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Republican wins House seat in heavily Democratic California

Long-suffering California Republicans finally have something to celebrate.Former Navy fighter pilot Mike Garcia captured an open U.S. House seat north of Los Angeles on

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Trump says U.S. to purchase 3 bln USD dairy, meat and produce to aid struggling farmers

Cows eat grass at a dairy farm run by Kelly D. Cunningham in rural Cass County of the U.S. state of Iowa, Oct. 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Ying) The U.S. president noted that the government purchase is p

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California turns to vote-by-mail to keep residents safe come November

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that his state would issue a mail-in ballot to every registered voter for November’s election. Newsom issued the decision as an executive order

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'Jurassic Park was wrong': Raptors hunted alone and not in packs

Despite the cinematic portrayal, raptors probably hunted more like Komodo dragons than a pack of collaborative wolves.

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337-201: Six months out, who's ahead in the White House race?

If a week is a long time in politics, six months is a lifetime.But, half a year from the November 3 U.S. presidential and congressional elections, polling indicates a clear trend — subject to numerou

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The disinfection of American leadership

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Washington, DC, April 22, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Dr. John Gong is a profes

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Earth's insect population shrinks 27 percent in 30 years

The world has lost more than one quarter of its land-dwelling insects in the past 30 years, according to researchers whose big picture study of global bug decline paints a disturbing but more nuanced

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They try to stop Michael Jordan, but fail – individuals

L-R: Sidney Moncrief of the Milwaukee Bucks, Alvin Robertson of the San Antonio Spurs and Gerald Wilkins of the Cleveland Cavaliers. /VCG Michael Jordan has achieved simply too many accomplish

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Facebook is pulling some protest events over stay-at-home violations

Facebook confirmed this week that it will be pulling down a number of posts promoting stay-at-home protests. CNN was the first to report the news, which finds the social media giant pulling down event

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Governors spar with Trump, call for more testing before reopening

02:04 Governors of U.S. states hardest hit by the novel coronavirus sparred with President Donald Trump over his claims they have enough tests and should quickly reopen their economies

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Time to single him out – everyone loves Jerry West

The NBA logo (L) and Los Angeles Lakers legend Jerry West (R). /VCG Why did the NBA choose Jerry West as the logo of the league?First, Alan Siegel created the logo in 1969, which means that he

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Warren backs Biden for U.S. president as Democrats unite for the fall

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren endorsed former vice president Joe Biden for president on Wednesday, delivering another high-profile backing from a liberal former rival as he aims to unify the Democrat

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Why Trump is losing the 'mail-in or mail-out' voting battle

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus at the White House in Washington, April 13, 2020. /AP The U.S. presidential election is months away, but the political strains of votin

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Sanders endorses former Democratic rival Biden for U.S. president

Former U.S. vice president Joe Biden (L) and Senator Bernie Sanders greet each other before the start of the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington

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COVID-19 crisis threatens U.S. stability

The White House in Washington, D.C., April 8, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Joel Wendland-Liu is an associate professor of the Integrative, Religious and Intercultural Studies Department at Grand V

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First presidential primaries amid COVID-19 underway in Wisconsin

After several rounds of back-and-forth court fight between the Democratic governor and the Republican-controlled legislature, presidential primaries went as scheduled o

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Global Political Calendar: China lifts Wuhan lockdown

The Wisconsin Democratic primary remains on schedule despite COVID-19 fears, coronavirus-hit Wuhan lifts outbound travel restrictions and time is up for Israel's Benny Gantz to form a government.W