Amanda Erickson

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The U.S. says it is pulling out of Syria. Who are the big winners and losers?

December 19, 2018 at 10:04 a.m.

On Wednesday morning, word began to leak that the Trump administration had decided to pull all U.S. troops out of Syria. A defense official told The Washington Post the decision...

Organizers try to keep overweight people from joining a Dutch military parade

April 9, 2018 at 9:45 p.m.

It is meant to be a somber event, an opportunity to celebrate incredible bravery in the face of evil.

Russian bots are tweeting their support of embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham

April 2, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.

Embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham has found some unlikely allies: Russian bots.

Friends and relatives say their last goodbyes during the funeral mass of slain journalist Javier Vald茅z, in Culiacan Mexico, Tuesday, May 16 2017. Valdez, a veteran reporter who specialized in covering drug trafficking and organized crime, was slain last year in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa, the latest in a wave of journalist killings in one of the world's most dangerous countries for media workers.

Women poorer and hungrier than men across the world, U.N. report says

February 14, 2018 at 8:36 p.m.

Women are poorer, more hungry and more discriminated against than men, according to a new report from the United Nations. The report, called "Turning Promises Into Action: Gender Equality in...

Norwegian Olympic team tries to order 1,500 eggs, ends up with 15,000 instead

February 8, 2018 at 7:12 p.m.

Surely, keeping your country's Olympic athletes - with their famously voracious appetites - well fed throughout the Games is no easy feat.

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 03: A Baby Flying Fox (Pteropus) hangs from a clothes line and is able to feed itself at a temporary bat rehabilitation centre on December 3, 2008 on the Gold Coast, Australia. Wildcare Australia's Head Bat Coordinator, Trish Wimberley has been caring for the flying foxes following storms that ripped through the Gold Coast hinterland causing hundreds of the babies to lose their mothers. Wildcare Australia volunteers are providing 24hour support for the flying foxes until they are strong enough to be released into the wild. (Photo by David Hardenberg/Getty Images)

It’s so hot in Australia that bats’ brains are frying

January 11, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.

It has been a weird few weeks of weather. In North America, Canadians and Floridians alike shivered through freezing temperatures, bomb cyclones and a polar vortex. (It got so cold...

An initiative that failed to make the Denver ballot in November 2017 sought to spend city money 鈥� as much as $8 million every four-year election cycle 鈥� to publicly fund political campaigns.

The world’s 500 wealthiest people got $1 trillion richer in 2017

December 27, 2017 at 9:11 p.m.

The world's richest people got a whopping $1 trillion richer, according to a new report from Bloomberg News. That's about four times the gains they made last year.

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Why Muslim extremists attacked this mosque in Egypt

January 4, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.

On Friday, at least 305 Egyptians were killed by terrorists who detonated a bomb in a crowded mosque, then sprayed frantic worshippers with gunfire as they fled. It was deadliest...

A woman holds a sign at an Equal Pay Day rally in Denver.

Two centuries before equality for women in the workplace? Why it’s actually getting worse.

November 3, 2017 at 9:32 a.m.

Since 2006, the World Economic Forum has tried to figure out whether the world is becoming more or less equal for women. This year, for the first time, it says...

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Cover of France’s Charlie Hebdo suggests Hurricane Harvey victims are neo-Nazis

August 31, 2017 at 11:17 p.m.

The French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo relishes controversy, often seeming to invite offense with its provocative cover art.

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