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Armed Militias Face Off With The 'Antifa' In The New Landscape Of Political Protest

4:04pm August 23, 2017

Mark Pitcavage of the Anti-Defamation League says the militia movement has created a conspiracy theory about the anti-fascist protesters, saying they're domestic terrorists backed by George Soros.

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The past few weeks have revitalized debates across the country about what role Confederate monuments play in commemorating U.S. history.

What Our Monuments (Don't) Teach Us About Remembering The Past

4:01pm August 23, 2017

A history professor who studies the politics of memory tells us what the United States can learn from how Germans remember their history.

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Walmart customers will be able to place an order by simply saying it out loud, using either the voice-activated speaker Google Home (left) or the Google Assistant app.

Economy

Walmart, Google Join Forces In Online Fight Against Amazon

2:14pm August 23, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The world's largest retailer will hawk its products on Google Express for the first time, in a play to get a bigger chunk of the growing voice-enabled shopping market currently dominated by Amazon.

Peter Madsen's private submarine sits on a pier in Copenhagen's harbor. Danish police have identified a headless, limbless torso that washed ashore Monday as that of Kim Wall, the journalist who joined Madsen on his sub earlier this month to report a stor

World News

Headless Torso ID'd As Reporter Who Died Aboard Inventor's Personal Sub

2:11pm August 23, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Peter Madsen and the journalist set out alone in his submarine. Within days, the sub had sunk and Madsen had admitted that Kim Wall died aboard. Now, police say remains that washed ashore are hers.

President Trump speaks with newly sworn-in White House chief of staff John Kelly at the White House on July 31. Kelly is one of four former generals who were appointed to top administration positions.

Politics & Government

Why Donald Trump Likes To Surround Himself With Generals

1:50pm August 23, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

High-level military brass may be able to bring discipline and order to an administration that sometimes has appeared to lack them.

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The USS John S. McCain was left with a hole on its port side after a collision with oil tanker earlier this week, one of three such incidents this summer.

National

Navy Navigation Errors May Have Killed More Troops Than Afghanistan So Far in 2017

1:24pm August 23, 2017

by Philip Ewing

The Navy has commissioned its latest big investigation after a series of deadly accidents in the Western Pacific, but there are no easy answers to the problems with the fleet.

Yemenis stand at the site of an airstrike in the Arhab area, north of Sanaa, on Wednesday.

World News

Dozens Of People Killed As Airstrike Hits Hotel Near Yemen's Capital

10:59am August 23, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The strike was reportedly one of a number in and around Sanaa. Blame has been put on the Saudi-led coalition backing the internationally recognized government of exiled leader Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.

Across the state of Maine, the number of prescriptions for painkillers is dropping. But some patients who have chronic pain say they need high doses of the medication to be able to function.

Intent On Reversing Its Opioid Epidemic, A State Limits Prescriptions

9:34am August 23, 2017

by Patty Wight

Maine is among a handful of states putting limits on the painkiller dose that doctors can prescribe a patient. Some doctors and patients say the law is helping, while others say it goes too far.

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White nationalist Richard Spencer speaks earlier this month to select media in Alexandria, Va. Spencer is head of the National Policy Institute and self-described creator of the term "alt-right."

Unlikely Allies Join Fight To Protect Free Speech On The Internet

9:17am August 23, 2017

by Laura Sydell

After big tech companies took action to take down white supremacist content, there have been calls for the government to step in to protect free speech from the right and left.

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U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, speaks during a news conference in June after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off Japan.

Commander Of Navy's 7th Fleet Dismissed After Series Of Ship Mishaps

9:14am August 23, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, the three-star commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet was relieved of command on Wednesday after four accidents involving Navy ships. Rear Adm. Phil Sawyer will assume command.