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A federal judge rejects the government’s argument that identifying and reuniting families separated before the zero tolerance policy was announced is too burdensome.

The 57-year-old offered no clues about what prompted him to lace coworkers’ food with toxic metals. A psychologist said he “seemed to me like a scientist who was testing substances on a guinea pig.”

The charges expand the initial single count of filing a false police report. Now Smollett is charged with multiple counts tied to different aspects of his alleged false report about being attacked.

It was Oregon’s first pediatric case in more than 30 years. “It was difficult to take care of him, to watch him suffer,” says Judith Guzman-Cottrill, an infectious-disease specialist.

Satellite imagery shows that vehicles and rail cars appeared in late February at Sanumdong, a facility where the North has built some of its largest rockets and missiles.

Pentagon sources say that Trump’s hopes for a space force produced tensions between Wilson and the White House, who saw her as delaying the process. She plans to go into academia.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi planned to tout a bill overhauling campaign finance laws but instead had to manage tensions about how to respond to arguments that Rep. Ilhan Omar made anti-Semitic remarks.

After #MeToo, many employment attorneys say they’ve seen the number of pay-disparity cases spike, and employers are having to adapt by conducting investigations and pay audits.

The lawsuit argues that U.S. Soccer has a policy of paying the women’s team less than the men’s. “We deserved to be paid equally for our work, regardless of our gender,” says player Alex Morgan.

A New Jersey man is basking in the good fortune of a $273 million lottery jackpot win that wouldn’t have happened without the kindness of a stranger. He’s trying to find that person to reward them.

While there’s been progress in lowering the death rate from prescription opioids in Oklahoma, the number of opioid prescriptions written in the state outpaces the national average.

Nearly 13 percent of Philadelphia’s population doesn’t have a bank account — more than double the regional average. The city has just become the first big city in the U.S. to ban cashless businesses.

Shine, a former Fox News executive, will become a senior adviser to the president’s 2020 re-election campaign.

The U.S. Department of State has honored Sri Lanka’s Marini de Livera for her innovative combination of drama and legal work to aid women and children.

And they ended up writing a children’s book highlighting 51 women, past and present. It’s called The Dot That Went For A Walk.

President Nicolás Maduro blamed the “electricity war” on the United States, while opposition leader Juan Guaidó said the onus was on Venezuela’s ruling party, “the usurpers.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it clear, however, that the bill is going nowhere in the Senate.

One or both parents have moved to another country to earn money to send back home at this time of economic crisis. The cash helps — but the kids often suffer from “migratory mourning.”

Australian researchers used carbon dating to determine the tattoo tools from Tonga are around 2,700 years old.

The economy added far fewer jobs than expected in February, a slowdown from much stronger gains in December and January. But the jobless rate fell to 3.8 percent, and earnings growth picked up.

The craft’s splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean hit its expected landing time of 8:45 a.m. ET Friday after re-entering Earth’s atmosphere.

A 1996 law limited the ability of immigrants to appeal asylum officers’ decisions of whether they truly fear persecution in their home country. An appeals court says those limits are unconstitutional.

Researchers think genetically engineered versions of microbes that can live in humans could help treat some rare genetic disorders and perhaps help with Type 1 diabetes, cirrhosis and cancer.

The company said ads and other content containing false information about vaccines will be pulled from the platform and accounts that persist in disseminating discredited opinions will be disabled.

Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti warns Russia’s objective is to “undermine NATO solidarity and fracture the rules-based international order.” His rhetoric is much harsher than President Trump’s.

Canada’s prime minister said he was unaware of miscommunication that unfolded, leading his former attorney general to say she was pressured in the case of a firm charged with bribery and fraud.

The sentence in federal court followed Manafort’s conviction in a bank and tax fraud trial last summer. The case involved Manafort’s political work for powerful clients in Eastern Europe.

The resolution was the product of tense internal deliberation among House Democrats, who were divided over how to confront a new round of allegations of anti-Semitism against Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.

It’s horrified the racing world and experts say there’s no clear answer as to why this is happening, though there are some theories. Santa Anita Park has halted racing to test the track.

A source inside the Department of Homeland Security reportedly shared documents compiling names, photos and personal information of journalists, activists and others working along the border.

Past administrations have had favored press members, says New Yorker reporter Jane Mayer, “but nothing where someone is so close in that they are coordinating on a daily basis with the president.”

The notion that there might be some new kind of killer whale emerged in 1955, when photos from New Zealand showed a bunch of unusual-looking whales stranded on a beach.

NPR’s Morning Edition wants to hear from fans of the Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres on the signings of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado.