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By Megan Cassella WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. congressional Republicans on Tuesday challenged Planned Parenthood’s eligibility for federal funds, while the health organization’s president said defunding it would restrict women’s access to care and disproportionately hurt low-income patients. A series of videos that purport to show that Planned Parenthood improperly sells fetal tissue to researchers for profit has reignited anti-abortion voters’ fervor during a turbulent Republican presidential primary campaign. At a
The Netherlands and France will jointly buy two rare Rembrandts for 160 million euros, the Dutch culture minister said Wednesday after the two states defused a potential bidding war. The 17th-century paintings, which currently belong to the wealthy French Rothschild banking family and have rarely been seen in public, will alternate between the Rijksmuseum and the Louvre, Jet Bussemaker said in a letter to the Dutch parliament. “We believe these
A recent report from a Citibank economist has Wall Street worried that the world’s second largest economy is skating on thin ice—and threatening to pull the rest of us down with it.
Grab the tissue box because this is absolutely heartbreaking. A Georgia mom discovered a sweet note her 6-year-old son left for her and her husband before he died from a brain infection….
London’s transport chiefs announced plans on Wednesday to tighten control on private hire vehicles (PHV), a move that could hit app-based ride-hailing firms such as Uber [UBER.UL]. Drivers of the city’s famous black cabs have argued Uber bypasses local licensing and safety laws and amounts to unfair competition. A protest earlier this month at London’s City Hall led to a scuffle that resulted in arrests for assault and aggravated trespass
U.S. stocks jumped Wednesday, following global markets higher in an attempt to ease the pain of the worst quarter in four years.
Today the top trends forecaster in the world Gerald Celente warned people to ignore the rally because a market meltdown is imminent.
NEW YORK (AP) — The accolades are piling up for one of the country’s top writers about race.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man said he had no idea an 18th-century painting hanging in his home for over 20 years had been looted from a Polish museum by the Nazis during World War II.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson promises her new Sinclair Television show will be different than typical Sunday morning public affairs programs, but she couldn’t resist having Donald Trump as her first guest.
