Xiyue Wang was freed from Iran after being held prisoner for three years and was released in December 2019 in a prisoner swap between Iran and the U.S. Iranian authorities sentenced Wang in 2017 to 10 years in prison for espionage. But the officials who interrogated him over the years didn't seem to care much about what he did or didn't know, according to Wang.
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The U.S. citizen spent more than three years in an Iranian prison. He tells NPR that Iranian authorities "told me quite explicitly just that 'we need a deal with America.' "
Workers line up to enter a Tyson Foods pork processing plant last month in Logansport, Ind. Some of the worst workplace coronavirus outbreaks have been in the meatpacking industry. Major meatpackers JBS USA, Smithfield Foods and Tyson have said worker safety is their highest priority.
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Mandy Cohen, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, speaks during a May 26 briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C.
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Yosemite National Park is reopening with several restrictions. About half of the average June visitors will be allowed in, and they must make an online reservation in advance.
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Amazon announced on Wednesday that it would freeze for one year the use of its facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies.
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Xiyue Wang was freed from Iran after being held prisoner for three years and was released in December 2019 in a prisoner swap between Iran and the U.S. Iranian authorities sentenced Wang in 2017 to 10 years in prison for espionage. But the officials who interrogated him over the years didn't seem to care much about what he did or didn't know, according to Wang.
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Jacob Ezzo, a chorus teacher from South Orange Middle School in New Jersey, has helped spearhead an effort to make face shields for those working on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Luann Thibodeau recently celebrated her 40th anniversary with her husband, Jeff. They ate dinner from Olive Garden while she remained on the other side of his nursing room window. The Thibodeaus have not been in the same room since mid-March when visitors were banned from nursing homes to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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