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News Brief: House Passes Funding Extension, Pence Visits Japan, Steve Wynn Resigns

4:52am February 07, 2018

The House passed a bill Tuesday evening to fund the government until March 23, with a full year of military spending. Also, The Wall Street Journal's Peter Landers discusses Mike Pence's Asia trip.

Steve Wynn, CEO of Wynn Resorts, attends a news conference held by President Trump in the East Room of the White House in July. The president was touting a decision by Apple supplier Foxconn to invest $10 billion to build a factory in Wisconsin that prod

Steve Wynn Resigns As Head Of Wynn Resorts Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations

3:18am February 07, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The accusations against the 76-year-old billionaire who owns casinos in Las Vegas and the Chinese territory of Macau were first published last month by The Wall Street Journal.

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100 Years Ago In Britain Some Women Won Their Right To Vote

12:32am February 07, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Lucy Delap, historian at Cambridge University, about the 100th anniversary of the suffragette movement in Britain.

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A federal judge says jurors will be anonymous and partially sequestered in the upcoming trial of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

Judge Rules That 'El Chapo' Jury Will Remain Anonymous

8:48pm February 06, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The identity of the jurors will be shielded from the alleged cartel leader, Joaquin Guzman, his legal team, prosecutors and the press. The jury will get additional protections inside the courthouse.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda announced Tuesday that he would sign a controversial Holocaust bill which has sparked tensions with Israel, the U.S. and Ukraine.

Polish President Signs Bill Giving Jail Time For Implicating Poland In The Holocaust

5:41pm February 06, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

The measure would make it illegal to accuse Poland of complicity in crimes committed by Nazi Germany. First, the controversial legislation will go to constitutional tribunal for review.

Young volunteers shoveled trash out of a gutter. Sanitation workers later collected the garbage.

It's A Miracle: Teenagers Take Out The Trash

5:00pm February 06, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

The trash was piling up in the gutter. A young man in Nigeria wanted to get local kids to help clean it up. His campaign has gone viral.

Rescuers are seen entering a building that collapsed onto its side from an early morning earthquake in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, on Wednesday. The quake's magnitude was 6.4.

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6.4 Magnitude Quake Hits Taiwan, At Least 2 Dead

4:33pm February 06, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The earthquake struck the island late Tuesday night and aftershocks continue to shake up the city of Hualien. Meanwhile, rescue workers strive to save people from collapsed buildings.

Jiaolong, China's manned submersible, is retrieved after its dive in the Mariana Trench on June 1, 2017, after its 20th dive in the world's deepest known trench since 2012.

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China Is Placing Underwater Sensors In The Pacific Near Guam

3:51pm February 06, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

China has placed one or more acoustic sensors — listening devices — in the Mariana Trench, near the island of Guam, which is home to a major U.S. military base.

Julian Assange speaks to the media from the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador on May 19, 2017, in London.

Judge Upholds U.K. Warrant Against Julian Assange

2:32pm February 06, 2018

by Amita Kelly

Assange drew international attention for leaking thousands of classified U.S. military and diplomatic documents in 2010, which infuriated American officials.

A U.S. Army helicopter crew chief scans the ground near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan in June 2017.

After 16 Years, Afghanistan War Is 'At Best A Grinding Stalemate,' Journalist Says

2:18pm February 06, 2018

by Terry Gross

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll warns that there is no end in sight to America's longest war: "Most of the generals ... say in public, 'There's no military solution to this war.'"