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Nuclear giant Westinghouse files for bankruptcy after costs skyrocketed

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Be fair in Brexit talks, European Union tells UK

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Uber resumes self-driving car program in San Francisco after crash

Uber said it had stalled its own cars in Arizona , and Saturday, in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania and San Francisco, California, the two other cities where the...

One Secret About Samsung Galaxy S8 That No one Told You About

In addition, the Galaxy S8 provides users with multiple options to unlock their phones through both biometric security options , and convenient options suc...

Outrage, Explanations After United Turns Away Girls From Flight For Wearing Leggings

According to a Reuters report , Jonathan Guerin, a United spokesman said , "The two girls, who were traveling with a companion, would not have been turned aw...

Android 7.1.2 reportedly rolling out OTA to the Pixel C Tablet

While this statement might be true for those using the Google Pixel and Pixel XL phones, the group on the likes of Google Pixel C, Nexus 6P, and Nexus 5X will h...

Syrian refugee numbers in the region surpasses five million

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Oil prices fall on bloated United States crude storage

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Cambridge ladies secure Boat Race joy after disastrous start for Oxford crew

Oxford held off a stubborn challenge from their rivals Cambridge in an incident-filled Boat Race. Cambridge has won the 72women's boat race, setting a new tim...

USA oil production rose 60000 barrels a day in January, EIA says

US crude futures surged to almost a two-week high after the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that crude inventories rose 867,000 barrels last we...

Westinghouse Electric is filing for bankruptcy

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TransCanada granted USA permit for Keystone XL pipeline

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Crude above $50 here to stay?

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Tester says he'll vote against Gorsuch

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Las Vegas welcomes Raiders with open arms, big hopes

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Top Senate Democrat says unlikely Trump court pick can clear procedural hurdle

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Supreme Court Order: Dealers stop selling BS-III vehicles

Many showrooms had already put up boards saying "No Stock of BS III vehicles" by Friday afternoon. "We have not yet taken an account of how many vehicles compli...

JEE (Main): High cut offs expected

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Third Senate Democrat announces support for Gorsuch

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Third Democratic senator says he'll support Gorsuch

Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. Republicans already have three Democrats who will vote with them to end the filibuster, so th...

Trump says U.S. is ready to act alone on North Korea

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Indiana Democrat to back Gorsuch nomination to Supreme Court

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on the nomination on Monday, setting the stage for what McConnell has said will be a vote on Friday by the full Se...

Schiff treating Flynn immunity request with 'healthy skepticism'

He had received money from Russian government-backed T.V. network RT, a US air cargo company affiliated with the Volga-Dnepr Group (which is based in Ulyanovsk,...

Climate change fact must trump politics

Even so, "this is not what most people elected Trump to do", said David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council, who s...

Keystone XL Pipeline Route Approved: Map, Jobs, Environmental Impacts

The Trump administration issued a permit for construction on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline on Friday. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the forme...

Roger Stone, Carter Page volunteer to talk to House committee

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Mike Pence Breaks Tie to Let States Defund Planned Parenthood

The original rule required that Title X funding covering services related to contraception, fertility, and pregnancy would be distributed by local governments t...