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President Donald Trump’s new designate as ambassador to Germany, Colonel Douglas Macgregor, is a former army tank commander and a frequent guest on Fox News, where he has promoted right-wing conspiracy theories. The White House announced Monday that Trump was appointing Macgregor to the position of US ambassador to the …

WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Joe Biden will present Tuesday a far-reaching plan aimed at reducing the generational wealth gap that persists between white Americans and their Black, Latino, Asian and Native American neighbors. The economic equity plan is the fourth bulletin board on the presumed Democratic presidential candidate’s Build …

Enlarged image showing revived microbes from sediments 101.5 million years old.Image: JAMSTEC Scientists have revived microbes found deep in the seafloor in 100 million-year-old sediments, dramatically expanding our vision of where life exists on Earth and for how long. An international team of scientists led by geomicrobiologist Yuki Morono of …

(Reuters) – On Wednesday, Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook will face questions from US lawmakers about whether the iPhone maker’s app store practices give him unfair power over independent software developers. FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is displayed on top of an Apple store in a mall in La …

An employee wearing protective gloves handles an order at a prototype fast-food giant McDonald’s location for restaurants that adhere to the 6-foot social distance measure. Piroschka van de Wouw | Reuters McDonald’s is seeing some trends in consumer behavior reverse as blockages are reduced, but the fast-food giant believes that …