AZUZ: In several U.S. states and communities, debates are flaring over what to do about Confederate monuments and statues in public areas. Last weekend's protest and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, followed a city council decision to remove a

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年8月

First on Friday, a former U.S. national security adviser pled guilty to lying to government investigators. His name is Michael Flynn. He's a retired lieutenant general with the U.S. army and an expert in military intelligence. Last year, he worked as

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Paul: I need a new cell phone plan. These roaming and overage charges are killing me! Shauna: I thought you had a good calling, messaging, and data plan. Paul: I do, but Im still going over each month. Shauna: Have you thought about a prepaid plan? Y

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On the first Friday of every month the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases what's known as the jobs report. It's closely watched by economists, business leaders, investors and politicians because the report gives a sense of how the U.S. economy

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump is pressuring the Justice Department to go after those who leak classified information. And he is certainly not the first president to be annoyed by leaks. In the '80s, Ronald Reagan even joked about his frustratio

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: OK, I'm going to throw out a few names and let you guess why we're talking about them. Here we go. Frida Kahlo. Chloe Kim. NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson. Filmmaker Patty Jenkins. OK, if you're thinking what an impressi

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Decades After An Iconic Protest, Tommie Smith Has Something Else On His Min play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:48repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update

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LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The extremist Muslim cleric known as The Blind Sheikh has died in a U.S. prison. NPR's Cory Turner reports on the man who was convicted two decades ago of conspiring to wage a war of urban terrorism against the United St

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, it's been a hard week. I think we can all agree on that. So before we leave you, we have this little offering for your soul. If you are one of the millions of people around the world who watched the wedding of Prin

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Allegations of sexual misconduct against a Supreme Court nominee have happened before. Twenty-seven years ago, another college professor, Anita Hill, accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. And while there are some similariti

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: And let's hear about a legal case now that could sort of unexpectedly influence the special counsel's investigation. Today a convict from Alabama is challenging a longstanding Supreme Court precedent that allows the state and fede

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