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Update On The Journalist Kicked Off Facebook

A Zimbabwean investigative reporter was kicked off Facebook while investigating a case of child abuse. Now she's reinstated and still pained by the experience, but happy to be connected again.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks with supporters this weekend in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Russian Court Finds Putin Critic Alexei Navalny Guilty In Retrial

As the findings were announced, Navalny, a popular blogger, tweeted images and said the new verdict seemed to be copied from an earlier trial.

A nine-page letter written by Coretta Scott King is attracting new attention for its critical comments about Sen. Jeff Sessions. King, who died in 2006, is seen here at the Lincoln Memorial in 2003.

Read Coretta Scott King's Letter That Got Sen. Elizabeth Warren Silenced

Warren was reading aloud from a letter by the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when she was interrupted by the presiding chair of the Senate.

If you owe a tax penalty for not having health coverage in 2016, don't expect an eventual Obamacare appeal to bail you out.

Even If You Expect Obamacare To Be Repealed, Don't Skip Paying Tax Penalty Now

People who think the change in administrations may save them from having to pay a fine for not having insurance in 2016 could be in for a rude surprise.

Medicare accounts for about 29 percent of all spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. each year.

Medicare Should Leverage Buying Power To Pull Down Drug Prices, White House Says

A spokesman said Tuesday that President Trump does want Medicare to be able to directly negotiate prescription drug prices with drugmakers. Analysts disagree about how much difference that would make.

<em></em>Margaret Atwood says the next big dystopian novel ought to be a newspaper serial.

What's The Next Big Dystopian Novel? Margaret Atwood Has Some Ideas

Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale landed on top of Amazon's best-seller lists this week, following other classics like 1984 and It Can't Happen Here. She has some thoughts on our next great dystopia.

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at a Feb 3. news conference outside U.S. District Court, Western Washington, in Seattle. Ferguson filed a state lawsuit challenging key sections of President Trump's immigration executive order.

The Attorney General Behind The Resistance To Trump's Travel Ban

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson's lawsuit has led to a temporary halt of the Trump administration's ban on travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries.

Greitens follows predecessors in withdrawing appointees to state boards, commissions

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has reversed about 60 interim appointments that ex-Gov. Jay Nixon made to numerous state boards and commissions. Officials...

Hans Rosling gives a presentation on global population at a conference in Oxford, England, in 2012.

'Edutainer' Hans Rosling, Who Taught Us About The World, Has Died

With facts, toys and good humor, the Swedish doctor and statistician helped people understand what numbers tell us about the world.

President Trump has removed his name from the lease of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., but the revocable trust he has set up for its profits has not settled ethics concerns.

Ethics Experts Find Holes In Trump's Firewall Against Conflicts

President Trump signed over 488 business entities, including his luxury hotel in Washington, to a trust. But a document says those assets are held "for the exclusive benefit of Donald J. Trump."

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