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Don McGahn left his position as White House counsel Wednesday, a move that had been announced in August.

Politics & Government

White House Lawyer Quits After Helping Trump Put His Mark On The Federal Bench

8:45pm October 17, 2018

by Scott Horsley

As White House counsel, Don McGahn led the president's successful push to reshape the federal courts, culminating with the explosive fight over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Lance Erwin works with a neighbor in Mexico Beach, Fla., to repair parts of his roof after it was blown off by Hurricane Michael. Rules are looser in the Pandhandle, allowing construction that couldn't stand up to the storm's 155 mph winds.

After Hurricane Michael, A Call For Stricter Building Codes In Florida's Panhandle

7:56pm October 17, 2018

by Greg Allen

Florida has some of the nation's toughest building codes. But the rules are looser in the Panhandle, allowing construction that couldn't stand up to the storm's 155 mph winds.

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Mary Kathleen "Kathy" Tyler, an 82-year-old woman incarcerated at Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville, was sentenced to life in prison in 1978. She is an avid reader, artist and pianist; is employed as a court reporter; and has accumu

National

In Iowa, A Commitment To Make Prison Work Better For Women

7:50pm October 17, 2018

by Joseph Shapiro

Prison rules created to control men often don't work well for women, who come with different histories and experiences. "Gender-responsive corrections" aims to treat women based on these differences.

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Schoolchildren are led through a dance routine at a U.S. government-supported childcare center in Raqqa.

In Syria, A School Helps Children Traumatized By War

7:50pm October 17, 2018

by Tom Bowman

"What we found is children had been so traumatized, they couldn't even recognize numbers or letters," says a U.S. official. "We had to work through that before we could start educating them again."

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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have reportedly forged close ties focused on the Middle East peace process.

Khashoggi Disappearance Tests Ties Between Jared Kushner And Saudi Crown Prince

5:35pm October 17, 2018

by Ayesha Rascoe

Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and close adviser, fostered a close relationship with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of a bid to help broker a Middle East peace deal.

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to meet with EU leaders on Wednesday in Brussels.

World News

Brexit Talks Stall At 'Moment Of Truth' Summit

4:57pm October 17, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

"We need much time, much more time and we continue to work in the next weeks," EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said. This was supposed to be the day leaders would unveil a draft trade deal.

A British advertising watchdog group ruled on Wednesday that the Spotify horror ad is "likely to cause undue distress to children."

Music & Culture

Watchdog Group Finds Spooky Spotify Ad Is Too Scary For Kids, Causes 'Distress'

4:57pm October 17, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

In 60 seconds, the commercial showcases a medley of horror film tropes, including a maniacal doll that presumably kills a group of young people whenever they play a catchy pop song.

A new analysis of what were initially thought to be microbial fossils in Greenland suggests they might instead just be mineral structures created when ancient tectonic forces squeezed stone. While most of the structures point in one direction, the red arr

Science

Geologists Question 'Evidence Of Ancient Life' in 3.7 Billion-Year-Old Rocks

4:29pm October 17, 2018

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

A new analysis of what were initially thought to be microbial fossils in Greenland suggests they might instead just be mineral structures created when ancient tectonic forces squeezed stone.

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Democratic leaders including Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York faulted the White House on Wednesday for what they called "irresponsible" lumping of dissimilar Chinese and Russian influence schemes.

'Irresponsible' To Conflate Chinese, Russian Influence Schemes, Democrats Charge

4:19pm October 17, 2018

by Philip Ewing

The minority leaders of a number of key House committees argue that the White House shouldn't lump together dissimilar foreign threats to U.S. elections, citing a Homeland Security briefing.

Evan Atar Adaha, surgeon and medical director at a hospital in South Sudan, accepts the U.N.'s Nansen Refugee Award in Geneva, on October 1. His wife, Angela Atar, is at right.

'Other Nobel' Goes To Amazingly Humble Surgeon In South Sudan

3:11pm October 17, 2018

by Diane Cole

Dr. Evan Atar Adaha has won the U.N.'s Nansen Refugee Award. Of his commitment to work in a conflict zone, he says: "I would feel guilt the rest of my life if I left people in this situation.