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Group to help Chicago clear pot arrests during legalization
Aug 27, 2019
Chicago's top prosecutor says a San Francisco-based nonprofit with the technology to analyze criminal records nearly automatically will help Cook County clear tens of thousands of convictions for marijuana possession as part of legalizing use of the drug
Indonesia to move capital from sinking Jakarta to Borneo
Aug 27, 2019
Indonesia's president says the country's capital will move from overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta to a sparsely populated part of Borneo island, known for rainforests and orangutans
Trump, G-7 leaders to open summit focused on world economy
Aug 22, 2019
President Donald Trump and other leaders of the world's most industrialized nations will open their annual G-7 summit by discussing the global economy
Report shows US deficit to exceed $1 trillion next year
Aug 22, 2019
The Congressional Budget Office says the federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to more than $1 trillion in the next fiscal year
Nebraska moves all girls out of facility for troubled youth
Aug 19, 2019
Nebraska officials are moving 24 teenage girls out of a state-run facility for female juvenile offenders after learning that many were confined to buildings with fire hazards, holes in the wall and mold and water damage
Palestinian leader fires advisers, wants bonuses returned
Aug 19, 2019
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has laid off all of his advisers and ordered a former prime minister and other Cabinet officials to return tens of thousands of dollars they received from a pay raise he secretly approved two years ago
US stocks veer higher in latest bout of market volatility
Aug 15, 2019
Stocks around the world remained stuck in the spin cycle Thursday, as worries about a possible recession collided with hopes that the strongest part of the U.S. economy _ shoppers spending at stores and online _ can keep going
Global stocks lower after US falls on recession fear
Aug 15, 2019
Global stock markets mostly lower after Wall Street falls on recession fears
Markets Right Now: Dow drops 800 after bonds flash warning
Aug 14, 2019
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 800 points after the bond market flashed a warning sign about a possible recession for the first time since 2007.
Treasury yields invert, warning of possible recession
Aug 14, 2019
An economic alarm bell sounds in the U.S., sending warnings of a potential recession