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Kenya: 6 police officers killed by herders in land invasions

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Six police officers have been killed by herders in volatile Laikipia County, where at least 40 people have died this year due to clashes over land, a Kenya police report said Wednesday.

TheRepublic.com 

Brittany Lang needs better to defend in US Women’s Open

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — The U.S. Women’s Open has not had a repeat winner since Karrie Webb in 2001 and the chances of Brittany Lang doing it this year don’t seem good. The 31-year-old Lang has finished no better than 13th in 14 events on the LPGA Tour, and she missed the cut in the KPMG

NBCSports.com 

Leslie Frazier wants Bills defenders playing fast

Rex Ryan didn’t work out as the head coach of the Bills for several reasons, but the fact that the defense floundered in his two years in Buffalo was among the biggest ones. The Bills had a strong defense in 2014 under then-coordinator Jim Schwartz, but Ryan’s units never approached the same success and there…

CBSNews.com 

FDA panel to vote on revolutionary gene therapy for cancer

An FDA panel meets Wednesday to decide whether to recommend the first government-approved gene therapy. CAR T-cell treatment uses the body's own immune system to attack cancer. USC Norris Westside Cancer Center director and CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus joins "CBS This Morning" from Los Angeles to discuss the treatment that could be a life saver for some patients.

BusinessInsider.com 

American Apparel's disgraced founder seems to be resurrecting his 'dead' brand under a new name

Los Angeles Apparel

Dov Charney has started a new clothing company that's shockingly similar to American Apparel.

The brand, called Los Angeles Apparel, launched in late 2016 soon before American Apparel — the company that Charney founded — declared bankruptcy in October. 

According to Bloomberg's Matthew Townsend, the sense of deja vu goes beyond the similar name. Other shocking similarities include: 

BusinessInsider.com 

The White House made a video attacking the budget office that gave devastating reviews to the GOP healthcare bills

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The White House released a video Wednesday attacking the Congressional Budget Office for its brutal reviews of the Republican healthcare bills.

The video, released on Twitter, claims that the analysis by the nonpartisan CBO is based on "faulty assumptions and bad math."

The CBO has said various versions of the Republican healthcare plans would leave between 22 and 23 million more Americans without health insurance in 2026 compared to the current baseline. Читать дальше...

BusinessInsider.com 

Russian government officials were reportedly overheard discussing Trump associates months before he declared his candidacy

REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

In light of Donald Trump Jr.'s recent disclosures about his contact with a Russian lawyer, US investigators are taking a renewed look at conversations Russian government officials had about Trump associates before the presidential campaign, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The US intelligence community reportedly overheard Russian officials discussing President Donald Trump's associates as early as 2015, the Journal reported Wednesday. The conversations... Читать дальше...

NBCSports.com 

Trumaine Johnson plays the year-to-year tag game to perfection, too

When it comes to players setting the precedent for future potential free agents, Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins receives plenty of praise for showing his peers the power of rejecting subpar long-term offers and taking the year-to-year approach under the franchise tag. But Cousins isn’t the only guy who deserves recognition for empowering other players to…

TheRepublic.com 

US anti-boycott laws could come into play in Qatar crisis

WASHINGTON — As the Persian Gulf crisis drags into a second month, a four-country boycott of Qatar is raising questions about whether American businesses that follow suit could unwittingly run afoul of U.S. anti-boycott laws. Under obscure tax and export provisions designed decades ago to protect Israel, U.S. companies can be punished if they accept