Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Capitol Hill staff and interns need "living wage"
The newly elected New York representative urged Congress to start paying interns and to increase funds used to pay staff
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Gina Haspel is expected to brief senators on Khashoggi killing Tuesday
After demands from lawmakers, director Gina Haspel is expected to brief senators about Jamal Khashoggi's murder on Tuesday, CBS News reports
George H.W. Bush: The public's view of him during his presidency
Over the course of his presidency, Bush had some of the highest approval ratings recorded for a sitting president
U.S. woman who disappeared in Costa Rica left ominous last message
Family desperate for information on whereabouts of Carla Stefaniak, who was alone on vacation when all communication stopped
California kids return to school for the first time since devastating wildfires
Nearly 5,000 displaced students went to a class in other buildings because their schools were damaged, destroyed or inaccessible
Brett Favre tricked into taping video for anti-Semitic group
The legendary quarterback recorded a shoutout to what he thought was a veterans organization. When he learned who they really were, it "sickened" him
House cancels votes, eyes short-term funding extension
The House canceled all votes for the week as members honor former President George H.W. Bush. The most immediate impact: a 2-week extension for government funding
Shell ties executive pay to cuts in carbon emissions
It's an about-face for its CEO, who had resisted setting hard goals but ultimately bowed to shareholder pressure
City buses pay tribute to Rosa Parks
The tribute came 63 years after Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man
Wall Street: No trading Wednesday to honor Bush
National day of mourning for 41st president to extend to trading floors of New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq
Whitney Museum workers angry over vice chairman's ties to border violence
Warren Kanders owns a company that makes tear gas reportedly used against asylum seekers at U.S.-Mexico border
Man mistaken for mall gunman was shot from behind, attorney says
Police on Monday refused to release video of the Thanksgiving night police shooting at an Alabama mall
Bus carrying youth football team crashes, killing 1 child, injuring dozens
Arkansas State Police said the bus crashed along Interstate 30 near Benton, about 25 miles southwest of Little Rock
Walmart hiring robots to mop floors at stores
Retail giant plans to bring 360 autonomous machine "janitors" to some of its stores by the end of January
High cost has many diabetics cutting back on insulin
"People are struggling to afford insulin, and it truly is a life-and-death situation," said a leader of the American Diabetes Association
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Top meme coin buyers vying for Trump dinner appear to be overseas
Pope recovering "as expected" after surgery, lung cancer diagnosis
Inflation surged in September as U.S. energy costs jumped
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U.S. may have withheld warnings to Ukraine on deadly Kyiv strikes
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Houthis launch new attack on Saudi capital as Trump mulls strikes
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Trump says Greenland oil, gas and mineral exploration ready to begin
Trump pardons 2 auto workers on stage during rally in Alaska
