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World Jul 18

My encounter with Nelson Mandela inspired me to be a journalist

I first saw Nelson Mandela during the summer of 1990, while working as a vacation-relief desk assistant for ABC News in New York City. The former South African president and freedom fighter was feted with a ticker-tape parade the length…

Nation Apr 06

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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced plans to require people running political ads on the social network to verify their location and identity.

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Koch brothers network planning massive spending increase for 2018 midterms

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Economy Jan 16

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As the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Summit kicked off late Monday afternoon, Vice President Joe Biden made a quick trip to Davos to campaign for his cancer “moonshot.”…

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