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The Supreme Court rules for a North Dakota truck stop in a new blow to federal regulations
The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to new, broad challenges to regulations long after they take effect, the third blow in a week to federal agencies. The justices ruled 6-3 in favor of a truck stop in North Dakota that wants to sue over a regulation on debit card swipe fees that the federal appeals court in Washington upheld 10 years ago. Federal law sets a six-year deadline for broad challenges to regulations.
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Haunting new discovery made under floorboards at Auschwitz concentration camp
Renovators at Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum found the incomplete set in the prison’s first floor, hidden under a floorboard so as to avoid detection from the brutal Nazi guards who patrolled the cells.
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A year ago, she drank battery acid to escape life under the Taliban. Today, she has a message for other Afghan girls
Arzo survived a suicide attempt but now faces a new threat that could send her family – and millions like them – back to Afghanistan and a life that has become so intolerable for women and girls that some would rather die.
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VideoShe lives next to one of England’s most famous rivers but doesn’t dare to swim in it
The Thames is England’s longest and most famous river but it is becoming known for something a lot less desirable – pollution. Data from the UK’s Environment Agency shows a mere 14% of rivers in England are fit for people and animals. Helen Glover is a two-time Olympic champion rower. The British athlete lives near the Thames and has trained on it for years, but not this year - she says it would be too much of a health risk to do so during her preparation for the Paris Olympics.
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At least 30 dead, more than 100 injured after multiple suicide bombings in Nigeria: Sources
At least 30 people are dead and more than 100 were left injured after multiple suicide bombings were carried out at various locations in Nigeria over the weekend, sources said Sunday. The first attack on Saturday was carried out by a woman, Alhaji Mohammed Shehu Timta, the Emir of Gwoza, told journalists. "The first suicide attack was masterminded by an unidentified woman who sneaked with two children into a wedding reception of a popular young man in Gwoza; she detonated her Improvised Explos
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Tech billionaire Peter Thiel says he only allows his children 1.5 hours of screen time a week
Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook, strictly limits the time his kids can spend in front of a screen.
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Swedes take a new step in parental leave. Grandparents can now get paid to take care of grandkids
Sweden launched a groundbreaking new law on Monday, allowing grandparents to step in and get paid parental leave while taking care of their grandchildren for up to three months of a child’s first year. This comes 50 years after the Scandinavian country became the first in the world to introduce paid parental leave for fathers and not just mothers. Under the law, parents can transfer some of their generous parental leave allowance to the child's grandparents.
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