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• Environmentalists have serious concerns about Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt.
• Nearly 800 former EPA officials  publicly oppose Pruitt.
• The Senate just moved him one step closer to confirmation.
• His path to confirmation looks clear, despite one Republican Senator's opposition — especially because one Democrat said she would vote for him.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 800 former Environmental... Читать дальше...

Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) compared the Trump administration to "Stranger Things" on the House floor. He came prepared with a sign, reading "Trump Things" in the same logo style as the popular TV show. 

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Following the smash success of M. Night Shyamalan's "Split" at the box office, we now know how the movie pulled off its shocking final moments. And it turns out it involved the rare cooperation of a studio not involved with the movie.

Warning: Spoilers ahead if you haven't seen "Split."

At the end of "Split," we find that the character with 24 split personalities played by James McAvoy lives in the same cinematic world as a character from another Shyamalan movie when Bruce Willis suddenly appears... Читать дальше...

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After a 2015 MVP campaign in which he transformed into one of the scariest hitters in baseball, Bryce Harper struggled in 2016.

Across the board, Harper's batting numbers fell — his batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS all fell drastically from the year before.

According to ESPN's Eddie Matz, some people in the baseball world feel that Harper's slump originated from an eye-opening early-season series against the Chicago Cubs.

Determined not to be beaten by Harper... Читать дальше...

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BONN, Germany (Reuters) - The United States, South Korea and Japan on Thursday issued a joint statement condemning North Korea's test firing of a ballistic missile and saying Pyongyang should face an "even stronger" international response for violating U.N. resolutions.

The statement, which also condemned Pyongyang's human rights abuses, was released after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se... Читать дальше...

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In 1998, Dr Thomas J. Stanley of Georgia State University published his best-selling book "The Millionaire Next Door," in which he revealed two decades of research into the character traits of America's wealthy.

Many were quite surprised by his findings at the time, especially when compared with the go-go stock market attitude and eternal optimism of the late-1990s, in which many pundits suggested that fortunes could be made in stock market speculation alone. Читать дальше...

Dating expert Andrea Syrtash, author of "He's Just Not Your Type (And That's a Good Thing): How to Find Love Where You Least Expect It," explains one word that can be disposed of for a better dating life. Hint: It'll help put your relatives in their place.

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BEIT EL, West Bank (AP) — President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to Israel may be causing controversy in Washington. But in this West Bank settlement, he is a well-known friend.

As the Senate holds a confirmation hearing Thursday on the nomination of David Friedman, he could face grilling about his ties to Beit El, a community north of Jerusalem located in the heart of the occupied territory Palestinians demand for an independent state.

Friedman... Читать дальше...

Not all headaches hurt the same. Some, like migraines, make the sides of your head throb for days on end. Others, like tension headaches, may be felt as pressure in the neck and forehead and disappear in a few hours. Here's how to know what type of pain you're experiencing and how to treat it best.

Chelsea Handler’s Netflix talk show will return on Friday, April 14, the host announced in a video message on Thursday. "Chelsea" is changing its format for Season 2, switching to one hourlong show a week on Fridays vs. three half-hour editions released Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Season 1.

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BONN, Germany (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday he did not suggest to French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault that Washington planned to scrap the Iranian nuclear agreement.

"I didn't leave any such impression," Tillerson told reporters before a meeting with the Argentinian foreign minister, when asked about a report which cited Ayrault as saying the French had the impression that Washington wanted to get rid of the deal.

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President Donald Trump bristled at a reporter's question on Thursday about how he will respond to an "uptick in anti-Semitism" across the country, calling it "very insulting" and insisting that he is "the least anti-Semitic person that you've ever seen in your entire life."

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Mark T. Williams teaches finance at Boston University, is a former Federal Reserve Bank Examiner and author of “Uncontrolled Risk” about the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the key drivers of the 2008 financial crisis.

The success of the Federal Reserve System is linked to independence, nonpartisanship and the ability to make decisions without undue political influence.

President Trump is preparing a hostile takeover aimed at remaking the Fed, reducing independence... Читать дальше...

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A new viral video shows a group women storming into a Nordstrom to cancel their accounts in response to the retailer's decision to stop selling Ivanka Trump's fashion brand, promising to shop at Dillard's instead. 

On Wednesday, Laurie Ray posted a video on Facebook of herself and seven other women — some wearing "Haters Gonna Hate" Trump shirts — walking into Nordstrom with handfuls of cash to cancel their accounts with the retailer at a location in Chandler, Arizona, the Daily Mail reported. Читать дальше...

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(Reuters) - Lawmakers in New Hampshire's legislature blocked on Thursday a bill to make the state the 29th in the country where paying dues was optional for employees in union-represented jobs.

The 200-177 vote to stop the measure followed passage of similar "right to work" in Missouri and Kentucky this year, where new Republican-controlled legislatures made the issue a top priority.

In New Hampshire, the measure had passed the state senate by one vote last month and Governor Chris Sununu... Читать дальше...

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CNN anchor Jake Tapper blasted President Donald Trump's lengthy press conference Thursday afternoon, calling Trump's tirades against the media "wild" and "unhinged."

"It was an airing of grievances. It was Festivus," Tapper said.

Trump took questions from reporters for more than an hour after announcing his new nominee for Labor Secretary, Alexander Acosta. He used much of the time to rage against negative coverage of his administration, and complained... Читать дальше...

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A powerful series of rainstorms is headed for California Thursday and through the weekend — arriving after a period of already severe weather in the state.

A flash flood watch is in effect throughout Los Angeles, Ventura, and souther Santa Barbara counties.

Up to a foot of rain is expected in some places, as the storms drench a region from Northern California down to San Diego, raising safety concerns. Those concerns are perhaps most serious at the Oroville Dam... Читать дальше...

The final servicing mission to the venerable Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was in 2009.

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Bill Maher broke his silence about Jeremy Scahill's protest of the booking of controversial far-right journalist Milo Yiannopoulos on Maher's HBO talk show, "Real Time," and Scahill's decision to cancel his appearance on the show.

Scahill, the founder of the journalism website the Intercept and a frequent "Real Time" guest, announced his decision to cancel his appearance on Maher's show on Wednesday over the booking of Yiannopoulos on the same episode airing Friday.

In Scahill's lengthy statement... Читать дальше...

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration said in court documents on Thursday it does not want a larger appellate panel to review a ruling keeping its travel ban on hold and will instead replace the ban.

"In so doing, the president will clear the way for immediately protecting the country rather than pursuing further, potentially time-consuming litigation," the administration said in the filing.

A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit... Читать дальше...

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If you're ready to buy a house, putting in the work on a fixer-upper instead of choosing a home with more amenities can save you a solid chunk of change.

But it can be tricky to tell if a property is worth the investment or will end up costing more than it's worth.

To figure out if a fixer-upper is a good deal, Scott McGillivray, the host of HGTV's "Income Property" and a real estate expert who's invested in over 100 properties, recommends figuring... Читать дальше...

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You can learn a lot from a tweet.

Especially if that tweet is from New York Times columnist, author, and financial planner Carl Richards.

He's made a career out of exposing and analyzing what he calls the "behavior gap" — the gap between what you should do with your money and what you actually do.

In his "napkin sketches," he boils these insights down to a few drawn lines that are simple enough to fit on a napkin. He's gathered many of these in his books... Читать дальше...

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President Donald Trump says he will not tell the press how he will respond to a Russian spy ship near the edge of the US's territorial waters.