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This week, the hosts explore the best methods for disconnecting from your phone.

(AP) — A former Southeast Community College employee on the school's Milford campus has been charged with theft after officials say she stole more than $20,000 from the college. Officials say she accepted money to settle various accounts, which she kept, then marked the debt as forgiven instead of paid.

Labels like "socialist" and "liberal Seattle psychiatrist" used to be how you stigmatized or defeated a candidate for office.  The labeling game has veered left in Seattle.  "Establishment" and "business candidate" are the labels now being attached, often to people who are progressive.

No one mansplains to the German chancellor.

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korea hinted Friday that it would continue to stage provocations against the United States, as Washington warns of punitive action for its recent test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The North's forei

MetLife Inc. said Friday it has agreed to buy Logan Circle Partners LP, Fortress Investment Group's fixed-income asset management business, for $250 million in cash. The deal is aligned with MetLife's strategy of delivering value "by focusing on businesses with strong risk-adjusted internal rates of returns, low capital intensity and sustainable cash flows," MetLife Chief Executive Steven A. Kandarian said in a statement. The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter. Shares of MetLife... Читать дальше...

Efforts by Thailand's government to curb sales of ivory have been successful, following criticism of widespread trafficking in the country, police said Friday. Police announced that since January, officials have seized two elephant tusks and 422 tusk fragments in a single case, while in all of last year they seized 99 tusks and 22 tusk fragments in multiple cases.   Deputy Police Commissioner Gen. Chalermkiat Sriworakhan said the drop in the number of cases showed that strict enforcement had deterred traffickers. Читать дальше...

100 MILE HOUSE, British Columbia — As many as 3,000 residents in central British Columbia have been told to evacuate as a wind-fanned wildfire grows closer. Cariboo Regional District chairman Al Richmond said Friday that the evacuation order applies to 1,800 properties northwest of Kamloops. Richmond says changes in wind direction and the threat of

A US congressman hopes to block the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey over the ongoing fallout over an attack on protesters outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC. The incident left 11 people injured; nine of whom were hospitalized.
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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's second official visit to Europe (all times local):

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's second official visit to Europe (all times local):

Attorneys general are asking an appeals court to overturn a landmark settlement involving millions of allegedly defective Remington rifles.

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Last month, President Donald Trump gave Defense Secretary James Mattis complete authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan.

But apparently that's not the case.

Shortly after Trump gave Mattis full authority to set troop levels, National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster sent a memo around the White House saying that the Pentagon chief had to check with them in order to deploy more than 3,900 troops, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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With Karolina Pliskova out, Great Britain's Johanna Konta emerged as a favorite in the women's draw.

With Karolina Pliskova out, Great Britain's Johanna Konta emerged as a favorite in the women's draw.

Alex Wood has become the sixth Dodgers All-Star.

Opioid addiction is “at most a modestly large barrier” to reducing unemployment, the report said.

The first year of a child’s life costs an average of $24,131.

U.S. stocks climbed Friday after the government said hiring grew at a stronger pace in June. Technology and consumer-focused companies led the way as investors were glad to see a positive sign for the economy. On Friday: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index surged 15.43 points, or 0.6 percent, to 2,425.18. The Dow Jones industrial

LAWRENCE BOOTH AT LORD'S: It has taken Jimmy Anderson 123 Tests, but he has finally hit a seam bowler for six, launching Kagiso Rabada over square leg during his score of 12.

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A new film starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara is provocative — if you've got the patience.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for more than two hours in their first presidential face-to-face meeting. Trump raised the issue of Russian meddling in the U.S. election, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.

NPR's Kelly McEvers wraps up the week's politics news with columnists David Brooks of The New York Times and Kimberly Atkins of the Boston Herald. They discuss President Trump's speech in Poland, the ongoing debate over the health care bill, and Walter Shaub Jr.'s resignation from the Office of Government Ethics.