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A resident in Norfolk, Va., after tropical storm Ida in 2009. New zoning rules require builders to include flood protection measures.

Norfolk Requires Developers To Do More Against Flooding

10:08am March 01, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

New zoning rules in Norfolk, Virginia, require developers to include flood prevention measures. Some builders opposed the move, and warn it will raise costs for home buyers.

Owura Kwadwo Hottish illustrates a window of Microsoft Word using colored chalk on a blackboard. He uses it to teach computer skills to students at the Betenase M/A Junior High School in Kumasi, Ghana.

Computer Teacher With No Computers Chalks Up Clever Classroom Plan

10:07am March 01, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

Owura Kwadwo Hottish, a middle school teacher in Ghana, has found a way around the problem. He literally draws the computer screen on the blackboard.

A Remington 20-gauge semi-automatic shotgun, a Colt AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a Colt .45 semi-auto handgun, a Walther PK380 semi-auto handgun and ammunition set against an American flag.

Repeal The Second Amendment? That's Not So Simple. Here's What It Would Take

9:08am March 01, 2018

by Ron Elving

The Founding Fathers were willing to be edited, it seems, but they did not want it to be easy. So they made the amending process a steep uphill climb, requiring a clear national consensus to succeed.

Auto Industry Healthy Enough To Withstand Next Downturn, Analysts Say

7:50am March 01, 2018

by Sonari Glinton

U.S. auto sales are expected to decline for the second year in a row. But analysts say the industry is relatively healthy as consumers flock to higher-profit SUVs and trucks.

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The entrance of the New Interior Ministry Headquarters seen in June 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

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Russia's 'Fancy Bear' Reportedly Hacks German Government Network

6:58am March 01, 2018

by Scott Neuman

German media report that the Kremlin-linked hacking group placed malware in a key government network that may have gone undetected for as long as a year.

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald arrives to speak to the media at the Parliament Buildings in Belfast on Feb. 12. She supports same-sex marriage and ending Ireland's abortion ban, but critics warn that she's tied to many of her party's hard-line poli

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A New Leader For Ireland's Sinn Fein, But Will It Be A New Era?

5:02am March 01, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

Mary Lou McDonald represents a new generation and could appeal to a wider range of voters in Ireland — but critics warn she's still inextricably tied to many of her party's hard-line policies.

Voting in the first primaries of 2018 is already underway without a comprehensive public understanding about the cyberattack against the 2016 election.

1 State? 7 States? Uncertainty Persists About Russian Cyberattacks On U.S. Election

5:00am March 01, 2018

by Miles Parks

The intelligence community has more evidence than it has revealed about Russian interference efforts — but so far it is keeping what it knows secret.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson speaks at Vaux Big Picture High School in Philadelphia. A former HUD employee says she was demoted after refusing to comply with a request from the acting agency head that she "find money" to bankroll a c

House Oversight Panel Asks HUD For Documents Amid Accusations Of Lavish Spending

11:24pm February 28, 2018

by Brakkton Booker

A whistleblower alleges she was demoted for refusing to exceed the legal $5,000 limit on new decor. The allegations come as the housing agency's budget could be slashed by billions.

Leena Khandwalla, 44, at her family home in Karachi, Pakistan. After members of her religious community in the U.S. and Australia were arrested for performing female genital mutilation, she decided to go public about her childhood experience of undergoing

A Secretive Sect Opens A Debate On Female Genital Mutilation

11:21pm February 28, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

The Bohras, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, practice cutting as a clandestine ritual. Now, the arrest of a Bohra doctor in Detroit for performing FGM has inspired a frank discussion in Pakistan.