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IAEA Strikes Deal With Iran To Cushion Coming Blow Of Slashed Access
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday it had struck a deal with Iran to cushion the blow of steps Tehran plans to take this week that include ending snap inspections, with both sides agreeing to keep "necessary" monitoring for up to three months.
Barcelona Sees Sixth Night Of Protests For Jailed Rapper
Protests in support of a jailed rapper turned violent for a sixth consecutive night in Barcelona on Sunday.
Sheriff: 3 Dead In Gun Store Shooting In New Orleans Suburb
A Louisiana sheriff says three people have died in a shooting at a gun store in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie.
Pope Visits Holocaust Survivor In Rome Home To Thank Her
Pope Francis on Saturday visited with a Holocaust survivor in her Rome apartment to pay tribute to all those who suffered from what he called the craziness of Nazi populism.
Pfizer Promises to Double Supply as President Biden Pushes for Quicker Vaccine Rollout
The drugmaker's chief executive, Albert Bourla, used a visit by the U.S. president to the company's largest manufacturing facility to announce that he expects to more than double the around 5 million doses per week the company currently provides to the U....
Warrants: Ex-deputy Sexually Assaulted Woman While On Duty
A former police officer was arrested Friday after investigators said he forced a woman into her South Carolina home and sexually assaulted her while he was on duty.
Widow Of Man Killed In South Dakota AG Crash Plans To Sue
The widow of the man who died after being struck by the South Dakota attorney general's car will file a wrongful death lawsuit, her attorneys said Friday.
Discussed Situation With Modi, Trudeau, Says Australia PM Amid Facebook Row
From Thursday, Facebook has blanked out the pages of media outlets for Australian users and blocked them from sharing any news content, rather than submit to the proposed legislation.
Joe Biden Unveil Immigration Reforms Offering Citizenship to 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants
The new proposal aims to give legal protections to millions of people, mostly from Mexico and central America, who have lived in the country for many years, with homes, businesses and US-born children and grandchildren.
Texas Crisis Has Governor Facing Big Backer: Energy Industry
As frozen Texas reels under one of the worst electricity outages in U.S. history, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed grid operators and icedover wind turbines but gone easier on another culprit: an oil and gas industry that is the state's dominant bus...
Britain To Push For Speedier Vaccines At G-7 Leaders Meeting
Some of the worlds wealthiest countries are promising to share coronavirus vaccines with the poorest, but details of when and how many remain scarce as leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers hold their first meeting of 2021 on Friday.
Divides In Parent Opinion Complicate School Reopening Push
President Joe Biden is pushing for K-8 schools to fully reopen in his first 100 days. But dont look for Omeisha Snapes kids in the classrooms.
Judge Dismisses Georgia Lawsuit By Transgender Fire Chief
A federal judge has dismissed a discrimination lawsuit by a transgender fire chief who led a rural Georgia city's fire department for more than a decade, then got fired 18 months after first coming to work as a woman.
Facebook News Goes Dark in Australia as Content Spat Escalates
Facebook and search giant Google Inc had both warned they could cancel services in Australia because of looming laws that will force them to pay local publishers for content.
Education Fund Sought For Descendants Of Florida Massacre
A Florida lawmaker wants his state to establish an education fund to benefit the descendants of African Americans killed, beaten or driven from their homes by white mobs angered by a Black man who had the audacity to demand his right to vote a century ago...
Facebook Blocks Australians From Accessing News On Platform
Facebook has announced it has blocked Australians from viewing and sharing news on the platform because of proposed laws in the country to make digital giants pay for journalism.