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Whelan was born in Canada and has since gained citizenship in the U.S., Britain and Ireland.

Their cause is gender equality. For many of them, the motivation to take part was highly personal.

The 82-year-old lawmaker fended off tough primary and general election challenges in 2014. Some national Republicans hope Secretary of State Mike Pompeo might run for his seat next year.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi downplayed freshman Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s expletive-laden call to impeach President Trump, and a top committee leader said it’s too early to push for it.

When they run into burning buildings, firefighters get exposed to carcinogens. In many states, laws were passed to protect them if they get cancer. But firefighters often get denied benefits anyway.

Some Asian-American artists are sculpting the dishes of their youth to explore their race and identity. And through Instagram, they’re also connecting with others who yearn for a taste of their past.

The crash near Gainesville involving two semitrucks and several passenger vehicles. The children, who were riding in a van, were part of a church congregation from a small town in Louisiana.

In the days before Christmas, the private data of some of Germany’s most powerful leaders was trickled out “in a kind of Advent calendar,” a German broadcaster reports.

Buddhist militants attacked four police posts in Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state on the day the country celebrates its 1948 independence from Britain.

A Sri Lankan becomes the third woman this week to enter the Sabarimala temple, which doesn’t allow women of menstruating age, in India’s Kerala state. The Supreme Court calls the ban discriminatory.

The economy added 312,000 jobs in December — topping analysts’ expectations of 180,000 jobs added. Unemployment climbed as more people felt confident enough to quit their jobs and look for new ones

Nineteen-year veteran Edward Gallagher will stand trial on war crimes charges, including premeditated murder, that prosecutors say he committed while serving in Iraq.

Friday’s meeting comes as the partial government shutdown hits the two-week mark. On Thursday, the House passed two funding bills, but President Trump threatened to veto them.

The next presidential election doesn’t happen for another 22 months, but the campaign is now already under way — with plenty of potential candidates making news this week.

The air has been getting dirtier around the country’s largest coke fuel plant near Pittsburgh. The push to clean up pollution is complicated when residents depend on the industry that’s causing it.

The 116th Congress has 127 women members. That’s far more than the previous record, but it also is far from gender parity.

Seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes was shot and killed Sunday in Houston while riding in a car with her mom and siblings. The suspect is still at large, and police haven’t yet determined a motive.

In a 68-57 upset, the Baylor Lady Bears handed the UConn Huskies their first regular season loss since 2014.

The deputies were fired last year after an internal investigation into their actions while transporting two patients for mental health care through floodwaters from Hurricane Florence.

The 439-page report provides an account of what led to the massacre last year and it notes instances in which officials told untruths about what happened and how they responded.

Under a settlement with state attorneys general, Career Education Corp. won’t collect some $493 million. It also will be more transparent about the costs and benefits of its programs.

A federal judge declined to assign himself to a case as sought by Jerome Corsi as part of a lawsuit against Robert Mueller. Corsi has said he rejected a guilty plea with prosecutors.

Scientists have re-engineered photosynthesis, a foundation of life on Earth, creating genetically modified plants that grow faster and bigger. They hope it leads to bigger harvests of food.