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The government shutdown has not stopped the start of construction for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom being built at the White House with private funds. Demolition began in the East Wing Monday. In July, President Trump said the ballroom “won’t interfere with the current building,” but a few days ago reversed his comments, saying the East Wing is “going to be demolished – everything out there is coming down.”
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The Louvre, the world’s most iconic museum, remained closed Monday after thieves stole priceless treasures from the Apollon Gallery, the home of the French crown jewels.
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Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative politician Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister, just days before a scheduled visit by President Trump.
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A United Airlines flight diverted to Salt Lake City after the pilots discovered a crack in one of the layers of the windshield. A weather balloon hitting the windshield may have been the culprit.
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The remains of another deceased Israeli hostage crossed into Israel Monday evening local time, the Israel Defense Forces said.
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Trump wants Russia and Ukraine to freeze the war on the current battlelines, with Moscow holding a huge swathe of eastern Ukraine.
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Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy​ and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, has died at 29. His cause of death wasn’t immediately known.
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NASA said it may consider new proposals from other top space companies to get America back to the moon amid rising concerns that Elon Musk’s SpaceX is behind schedule. Mark Strassmann has details.
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A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world. Dr. Jon LaPook explains.
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A Biden spokeswoman confirmed the former president finished several weeks of radiation therapy treatment Monday.
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