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Johnson & Johnson Stock Drops On Report Company Knew About Asbestos In Baby Powder
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that its baby powder contained asbestos, Reuters said in a new report that drove the company’s shares down more than 9 percent Friday, CNBC reported.Reuters based its report on a review of documents and deposition and trial testimony ... Some juries have sided with J&J and others have been unable to reach verdicts....
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Court rules Obamacare is unconstitutional
BBC News 15 Dec 2018
Two Republicans - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his Wisconsin counterpart Brad Schimel led the legal challenge ... He ruled that the individual mandate was now unconstitutional. As the individual mandate was an "essential" element of the ACA, the whole of Obamacare was therefore unconstitutional, Judge O'Connor said ... ....
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Strong police presence in Paris before planned protests
WPXI 15 Dec 2018
PARIS (AP) - A strong police presence deployed in Paris on Saturday for planned demonstrations by the "yellow vest" protesters, with authorities repeating calls for calm after protests in previous weekends turned violent ... Authorities have said about 8,000 police and 14 armored vehicles were being deployed in the French capital ... ... ___ ... ....
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From Clinton To Macron, Neoliberals Still Don’t Get Nationalism – And It May Lead To Fascism
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingWinning the war against fascism during World War II only so liberals could lose to globalism’s harsh economic disparity has consequently made today’s citizenry all over the world susceptible to explicit nationalist appeals ... Today’s neoliberals still don’t get backlash nationalism....
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How Theresa May can get out of her Brexit hell
CNN 15 Dec 2018
(CNN)Theresa May must be used to coming home from Brussels empty-handed ... With just over 100 days to go until the UK is supposed to be leaving the European Union, May is still trapped in her Brexit crisis. There is, however, a way out. No-deal Brexit looks likelier than ever after May's summit humiliation ... Read More ... She is down but not yet out ... ....
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Cost of Mueller investigation exceeds $25M, report states
Arkansas Online 15 Dec 2018
WASHINGTON -- The Russia investigation has cost more than $25 million since special counsel Robert Mueller's appointment, according to a new Justice Department report released Friday ... In both tweets, he cited the cost as a waste ... 1 ... Information for this article was contributed by Chad Day of The Associated Press; and by Chris Strohm of Bloomberg News....
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Prada pulls products after 'blackface imagery' backlash
WPXI 15 Dec 2018
Italian luxury fashion label Prada is pulling a controversial product line that many have called “racist” and said depicts “blackface imagery.”. >> Read more trending news ... Hey @Prada these photos were brought to my attention as images of blackface are on display in your Soho store in NYC ... ....
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Sri Lanka's disputed prime minister resigns to end impasse
Yahoo Daily News 15 Dec 2018
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka's disputed prime minister resigned on Saturday, saying he wanted to end a long political impasse over his appointment and allow the president to form a new government ... It was not immediately clear if the letter had been handed over to President Maithripala Sirisena ... ....
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Mike Pompeo says China should free two Canadians held after Huawei executive's arrest
The Guardian 15 Dec 2018
“The unlawful detention of two Canadian citizens is unacceptable,” Pompeo told reporters after talks in Washington with Canadian foreign minister Chrystia Freeland ... Read more ... Canada’s foreign ministry said its ambassador to Beijing, John McCallum, was granted consular access to Kovrig and is pressing for access to Spavor ... “Michael’s arrest is unjust....
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Russia claims US ignoring outreach on nuclear disagreement
This is Money 15 Dec 2018
MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian Defense Ministry says that it wants to sit down with the Pentagon for "open and specific" talks on alleged violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty. The U.S ... Gen ... 13, 2018. (AP Photo/J ... ....
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Harvey Weinstein bragged about sleeping with Jennifer Lawrence after another actress rejected his advances, lawsuit claims
The Independent 15 Dec 2018
Film producer Harvey Weinstein is alleged to have bragged about sleeping with Jennifer Lawrence when another actor rejected his advances ... Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex ... Join Indpendent Minds ... Get the best of The Independent ... ....
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Trump reportedly grew frustrated no one wanted to be his chief of staff before settling on Mick Mulvaney
Business Insider 15 Dec 2018
Following multiple rejections this week from candidates who were on his short list — including former Gov ... White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders added that Mulvaney will not resign as overseer of the federal budget in the Office of Management and Budget, "but will spend all of his time devoted" to his new role ... ....
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Facebook: Bug Affecting Up To 6.8 Million Users Exposed Photos They Hadn't Shared
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Up to 6.8 million Facebook users using third-party apps had their photos exposed because of a bug in the social media network’s programming, CNBC reported Friday ... In March, reports from the New York Times and The Guardian shed light on how Cambridge Analytica used data on Facebook users to influence the 2016 U.S ... 13 and Sept....
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White House: Trump Administration 'Not To Blame' For 7-Year-Old Girl's Death
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
The death of a 7-year-old girl in Border Control custody was a “tragic situation,” a White House spokesman said on Friday, but the Trump administration is not to blame before calling on Congress to “disincentivize” migrants from making trips to the southern U.S. border, The Washington Post reported.On Thursday, U.S ... on Dec....
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Defeated Wisconsin Governor Signs Bills Limiting His Sucessor's Powers
WorldNews.com 14 Dec 2018
Wisconsin Gov ... He detailed all of the governor's powers, including a strong veto authority, that will not change while defending the measures he signed as improving transparency, stability and accountability."There's a lot of hype and hysteria, particularly in the national media, implying this is a power shift. It's not."...
