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Children in St. Louis have been the victim of homicides at 10 times the national rate for decades, according to a newspaper’s analysis of FBI data. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday that the city’s child homicide rate is far ...

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John McAnear, a 77-year-old Air Force veteran, stood in an audience of hundreds in suburban Des Moines with an oxygen tank at his side, wheezing as he implored Pete Buttigieg to protect the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Democratic presidential ...

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Deep-sea explorers scouring the world’s oceans for sunken World War II ships are focusing on debris fields deep in the Pacific, in an area where one of the most decisive battles of the time took place. Hundreds of miles off ...

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At the beginning of the American Century, premature babies were literally a sideshow exhibit. Visitors would pay to walk through rows of tiny babies in incubators. Hospitals had little regard for “weaklings,” as they were known, and desperate parents would ...

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Ian Bremmer remembers the first time he met Justin Trudeau, at the annual gathering of elites in the Swiss ski resort of Davos. Bremmer, a prominent foreign policy expert, said Canada’s party at the world economic forum is usually “the ...

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After a police officer fatally shoots someone, it can take days or even weeks before the public or his supervisors hear the officer’s version of what happened. In many states, that so-called cooling off period is carved out in state ...

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After landing at Columbia’s airport, Amanda Loucks didn’t want to listen to the radio in the car. She was afraid to hear Christian songs — too triggering. She’d always worried about coming back to Columbia, and yet she felt stronger ...

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Coca-Cola reported strong third quarter sales as it makes strides with new drinks like Coca-Cola Plus Coffee and no-sugar drinks. Revenue jumped 8 percent to $9.51 billion, edging out Wall Street expectations for $9.48 billion, according to a survey by ...

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China’s economic growth sank to a new multi-decade low in the latest quarter as a trade war with Washington deepened a slump that is weighing on the global economy. Growth in the world’s second-largest economy slipped to 6 percent in ...

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American Express’s third-quarter profits rose by 8 percent, the credit card company said, as its members spent more on its eponymous cards and more carried a balance. The New York-based company earned a profit of $1.76 billion, or $2.08 per ...

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The slowing economy and ongoing trade disputes are dragging railroad profits down in the second half of the year. Union Pacific and CSX railroads both reported declining profit and revenue as they hauled less grain, imported goods and other products. ...

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