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Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota

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Par :Mitch Smith
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The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state.

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Federal officers clashed with protesters after Renee Good was shot and killed in Minneapolis earlier this month.
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Stocks Rebound After Trump Backs Off European Tariffs

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Par :Joe Rennison and River Akira Davis
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Stocks in the U.S. stabilized on Wednesday after an earlier slump had spilled into markets in Asia and Europe, ending a period of relative calm.

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President Trump takes questions from reporters during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Tuesday.
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Job Applicants Sue A.I. Recruitment Tool Company

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Par :Stacy Cowley
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A recently filed lawsuit claims the ratings assigned by A.I. screening software are similar to those of a credit agency and should be subject to the same laws.

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Erin Kistler at her Los Angeles home.
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Rahm Emanuel Calls for Age Limit of 75 for President, Congress and Judges

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Par :Reid J. Epstein
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The former Chicago mayor, who is trying to shape the Democratic Party’s future and might run for president, said that “across all three branches of government, 75 years — you’re out.”

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Rahm Emanuel is one of the prominent Democrats who have been most active in trying to guide the party’s direction.
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Trump Administration Backs Down in D.E.I. Schools Lawsuit

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Par :Dana Goldstein
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The administration withdrew its challenge to a ruling halting its effort to strip funding from schools and colleges with D.E.I. programs. It did not say why.

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Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, spoke at a rally in March. The federation, another professional association and a school district in Oregon brought the lawsuit.
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Sexual Abuse Case Involving Basketball Legend Is Settled, Decades Later

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Par :Maya King
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Numerous lawsuits have now been filed against Riverside Church over sexual abuse allegations involving Ernest Lorch, who led its prestigious basketball team in Harlem.

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Daryl Powell agreed to settle his sexual abuse lawsuit against Riverside Church on Tuesday. His case was the first of more than two dozen suits filed by Ernest Lorch’s former players to go to trial.
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Fact-Checking President Trump’s Davos Speech

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Par :Linda Qiu
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The president gave misleading accounts of the U.S. role in Greenland’s history and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, among other claims.

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President Trump speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
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Sports-Betting Scandals Are Ubiquitous. Whether Fans Will Care Is an Open Question.

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Par :Tania Ganguli
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Breaches of ethics in sports are almost as old as professional competitions. Here’s when they have affected the business — and when they haven’t.

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N.B.A. viewership was 60 percent higher compared with the year before on the night the F.B.I. held its news conference about a scandal involving figures from the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Michelle Obama and Gretchen Whitmer Disagree on America’s Readiness for a Female President

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Par :Lisa Lerer
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As Mrs. Obama defended her remarks from November that the country wasn’t ready for a woman as president, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan offered a different view.

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Michelle Obama in November. In a new interview, she said she could eventually foresee a woman as president, but asked: “Are we ready now? I don’t know. Prove us wrong. I would love that.”
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President Trump’s Chosen Artist? A Christian Speed Painter.

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Par :Zachary Small
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Vanessa Horabuena has painted presidential portraits and Jesus for Mr. Trump, and this month, he sold one of her paintings for $2.75 million in a charity auction.

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Vanessa Horabuena, whom President Trump has called “one of the greatest artists anywhere in the world.”
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U.S. Starts Moving ISIS Detainees From Syria to Iraq

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Par :Euan Ward and Eric Schmitt
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The U.S. military said it has transferred 150 and could eventually move as many as 7,000 Islamic State fighters out of prisons in Syria’s northeast to Iraq, as the Syrian government wrestles for control of the region from Kurdish-led forces.

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Syrian government forces guarding a position near the city of Hasakah in northeastern Syria on Wednesday.
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Lawmakers’ Push for Epstein Files Access Is Dealt Legal Setback

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Par :Benjamin Weiser
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A federal judge denied a request for an independent monitor, saying he did not have the authority to supervise the Justice Department’s release of the documents.

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Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, made the request for an independent monitor in the release of the Epstein files, along with Ro Khanna, Democrat of California.
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