act against three professors accused of sexual harassment and assault. The women, all of whom studied in the school's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, said they were "treated as sex objects" by tenured professors Todd Heatherton, William Kelley and Paul Whalen. "These professors leered at, groped, sexted, intoxicated, and even raped female students," the lawsuit, filed Wednesday […]

todayNovember 15, 2018 41

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