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After Brief Trade Truce, US Slaps Levy on Canadian Aluminum
A little more than a month after Trump’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement took effect, the Trump administration is scheduled to re-impose a 10% import tax on Canadian aluminum Sunday
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Baby Rhino Gets a Mud Wallow at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
The San Diego Zoo Safari Park has given its new baby rhino a chance to do what all kids love: play in the mud.
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The San Diego Zoo Safari Park has given its new baby rhino a chance to do what all kids love: play in the mud. The zoo says Edward, a 14-day-old southern white rhino, got his first chance Friday to experience a wallow in the mud — something rhinos do to keep cool and protect themselves from sun and bugs. Keepers…
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Space Enthusiasts Preparing for Meteor Outburst Thursday Night
A brilliant flurry in the sky near the Unicorn constellation is expected Thursday night over the eastern half of North America and all South America.
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Greta Thunberg Hitches Low-Carbon Ride Across Atlantic
Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg left North America on a return trip across the Atlantic on Wednesday, hitching a renewable-energy ride with an Australian family aboard their 48-foot (15-meter) catamaran.
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Kanye West Vows to Move Yeezy Manufacturing to the Americas
A few fun facts about Kanye West: He’s running for president in 2024, he recited color psychology to wife Kim Kardashian West as she sat in a morning bath Thursday, and he was fired at 16 for shoplifting at the Gap where he worked. West, with Kim in tow, let loose with those pearls and more during a surprise 35-minute...
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Greta Thunberg: Meeting Trump for Climate Change Talk Would Be a ‘Waste of Time'
Youth climate change activist Greta Thunberg said it would be “a waste of time” to meet with President Donald Trump to try to change his opinion on global warming because she doesn’t think there is anything she could say “that he hasn’t already heard.” “I don’t understand why I would do that,” Thunberg, who was publicly mocked by Trump on...
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FDA Approves Cheaper Meds for Dogs With Separation Anxiety
Owners of anxious dogs will soon have a generic option for calming pets with separation anxiety, NBC News reported. On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of clomipramine hydrochloride, a generic for the brand name drug Clomicalm, for dogs ages 6 months and up who have fears or underlying anxiety about being left alone. It is meant...
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Spanish Cinema Great Almodóvar Plans His 1st Film in America
Pedro Almodóvar is a master of cinema who has found international acclaim with 21 films he’s shot in his native Spain. Now he’s setting his sights on making his first film in North America. Almodóvar said the film is set in Texas and would be mostly in English, with some bilingual scenes shot in Mexico. The director said he has...
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Museum of Science and Industry Gets New Name After Record Donation
The Museum of Science and Industry will change its name in honor of a record $125 million donation from Ken Griffin, the Chicago museum announced Thursday.
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How Risky Is Eating Red Meat? New Papers Provoke Controversy
Eating red meat is linked to cancer and heart disease, but are the risks big enough to give up burgers and steak? A team of international researchers says probably not, contradicting established advice. In a series of papers published Monday, the researchers say the increased risks are small and uncertain and that cutting back likely wouldn’t be worth it for...
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Amazon To Add Workers, Office Space in Chicago's Loop
Amazon is doubling the number of workers at his operations in Chicago’s Loop.
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The Rundown: GM Strike, CPS Vote, Rainbow Cone
The top headlines you need to know as your start your day on Sept. 16, 2019.
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Ford Recalls 550K Vehicles for Seat Strength Problem
Ford is recalling more than 550,000 trucks and SUVs in North America because seat backs may not properly restrain people in a crash. The recall covers certain 2018 through 2020 F-150 pickups, 2019 and 2020 Super Duty trucks, 2018 and 2019 Explorer SUVs, and 2019 and 2020 Expedition SUVs. All have manual driver or front passenger seat-back recliner mechanisms. Also...
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National Cathedral to Toll Funeral Bell for 400th Anniversary of US Slavery's Start
The Washington National Cathedral will ring its largest funereal bell for one minute on Sunday to honor the first enslaved Africans who landed in North America, 400 years ago this month.
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Bystanders Pin Sydney Stabbings Suspect With Milk Crate, Chairs
A knife-wielding man with a history of mental illness is suspected of slaying a woman in a downtown Sydney apartment before wounding another woman nearby and attempting to stab other people Tuesday while yelling “Allahu akbar,” or “God is great,” police and witnesses said. Police have not labeled the rampage an act of terrorism, although the 21-year-old assailant — who...
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FedEx Is Ending Ground-Delivery Contract With Amazon
FedEx said Wednesday it will end its ground-delivery contract with Amazon and won’t renew it at the end of the month. “This change is consistent with our strategy to focus on the broader e-commerce market, which the recent announcements related to our FedEx Ground network have us positioned extraordinarily well to do,” a FedEx spokesperson said. Shares of FedEx and...
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Trump Hails ‘Righteous Cause of American Self-Government' at Jamestown Event
President Donald Trump on Tuesday marked the 400th anniversary of American democracy and its gift “of the country we love,” but his celebration of what began as an experiment in self-government was boycotted by black Virginia lawmakers incensed by Trump’s continued disparagement of a veteran black congressman and the majority-black district he represents. The uplifting rhetoric from Trump marking 400...
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‘Baby Shark Live' Coming to a Chicago Suburb
“Baby Shark Live” is set to launch a 100-city tour in North America this fall, with a Chicago suburb among the stops.