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Month: April 2021

Families of Americans held in Afghanistan and Russia worry about consequences of Biden’s tough foreign policy moves

The sister of an American who was kidnapped in Afghanistan last year told CNN that she is worried that when the US troop withdrawal is complete, any leverage to get her brother home will vanish. The major announcements from the Biden administration this week on the future of the United States’ military presence in Afghanistan

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Pompeo violated ethics rules by asking staff to carry out personal tasks, watchdog finds

The State Department’s independent watchdog found that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan Pompeo violated federal ethics rules by making over 100 personal, non-work related requests to department employees — from ordering gifts to booking salon appointments and taking care of the family dog. The Department’s Office of Inspector General “found

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Is your butter harder? Researcher finds ‘strong correlation’ between firmness and palmitic acid content

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The furor over “Buttergate” has produced extensive speculation, food industry criticism, and tweeting over the issue of firmer butter and the possible role of palm oil in its apparently altered consistency. Now, a few months into the scandal, researchers are beginning to firm

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Police ID gunman who killed 8 people at an Indianapolis FedEx facility as 19-year-old former employee

Police arrived “to a very chaotic scene, with victims and witnesses running everywhere” at a FedEx Ground facility near Indianapolis’ main airport late Thursday night, where a former employee shot and killed eight people and wounded several others, an Indianapolis police official told CNN. Deputy Chief Craig McCartt on Friday afternoon identified the gunman as

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