As It Is

2020-09-20 COVID-19 Rewrites the Rules of Political Campaigning

Madeleine Dean, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, describes herself as a "big hugger." But there is no hugging…

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2020-09-19 Rosa Parks’ Home Displayed in Italy

Italy is the new home for the house where American civil rights icon Rosa Parks lived after her historic bus boycott. The…

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2020-09-18 Memorial to Dwight ‘Ike’ Eisenhower, President and Military Commander, Opens

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial is now open to the public following a dedication service Thursday in Washington, D.C. A combination of…

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2020-09-18 South Sudan Peace Activist Receives US Award

South Sudanese peace activist Rita Martin Lopidia Abraham received the 2020 Women Building Peace Award this week. The award comes…

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2020-09-17 Gates Foundation: COVID-19 Caused 7 Percent Rise in Extreme Poverty

A new report says the COVID-19 health crisis has greatly harmed worldwide efforts to reduce poverty and improve healthcare. The Goalkeepers…

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2020-09-17 Experts Worry as US Ease Restrictions

State and local officials around the United States have again started rolling back social-distancing rules. Officials in some areas had…

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2020-09-16 Report Blames Boeing, FAA for 737 MAX Crashes

A United States Congressional report blames the crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX airplanes on the manufacturer's design and the…

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2020-09-15 Choking Air from Western Fires Worst on Planet

Wildfires burning across the western United States will continue releasing smelly, harmful air until later in the week or after…

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2020-09-16 Weather Event May Be Cause of Brazil’s Pantanal Fires

Since the middle of July, a fire has been burning in the wetlands of west-central Brazil. It has left a…

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2020-09-14 Suga Likely to Become Japan’s Next Prime Minister

Yoshihide Suga was elected as the new head of Japan's ruling party on Monday. He is likely to become the…

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2020-09-14 Indonesia’s Capital Under Virus Order, Hospitals Nearly Full

Main streets were less crowded Monday as Jakarta began two weeks of social restrictions to slow a rise of coronavirus…

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2020-09-12 Australian Youngsters Take Legal Action to Stop Coal Mine Expansion

A group of young people in Australia has launched a lawsuit in the name of all children to block the expansion of…

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2020-09-14 Streaming Services and the Environment

A new study suggests that streaming services can lead to higher levels of greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers say the results depended, in part,…

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2020-09-12 North, South Korean Couples Deal with Cultural, Language Differences

A year ago, Kim Seo-yun gave some very important personal information to her South Korean love interest. She had fled…

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2020-09-10 New Book Tells Story of Trump-Kim Relationship

U.S. President Donald Trump's comments about the threat from the new coronavirus received widespread attention after parts of a new…

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