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US import prices flat in July as dollar grows stronger

US import prices flat in July as dollar grows stronger

by Minghe Hu | Aug 14, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON- U.S. import prices remained flat in July as rising fuel prices were offset by a drop in other products’ prices caused by a strong dollar in the market, the Labor Department announced Tuesday. However, import prices were up 4.8 percent from the same month...
Counterprotesters waited for groups of Unite the Right that never showed up

Counterprotesters waited for groups of Unite the Right that never showed up

by Basma Amer & Loumay Alesali | Aug 13, 2018 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON  — About two dozen white nationalists rallied Sunday near the White House on the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville riot, while about a thousand counterprotesters yelled at them from across the wide expanse of Lafayette Park. The National...
D.C. cosplay event shows rising popularity of East Asian pop culture

D.C. cosplay event shows rising popularity of East Asian pop culture

by Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu & Xiaozhang (Shaw) Wan | Aug 13, 2018 | Entertainment, Living

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) — A young boy was doodling a portrait of the iconic anime Sailor Moon when the real thing – a woman dressed as the magical girl who befriends a talking cat – showed up in the staid Library of Congress. At a workshop Thursday...
Two dozen white nationalists rally for Unite the Right, while more than 1,000 protested against them

Two dozen white nationalists rally for Unite the Right, while more than 1,000 protested against them

by Holly Honderich & Juliette Rocheleau | Aug 12, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – About 1,000 protesters gathered a few blocks from a white nationalist rally Sunday, far outnumbering the fewer than two dozen Unite the Right activists who walked to Lafayette Park near the White House one year after the deadly riots in Charlottesville,...
Big employers are taking an “activist” role to combat rising health care costs

Big employers are taking an “activist” role to combat rising health care costs

by Jinman Li | Aug 11, 2018 | Health

WASHINGTON – Big companies are fighting back against the spiraling costs of employee health care by shaking up how care is delivered and paid for – including direct contracting with health care providers or tying pay to quality of total patient care, a new report...
Ex-clerks point to Kavanaugh’s character, regard for precedent

Ex-clerks point to Kavanaugh’s character, regard for precedent

by Charlene Zhang | Aug 9, 2018 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Four former clerks of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said fears that he would help overturn Roe v. Wade or promote pro-business decisions don’t understand his character. Rebecca Taibleson, who clerked for Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit Court...
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