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The White House senior staff is sworn in at the White House in January. Twenty-two members of the staff will make $179,700 this year and 18 more earn $165,000 a year, making the Trump administration's payroll top-heavy compared to the Obama administration.

Trump White House Staff Payroll Nearly $36 Million And Top-Heavy

Among those making the maximum salary are chief of staff Reince Priebus, chief strategist Steve Bannon, press secretary Sean Spicer and former Apprentice contestant Omarosa Manigault.

The Akron Police Department training class works out at Kent State Basic Police Officer Training Academy. Donald Clayton is the only African-American in the class of 20.

In Recruitment Effort, Akron Police Seeks To Mirror The Community

The city's recruitment effort has a very different feel from years past as it tries to attract more diverse candidates. The force is 80 percent white; the population is more than 30 percent black.

Hungarian border police talk next to a fence, next to a woman who is among hundreds of refugees and migrants caught behind a fence at the Hungarian border with Serbia Wednesday.

Turned Away In Hungary, Migrants Seek Passage Through Croatia

Hundreds of people who were caught on the Serbian side of Hungary's border when the border was sealed Tuesday are sleeping out in the open; some are taking Croatia up on its offer of passage.

Sun Wenlin (left) and his partner, Hu Mingliang, hold hands as they arrive at the Furong District Court in Changsha to argue in China's first same-sex marriage case.

Chinese Court Rules Against Gay Couple Seeking To Get Married

It's the first time a Chinese court has addressed the issue of same-sex marriage. The case has energized supporters of LGBT rights in the country, and the couple reportedly plans to appeal the ruling.

TaNisha Thomas found herself and her young son homeless after she lost her job a few years ago. Head Start provided childcare that allowed her the space and time to find a new job and go to college.

Head Start got her out of homelessness. Trump proposal threatens that help for others

A Trump administration proposal would change access to Head Start for children experiencing homelessness and the kind of care they would receive if they do get in.

Patients always have the right to appeal an insurer's decision to turn down their request for care at a major cancer center. But the chances an appeal will be honored can vary widely by type of cancer and an individual's case.

Obamacare Plans Don't Always Include Top Cancer Centers

In a number of states, including big ones such as New York and Texas, leading cancer centers like Memorial Sloan Kettering aren't included in insurers' networks. What's a patient's recourse?

The container ship "Panstar Acro" is anchored to load containers at Busan New Port in Busan on August 22, 2026, as the vessel is scheduled to sail to Europe via the Arctic to test the commercial viability of the shipping route opened by melting ice. South Korea was set on August 22, to send its first trial container through the Arctic, as the Middle East war rattles global shipping, while environmental groups warned the route could accelerate polar ice melt.

Pressure on global chokepoints drives Asia's increased use of Arctic Trade Routes

Asian nations began pilot voyages over a decade ago to find routes to Europe and the Middle East that were faster and less vulnerable to chokepoints. The ongoing war has added impetus to those efforts.

KALW Almanac ~ Tuesday, October 6, 2015

279th day of 2015, 86 days remainSunrise: 7:10amSunset: 6:46pmMoonrise: 1:26am (40% visible)Moonset: 3:28pmTides at the Golden GateHigh: 8:34am/7:40pmLow:…

A picture taken on Oct. 15 at the scene of the first explosion in the Oct. 14 Mogadishu terrorist attacks.

Mogadishu Truck Bomb's Death Toll Now Tops 500, Probe Committee Says

An updated death toll in what Somalis have described as their 9/11 has risen.

Seeking Asylum, A Syrian Woman Struggles To Get Family Out

Mais Istanbelli left her home in Aleppo before the civil war began Syria. She's in Sweden, but her family is still in Syria. She tells NPR's Scott Simon what she's hearing from her relatives back home.

6/22: Bike vigilantes take to the streets to make them safer

Today on Crosscurrents:How a vigilante group is using guerrilla tactics to make streets safer for bicyclistsAn afternoon with Oakland’s Scraper bike…

People who survived the capsizing of a ferry wait for more information about missing friends and relatives at a reservoir in Guatape, Colombia, on Sunday.

At Least 6 Killed As Party Boat Filled With Tourists Sinks In Colombia

At least six people are said to have died after the El Almirante ferry, which was carrying more than 150 passengers, began sinking.

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