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Trump Administration Calls On Russia To Stop Supporting Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro

The Trump administration is calling on Russia to support Venezuela instead of President Nicolás Maduro. Russia says the U.S. is meddling in Venezuela and violating international law.

An electronic voting machines that produces a paper receipt from Election Services & Software. The company is among those bidding to replace all of Georgia's voting machines but close relationships between state officials and ES&S have raised questions about the fairness of the bidding process.

Trips To Vegas And Chocolate-Covered Pretzels: Election Vendors Come Under Scrutiny

Close ties between vendors and election officials are getting extra attention as states plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on new voting machines by next year.

Good Deal: 45 Years Overdue, $10 Fee

A man in California returned a library book 45 years late, according to The Mercury News of San Jose, Calif. The late fee was a whopping $10.

Residents Of Puerto Rico Protest Austerity On May Day

In Puerto Rico, May Day has become an important day for people to protest the austerity measures being imposed by a federally appointed oversight board.

Farmhouse Tavern in Toronto has found a way to turn quiet Sundays, which often lead to either throwing away food or freezing it, into a way to sell out menu items.

Toronto Restaurant Fights Waste By Chopping Menu Prices Till Food Is Gone

Every Sunday, Farmhouse Tavern plans how to sell out of perishable food and open bottles of wine so it can shut up shop with an empty refrigerator for the next three days, when it is closed.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Among the topics discussed were Attorney General William Barr's failure to appear before the House Judiciary Committee to discuss the special counsel report on Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

Pelosi Says Barr Lied To Congress: 'That's A Crime'

The House speaker commented after Attorney General William Barr refused to testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing about the Mueller report.

PFW Presents Ongoing Strategic Plan To City Council

Purdue University-Fort Wayne chancellor Ron Elsenbaumer met with Fort Wayne City Council Tuesday night to discuss local partnerships and the status of the…

Stephen Moore speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. He withdrew from consideration for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, President Trump said.

Trump Says Stephen Moore No Longer Being Considered For Fed Post

The Trump campaign adviser and conservative pundit who came under criticism from lawmakers and economists has withdrawn his name from consideration to serve on the Federal Reserve Board.

Health care workers may now refuse to be involved with providing services that offend their religious beliefs. The new rule, issued by the HHS Office for Civil Rights, affirms existing conscience protections established by Congress, director Roger Severino says.

New Trump Rule Protects Health Care Workers Who Refuse Care For Religious Reasons

The rule strengthens protections for health care providers who are unwilling to provide services like abortions. Critics say it could put women's health in danger.

Freshwater shrimp from the species <em>Gammarus pulex</em> like this one, collected in Suffolk County in the U.K., were found to have traces of cocaine.

Traces Of Cocaine, Pesticides Detected In U.K. Shrimp

Scientists collected freshwater shrimp at 15 locations in Suffolk. Shrimp from all of the sites were found to have detectable amounts of cocaine, and many had other drugs or pesticides.

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