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Refugees in the U.S.: where do they settle?

In 2018, The United States will take in about 20,000 refugees, below the cap of 45,000 set by Donald Trump’s administration, and a quarter of those granted entry during Barack Obama’s last year. Where are these refugees settling, and what…

 

March for Our Lives organizers want fast, tough action on guns; they won’t get it

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Half a million people are expected to come to Washington Saturday for the March for Our Lives with a goal that leading members of Congress see as a futile mission: to prod Congress to take “comprehensive” action…

 

Oregon couple’s final days captured in intimate aid-in-dying video

On the last morning of their lives, Charlie and Francie Emerick held hands.

 

Donna Shalala is running for Congress in bid to replace Ros-Lehtinen

MIAMI (TNS) — Donna Shalala, the former University of Miami president and Health and Human Services secretary, is officially running as a Democrat to replace retiring Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, according to Federal Election Commission paperwork filed Monday.

 

My grandmother was Italian — why aren’t my genes Italian?

Maybe you got one of those find-your-ancestry kits over the holidays. You’ve sent off your awkwardly collected saliva sample, and you’re awaiting your results. If your experience is anything like that of me and my mom, you may find surprises…

 

Holocaust denier likely to appear on ballot for GOP for Chicago-area congressional seat

CHICAGO (TNS) — A suburban Chicago man known as a Holocaust denier and for his ties to neo-Nazism is expected to advance to November’s general election for Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District seat.

 

A couple glasses of wine a day helps clean the brain, researchers say

Drinking a couple glasses of wine a day helps keep your brain spick and span.

 

Why diets backfire: A year or more after weight loss, the desire to eat grows stronger

Losing weight is, for most people, the easy part. The bigger challenge is trying to keep it off for more than a year.

 

Here's what the Keurig deal means for the future of Dr. Pepper

Keurig is buying Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. to create a beverage business with approximately $11 billion in annual sales.

 

Where the work-for-welfare movement is heading

WASHINGTON (TNS) — As President Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Congress set out to impose tougher restrictions on welfare, their conservative allies across the country are trying to help them accomplish their mission, state by state.

 

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