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Iran Deal, Transatlantic Trade Loom Over Macron Visit

U.S. President Donald Trump will host French President Emmanuel Macron for a state visit next week as the Iran nuclear agreement hangs in the balance, and the expiration of EU’s exemptions from steel and aluminum tariffs nears. Macron’s visit will be the first state visit of the Trump administration. Over the past year, Macron and Trump have forged an unlikely partnership. U.S. media dubbed the relationship a “bromance” and “one of history’s oddest diplomatic couples.” “The...

World Bank Shareholders Back $13 billion Capital Increase

The World Bank’s shareholders on Saturday endorsed a $13 billion paid-in capital increase that will boost China’s shareholding but bring lending reforms that will raise borrowing costs for higher-middle-income countries, including China. The multilateral lender said the plan would allow it to lift the group’s overall lending to nearly $80 billion in fiscal 2019 from about $59 billion last year and to an average of about $100 billion annually through 2030. “We have more than doubled the...

New Lynching Memorial Offers Chance to Remember, Heal

Elmore Bolling defied the odds against black men and built several successful businesses during the harsh era of Jim Crow segregation in the South. He had more money than a lot of whites, which his descendants believe was all it took to get him lynched in 1947. He was shot to death by a white neighbor, according to news accounts at the time, and the shooter was never prosecuted. But Bolling's name is now listed among thousands on a new memorial for victims of hate-inspired...

Police Search for Gunman Who Killed 4 in Nashville Diner

Police have issued a dragnet for a man who killed four people and wounded several others with an assault-type weapon in the middle of the night at a Nashville, Tennessee, diner. Police have identified the suspect as 29-year-old Travis Reinking. Witnesses said Reinking was wearing a green jacket and nothing else when he got out of his truck and shot two people in the parking lot of the Waffle House restaurant. He opened fire inside the restaurant, where three people died at the scene...

At Wes Anderson Retrospective, an Iconic Auteur's World on Display

The National Museum of American History recently celebrated one of the most iconic American filmmakers of the past 25 years: Wes Anderson. From life-sized movie-scene backdrops to organized discussions, live music and drinks, the festival had something to offer for faithful fans and newcomers alike. Masha Morton filed this report.

Trump Mulling Full Pardon for Boxing Legend Johnson

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was considering "a Full Pardon!" for boxing's first black heavyweight champion, more than 100 years after Jack Johnson was convicted by an all-white jury of "immorality" in connection with one of his relationships. Trump tweeted that actor Sylvester Stallone had called him to share Johnson's story. The president said Johnson's "trials and tribulations were great, his life complex and...

France's Macron: US Role in Syria Vital

French President Emmanuel Macron is heading to the United States for a state visit with President Donald Trump, looking to convince him of the need to keep a U.S. presence in Syria even after the defeat of Islamic State terrorists. Ahead of his arrival in Washington Monday, Macron told Fox News during an interview at the Elysee Palace in Paris, "We will have to build a new Syria after war. That's why I think the U.S. role is very important." He described the U.S. as...