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Here's What You Need To Know About Brexit After A Tumultuous Week In The U.K.

Nov 17, 2018

After more than a year of negotiations, Prime Minister Theresa May presented a Brexit withdrawal agreement that seemed to unite British politicians across the spectrum in their hatred for it.

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For some people, the fun of slot machines and blackjack tables ends and the compulsion to gamble begins. That is why a new court aims to divert people who have turned to crime to feed the habit away from jail and into treatment.

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Shots - Health News

Migrant Kids Survive Hardship To Reunite With Parents. Then What?

Nov 17, 2018

Most children moving to the U.S. from Central America come without adults, hoping to join parents or family already living in the U.S. To succeed, psychologists say, these families need support.

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Goats and Soda

Francescangeli says boys sometimes work long hours and are often tasked with pushing carts to move rocks out of the mines. "Being a child in these places is really hard," he says. "If they have some time to spend in a free way, they like to be children.

PHOTOS: Dust And Danger For Adults — And Kids — In Bolivia's Mines

Nov 17, 2018

When photographer Simone Francescangeli took pictures of the miners, he was struck by the dangerous environment — and the number of children he saw working in the mines.

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National Security

President Trump has never foreclosed the possibility he might talk in person with the special counsel's investigators, even though his own attorneys have advised him against it.

The Russia Investigations: Trump Says His Answers For Mueller Are Done. Now What?

Nov 17, 2018

The president told reporters that he wrote the answers to questions from the special counsel and that he did so "very easily." He also said he suspected some were designed to be a "perjury trap."

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Politics

A Utah County election worker verifies signatures on mail-in ballots for the midterm elections on Nov. 6.

Sign Here: Why Elections Officials Struggle To Match Voters' Signatures

Nov 17, 2018

Officials are still counting ballots from the midterm elections in several states — in part because of the signature verification process. But signatures change over time, especially young people's.