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The Boy Scouts of America will increase their membership fees by more than 80%
Starting Jan. 1, it will cost more money to be a Boy Scout.
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Blocked citizenship question not likely to lower census response, test finds
After courts blocked the question from appearing on 2020 census forms, the Census Bureau released early findings from a national experiment testing public reaction.
7 years ago
Watch: Democrats push impeachment rules package through House
The rules outline how the last several weeks of closed-door depositions of witnesses by three House committees would transition into public hearings.
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Biden denied communion for abortion stance
Former Vice President Joe Biden was refused communion at a South Carolina Catholic church over the weekend. It’s happened to other Catholic Democrats.
7 years ago
U.S. travel industry to Chinese tourists: What trade war?
Washington, D.C., has dangled hotel discounts tied to the Chinese Lunar New Year.
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House will vote to formalize impeachment procedures in ongoing inquiry
House Speaker Pelosi announced in a letter to Democrats on Monday that the House will vote to formalize the procedures in the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Trump.
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New evacuations, power outages near California wildfire
Authorities ordered at least 50,000 residents to evacuate towns near a massive Northern California wildfire Saturday.
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Judge orders DOJ to hand over Mueller material, validates impeachment probe
Chief Judge Beryl Howell signed an opinion that rejected the Justice Department's argument that it must preserve the secrecy of grand jury and other material.
7 years ago
Facebook News: App will offer hand-picked stories from NPR, other outlets
Facebook has hired a small team of journalists who will pick the stories that show up in one of the sections of the app, called Today's Stories.
7 years ago
Poll: Number of Americans who favor stricter gun laws continues to grow
The percentage of Americans who favor stricter gun laws is on the rise, though significant partisan divisions persist.
7 years ago
Partisan divide grows over opioid settlement plan
The nation's response to the opioid epidemic has been bipartisan, but deep divides have emerged over a settlement plan offered by Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin.
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Where you die can affect your chance of being an organ donor
If Roland Henry had died in a different part of the country, his organs might have been recovered. And lives could have been saved.
7 years ago
Key changes would alter the government’s massive survey on schools and civil rights
The Department of Education has proposed several key changes to its massive survey that collects data from the nation's public schools on a wide range of civil rights issues.
7 years ago
Impeachment inquiry update: What the past week revealed about the Ukraine affair
President Trump deputized lawyer Rudy Giuliani to run a shadow foreign policy for Ukraine outside the State Department, witnesses told Congress this past week.
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NASA’s first all-female spacewalk set for Friday
Only 15 women have participated in spacewalks, and all were accompanied by men.
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