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Dockworkers at East and Gulf Coast ports are on strike for a 2nd day
by Andrea Hsu
Dockworkers are demanding 77% in raises, among other things. Their union says they'll remain on strike until their demands are met.
Trump's Record On Ukraine
by Greg Myre
Why does President Trump hold such a negative view of Ukraine? The country relies heavily on the U.S. and therefore has a strong incentive to work with the U.S. president and not to undermine him.
Ethane And The Plastics Boom
by Reid Frazier
America's natural gas boom has also made it the world's biggest exporter of ethane. It's a building block for plastics, and U.S. gas is helping fuel the global plastics industry.
Canadian Tests Tax Laws With Move By Canoe
John Konecny tested a tax law in Canada relating to moving expenses. He moved his possessions by canoe and won in court.
Message In A Bottle Found
A Massachusetts college student received a response to a message in a bottle he wrote when he was 10 years old, nine years ago. Someone in France found it and wrote him a letter.
Iggy Pop On Mik Artistik's Ego Trip
Iggy Pop shares one of his favorite songs of the past decade: "Sweet Leaf of the North" by the band Mik Artistik's Ego Trip.
Retrial For Activist In Arizona
by Michel Marizco
In Arizona, the U.S. government is again prosecuting a humanitarian aid worker it says was harboring undocumented immigrants and trying to hide them from Border Patrol agents.
Kansas Tries To Attract Younger Hunters
by Stephan Bisaha
Attempts to lure more people into hunting have mostly failed. Kansas is working on a new plan to attract young people by focusing on what states stand to lose: conservation dollars funded by licenses.
Nestlé Faces Opposition Over Plans To Take More Water In Florida
by Greg Allen
Opposition is growing in Florida to a water bottling company that wants to take more than a million gallons of water a day from Ginnie Springs. Environmentalists want limits on the amount taken.
Impeachment Hearings Preview
by Tamara Keith
Public impeachment hearings begin Wednesday. We have a preview of what to expect.
News Brief: Public Impeachment Hearings Begin, Erdogan Visits White House
The public phase of the House's impeachment inquiry begins Wednesday. We look at what to expect. Also, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits the White House and the latest from Hong Kong.