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• Boy Scouts of America May Declare Bankruptcy
  
  The Boy Scouts of America may soon declare bankruptcy as lawsuits over sexual abuse pile up and membership figures continue to dwindle, The Wall Street Journal reports.The group plans to "explore all options available to ensure that the local and national programming of the...
• Cuba Health Mystery: Diplomats Had Inner-Ear Damage Early On
  
  American diplomats affected by mysterious health incidents in Cuba showed damage in the inner ear shortly after they complained of weird noises and sensations, according to their earliest medical exams, publicized Wednesday.
• Steph Curry Rips Fake News of His Moon-Landing Joke
  
  NBA's Stephen Curry "was silently protesting how stupid it was" his "joking" podcast comments that man had never landed on the moon took off, he told ESPN on Wednesday.
• FCC Mulls Ending Ban on Broadcast Network Mergers
  
  The FCC will review whether to modify or even eliminate a series of media ownership proposals, including a current ban on mergers among the four major broadcast networks.
• Reagan to Newsmax TV: How About Congress' Slush Fund?
  
  Michael Cohen got the prison sentence he deserved, political commentator Michael Reagan told Newsmax TV, but there is another story in the nation's capital that deserves attention, too: Congress' slush fund for harassment settlements.
• Judge Rejects Officer's Claim of No 'Duty' to Protect Kids
  
  The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer asked a judge to find he had no legal duty to protect students and faculty from harm, but his argument was rejected and a wrongful death lawsuit filed against him will move forward, according to CBS WFOR.
• MSNBC's Mika Apologizes for Using Homophobic Slur
  
  For using what critics called a homophobic slur on the air Wednesday, MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Mika Brzezinski has apologized for referring to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as President Donald Trump's "butt-boy."
• Huawei CFO Gets Bail; China Detains Ex-Canadian Diplomat
  
  A Canadian court granted bail Tuesday to a top Chinese executive arrested at the United States' request in a case that has set off a diplomatic furor among the three countries and complicated high-stakes U.S.-China trade talks.Hours before the bail hearing in Vancouver,...
• Ex-Cohen Lawyer Says Trump Allies Should Be Worried
  
  People who were associated with the Trump campaign should be worried when it comes to the Russia investigation, according to Lanny Davis, the former lawyer for Michael Cohen on Wednesday.
• UK Prime Minister May Wins Confidence Vote
  
  May faced a no-confidence vote from members of her own party over her handling of Brexit.
• US Debt Under Trump Has Swelled by Size of Brazil's Economy
  
  U.S. government debt is on track this year to rise at the fastest pace since 2012, as a stronger economy fails to keep pace with the wave of red ink that’s rising under the Trump administration.
• Lowe's to Buy Back $10 Billion in Shares
  
  U.S. home improvement chain Lowe's Co.s Inc. on Wednesday approved a $10 billion share repurchase program and reiterated its full-year forecast for sales growth that was roughly in line with Wall Street expectation.
• Paul to Newsmax TV: Wall Debate Must Bring Cost Down
  
  If it helps to bring down the cost of building the border wall, the arguments over it are a good thing, according to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Newsmax TV's "America Talks Live" on Wednesday.
• Claire McCaskill: I Won't Run Again
  
  Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., will never run for elected office again, saying she might teach and remain involved in Democratic politics, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
• Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Gets 3 Years in Prison
  
  President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Coehn was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday.
• Rep. Jordan: Pelosi Wrong About Vote on Border Wall
  
  Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said there are not enough votes in the House to pass President Donald Trump's call for $5 billion in funding for a border wall.
• Sign Ups for Obamacare Soar in Final Weeks
  
  As the enrollment period comes to a close for Obamacare plans, more people are signing up for them, although overall numbers remain lower than last year.
• Goodlatte: Determine If Antitrust Laws Apply to Google
  
  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte said Wednesday he'd prefer not to regulate Google, but he does think antitrust laws need to be reviewed.
• Report: Russia's High-Tech Robot Is Just a Man in a Suit
  
  State television in Russia showed a high-tech robot, but it turned out to be nothing more than a man in a costume, according to The Guardian.
• Agency: $4.2B in Insured Losses in Fla. From Hurricane Michael
  
  State officials are estimating that Floridians had more than $4.2 billion in insured losses from Hurricane Michael.The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation said that as of last week, insurers had handled more than 131,000 claims in Florida, about...
• Lord to Newsmax TV: Trump Won WH Wall Debate
  
  President Donald Trump was the clear winner in his live confrontation in front of the press with Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, according to Jeffrey Lord on Newsmax TV's "The Brett Winterble Show."
• Dem Rep. Adam Smith Hits Pentagon Argument for Bigger Budget
  
  The Pentagon is being "a little bit disingenuous" when it says that Congress would be putting the armed forces at risk if it did not approve an increased defense budget, a key U.S. congressman said on Wednesday.
• Dershowitz: Trump Won't Be in 'Impeachment Land'
  
  Unless "massive new information" comes out, President Donald Trump will not be "in impeachment land," according to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday.
• Justice Department: Snafu Delayed Whitaker's Financial Forms
  
  The Justice Department blamed a delay in releasing financial disclosure forms for Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on a bureaucratic snafu in a letter to Congress Wednesday.
• Employees at Amazon's New NYC Warehouse Launch Unionization Push
  
  A committee of employees at Amazon's recently opened Staten Island fulfillment center is going public with a unionization campaign, a fresh challenge to the e-commerce giant in a city where it plans to build a major new campus.

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