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Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo celebrate with their children after being freed from prison, after receiving a presidential pardon in Yangon, Myanmar, on May 7, 2019. Photo by Ann Wang/Reuters

World May 07

Myanmar frees Reuters journalists who reported on abuse of Rohingya

By Aung Naing Soe, Grant Peck, Associated Press

Isolated in prison for nearly a year, Washington Post reporter starts closed trial in Iran

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian went on trial in a closed Revolutionary Court today, after being locked up for nearly a year in Tehran. In April, Rezaian was reportedly charged with espionage and other crimes, including “propaganda against the establishment.”…

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Why is Iran holding a U.S. journalist?

With a court ruling that two Al Jazeera journalists who were imprisoned in Egypt for more than a year will be released on bail, Judy Woodruff looks at a new survey of press freedom and abuses around the world. Chief…

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World Dec 12

U.S. and China near deal that would suspend planned tariffs

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

Ballots are delivered to a counting centre for Britain's general election in Hartlepool, Britain, December 12, 2019. Photo by REUTERS/Lee Smith

World Dec 12

UK election exit poll suggests Conservatives majority and Boris Johnson victory

By Danica Kirka, Mike Corder, Jill Lawless, Associated Press

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Nation Dec 12

Negotiators announce deal on government-wide spending bill

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

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Nation Dec 12

Trump says he’ll expand child care, paid leave for workers

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Nation Dec 12

Study shows hostility toward journalists by Trump fans

By David Bauder, Associated Press

A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. December 28, 2016. Photo by REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Nation Dec 12

S&P 500, Nasdaq at records as hopes build for a trade deal

By Alex Veiga, Associated Press

Health Dec 12

Could greater access to Medicaid reduce high death rates for new moms?

By Laura Santhanam

Arts Dec 12

How streaming, diversity, #MeToo propelled TV decade of change

By Lynn Elber, Associated Press

Jersey City police work at the scene the day after an hours-long gun battle with two assailants around a kosher market in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., December 11, 2019. Photo by REUTERS/Lloyd Mitchell

Nation Dec 12

New Jersey attackers linked to anti-Semitic fringe movement

By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

Photo by REUTERS/Joe Skipper

Science Dec 12

Invasive animals pose ‘deep and immediate threat’ to U.S. national parks, study finds

By Elisheva Mittelman, Yale Environment 360

U.S. workers are seen next to heavy machinery while working on a new bollard wall in El Paso, Texas, as seen from the Mexican side of the border in Ciudad Juarez. Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters

Nation Dec 12

Pentagon watchdog investigating $400 million border wall contract

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

Nation Dec 12

Authorities investigate New Jersey kosher market shooting as domestic terrorism

By Michael Sisak, David Porter, Associated Press