Laurel Wamsley
Stories
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Long-Forgotten Secret Passageway Discovered In A Wall At U.K. Parliament
A tiny keyhole in the wood paneling turned out to be a portal to Britain's history — a passage created 360 years ago for the coronation of Charles II.
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Health Officials Warn Americans To Start Planning For Spread Of Coronavirus In U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging Americans to start to prepare for the possibility of more aggressive measures to stop the spread of the new coronavirus in the United States.
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Julian Assange Extradition Hearing Begins In London
The U.S. government wants the WikiLeaks co-founder to face 18 charges related to illegally obtaining and disclosing classified data. Assange's lawyers argue that the case is politically motivated.
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California Lawmakers Expected To Apologize For U.S. Internment Of Japanese Americans
The bill's sponsor says he was "disturbed by the striking parallels" between the treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and current U.S. immigration policy.
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Ontario's New License Plates Have A Problem: You Can't Read Them
Some people were already grumbling about the redesign, but drivers soon noticed a bigger problem: The new license plates can be hard to read at night.
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Hundreds Of Homes Flooded In Mississippi As More Rain Is Expected
The Pearl River crested at 36.7 feet in Jackson, Miss. — lower than feared. Flooding also hit parts of Tennessee, where one official said, "It is a chess match we're playing with Mother Nature."
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Boy Scouts Of America Files For Bankruptcy
The Boy Scouts of America has $1.4 billion in assets. The national organization may hope that its bankruptcy filing will shield the even larger assets of its local councils.
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14 Americans Taken Off Cruise Ship And Flown To U.S. Test Positive For Coronavirus
U.S. officials said the people infected with the virus were isolated from the other passengers. The two evacuation flights landed at military bases in California and Texas.
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U.S. Reaches 'Reduction In Violence' Deal With Taliban In Afghanistan
The step is meant to serve as an initial confidence-building measure and would last for seven days. A more-formal agreement could be signed in the coming weeks.
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IMAGES: What New Coronavirus Looks Like Under The Microscope
The images were made using scanning and transmission electron microscopes at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.