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Trump defends health workers’ right to object to abortions

Advancing his anti-abortion agenda, President Donald Trump moved Thursday to protect health care workers who object to procedures like abortion on moral or religious grounds. Trump chose the National Day of Prayer to announce the new regulation. “Just today we finalized new protections of conscience rights for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, teachers, students and faith-based charities,” […]

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BFI female film season sparks misogyny row

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright Alamy Image caption Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn’s Death Becomes Her is among the films on the bill The British Film Institute (BFI) is facing accusations of misogyny over a season dedicated to “fierce females”. The programme includes films featuring “some of the most wickedly compelling female characters on screen”. In December, more

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HMRC forced to delete five million voice files

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images The voice records of five million taxpayers are being deleted by the UK’s tax authority, as the way they were collected broke privacy rules. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) failed to gain explicit consent from individuals before signing them up to the voice ID system for telephone enquiries. Campaigners accused HMRC

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The Anxiety of the $2,300-a-Night Hotel Room

Travel / En Sound Media

Carbon Beach is a beguiling and exclusive crescent of sand along the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, famous — infamous might be a better word — for the long and mostly losing battle conducted by its wealthy homeowners to keep the public off this stunning mile of coastline. It is also known as Billionaire’s Beach, a

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You Will Never Smell My World the Way I Do

Technology / En Sound Media

The idea that people experience certain scents differently is not new. Scientists have known for a while that for some people cilantro tastes like soap and beets taste like dirt for reasons likely connected to smell. They’ve also known that only some people can detect the chemical that makes urine smell differently after someone has

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Serena Williams set to return from injury at Italian Open

Sports / En Sound Media

Serena Williams is set to return from injury at the upcoming Italian Open. Tournament director Sergio Palmieri told The Associated Press on Friday that he spoke with Williams’ agent and that Williams “has already reserved her rooms and should be here a few days early” for the May 13-19 event. Williams has not played since

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Election results: Lib Dems ‘success story of the night’

Politics / En Sound Media

Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable has called his party’s local election results the “big success story of the night”. The party saw gains across the country, taking seats from both Conservative and Labour-run councils. Speaking in Chelmsford, where the Lib Dems took control of the local council from the Conservatives, Mr Cable said the result

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U.S. Added 263,000 Jobs in April; Unemployment Rate at 3.6%

Finance / En Sound Media

The Labor Department released the April data on hiring and unemployment on Friday morning, providing an up-to-the-minute snapshot of the economy. The Numbers Average hourly earnings rose by 0.2 percent, which follows an increase of 0.1 percent in March. Over the last 12 months, earnings have risen by a healthy 3.2 percent, a hair’s breadth

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Bell’s palsy: ‘I woke and the night had stolen my smile’

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption“It’s not life-threatening but it is life-changing” Clare Mount will always remember the evening of Christmas Day 2003 as “the night that stole my smile”. On Boxing Day she awoke with Bell’s palsy, a nerve condition that causes paralysis to part of the face. It affects up

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How Peter Mayhew became Chewbacca

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright PA Peter Mayhew played Chewbacca, the gentle giant with a distinctive growl, in Star Wars films for almost 40 years – but how did he find himself inside that huge, hairy costume? The London-born son of a policeman was diagnosed with gigantism, a condition that causes excessive growth, aged eight. Mayhew also had

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