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AP FACT CHECK: Trump overstates benefits from Mexico tariffs
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump overstates benefits from Mexico tariffs
DETROIT — President Donald Trump is overstating the benefits of his threatened tariffs on automobiles and parts imported from Mexico while glossing over the likely harm to American consumers of substantially higher prices for new cars. In tweets Tuesday, Trump exaggerated how much of the auto industry had moved to Mexico and inaccurately asserted that…
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Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz shot after ambush in Dominican Republic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was hospitalized Monday following surgery for a gunshot wound after being ambushed by a man in a bar in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said. Dominican National Police Director Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte…
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Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz shot after ambush in Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was hospitalized Monday following surgery for a gunshot wound after being ambushed by a man in a bar in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said. Dominican National Police Director Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte said Ortiz was at the Dial Bar and Lounge in…
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Legendary New Orleans musician Dr. John, born Mac Rebennack, dies at 77
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW ORLEANS — Dr. John, the New Orleans singer and piano player who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said. He was 77. In a statement released through his publicist, the family…
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Legendary New Orleans musician Dr. John, born Mac Rebennack, dies at 77
NEW ORLEANS — Dr. John, the New Orleans singer and piano player who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said. He was 77. In a statement released through his publicist, the family said Dr. John, who was born Mac Rebennack, died “toward…
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97-year-old D-Day veteran parachutes into Normandy 75 years later
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CARENTAN, France — Parachutists are jumping over Normandy again, just as soldiers did 75 years ago for D-Day — but this time without being shot at. Engines throbbing, C-47 transport planes dropped group after group of parachutists, a couple of hundred in all – including…
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97-year-old D-Day veteran parachutes into Normandy 75 years later
CARENTAN, France — Parachutists are jumping over Normandy again, just as soldiers did 75 years ago for D-Day — but this time without being shot at. Engines throbbing, C-47 transport planes dropped group after group of parachutists, a couple of hundred in all – including a 97-year-old D-Day veteran, Tom Rice. “It went perfect, perfect…
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YouTube updates hate speech guidelines to prohibit videos
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YouTube updates hate speech guidelines to prohibit videos
SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube is updating its hate speech policies to prohibit videos with white supremacist and neo-Nazi content. The video streaming company says it has already made it more difficult to find such videos, but it’s now removing them outright. YouTube will also prohibit videos that deny certain proven events have taken place, such…