Scott Neuman
Stories
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World
Iranians Vow Revenge Against U.S. As Slain General Is Mourned In Nationwide Funeral
Caskets holding the bodies of Qassem Soleimani and others killed in a U.S. drone strike last week were paraded though the streets of Iran's cities as mourners chanted "death to America."
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As SpaceX Launches Dozens Of Satellites At A Time, Some Fear An Orbital Traffic Jam
SpaceX and a rival company are rushing ahead with plans for constellations of thousands of satellites, but regulators might not be ready.
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World
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wins Reelection But Liberals Lose Majority
Trudeau's Liberal Party defeated the Conservatives but still fell short of an outright majority. The Liberals will need to reach out to smaller rival parties to form a new government.
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Politics
Mattis Takes Swipe At Trump: 'I Earned My Spurs On The Battlefield'
In a speech blending humor with a serious message, the former secretary of defense also quoted a warning by Lincoln against a leader "unfettered by conscience, precedent or decency."
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Politics
Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings Dies At 68
The Baltimore congressman, who was chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, had taken a lead role in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
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For NASA's New Suits, 'Mobility' Is The Watchword
The space agency unveils two new spacesuits for a planned 2024 return to the moon. They're designed to be more comfortable and easier to move around in than their Apollo-era forerunners.
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World
U.S. Imposes Sanctions On Turkey For Invasion Of Syria
The announcement from the White House comes little more than a week after President Trump appeared to acquiesce to Ankara's decision to target U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters in Northern Syria.
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Business
3 Win Nobel Prize In Economics For Work In Reducing Poverty
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer will share the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
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World
Turkish Forces Launch Military Attack Against Kurds At Syrian Border
The incursion comes after the White House announced that U.S. forces would stand aside as Turkey launched the military operation in Northern Syria.
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World
In Major Policy Shift, U.S. Will Stand Aside As Turkish Forces Extend Reach In Syria
A White House statement late Sunday said Turkey would soon go ahead with a military operation in the country's Kurdish-dominated north and that U.S. forces "will no longer be in the immediate area."