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The early morning sun rises behind the U.S. Supreme Court building on May 15.

Trump's List Of Possible Supreme Court Nominees Includes A Judge Who Mocked Trump

5:13pm May 18, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Donald Trump has named 11 people he'd consider nominating to the Supreme Court. One judge on the list once tweeted, "Who would the Donald Name to #SCOTUS? The mind reels. *weeps—can't finish tweet* "

Biden To Announce New Overtime Pay Rules In Ohio

4:58pm May 18, 2016

by Scott Horsley

Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Ohio on Wednesday to announce a new overtime rule the White House hopes will make millions more American workers eligible for overtime pay.

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Florida Citrus Farmers Abandon 'Grove Graveyards' In Battle For Survival

4:29pm May 18, 2016

by Jessica Meszaros

The Florida citrus industry is in a battle for its livelihood. For more than a decade now, growers have battled a disease that's been killing trees. Those leftover groves now look like skeletons across the state and are making the situation worse.

Why An Art Historian Took NYPD Officers To The Met

4:29pm May 18, 2016

Art historian Amy Herman took officers from the New York Police Department to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and used art to show them how to look closer at their own cases.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Education Secretary John B. King Jr. in the ring over Title I enforcement.

The 'Intolerable' Fight Over School Money

4:20pm May 18, 2016

by Cory Turner

Congress and the Education Department are fighting over how to prove that federal dollars for at-risk students aren't being misused at the local level.

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Obama Administration Releases New Overtime Pay Rules

3:07pm May 18, 2016

by Scott Horsley

The White House released new rules Tuesday night governing overtime pay for middle income, salaried workers. Millions of American workers will be eligible for overtime pay under the new rules.

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A voter enters a polling place on May 3 in Whiting, Ind. Older voters feel that the issues that concern them haven't been mentioned enough on the campaign trail.

Older Voters To Candidates: Don't Forget About Us

3:07pm May 18, 2016

by Ina Jaffe

Voters age 65 and older make up more than a fifth of the electorate, but they're not hearing the presidential candidates talk about the issues that matter most to them.

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Facebook's Moments app uses facial recognition technology to group photos based on the friends who are in them. Amid privacy concerns in Europe and Canada, the versions launched in those regions excluded the facial recognition feature.

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Facebook's Facial Recognition Software Is Different From The FBI's. Here's Why

3:00pm May 18, 2016

by Naomi LaChance

Every time one of its 1.65 billion users uploads a photo to Facebook and tags someone, that person is helping the facial recognition algorithm. Its accuracy rate is said to be higher than the FBI's.

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'Darker Possibility' For Workers When Employers Opt Out of Workers' Comp

2:16pm May 18, 2016

by Howard Berkes

The first independent assessment of an emerging alternative to state programs found that injured workers face "inherent conflict of interest," barriers to benefits, and "unequal treatment."

Passengers wait in line to be screened at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Monday.

Backyard Vacations Are So 2009. Summer '16 Air Travel Expected To Set Record

1:57pm May 18, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

The airline industry predicts it will see a 4 percent increase in passengers between June 1 and Aug. 31. The travel rush is contributing to the long waits at airport security checkpoints.