Cyclone Fani has made landfall on India’s eastern coast as a grade 5 storm, lashing the emptied beaches with rain and wind gusting up to 205 kilometers (127 miles) per hour. Interested in Weather? Add Weather as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Weather news, video, and analysis from ABC News. […]
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When Rob Hyland worked his first Kentucky Derby for NBC in 2001, it was a 90-minute show with a handful reporters and only one race — the Derby — was aired. Hyland, the coordinating producer of NBC’s horse racing coverage, now is at the helm of 15 hours of coverage over three days. The broadcast
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Green Party co-leader Sian Berry has described the local election results as “very exciting”, as councils continue to declare. The party are picking up seats in “places you would not expect” such as South Tyneside and St Helens, she said. “We are getting elected in places that voted for Brexit,” she said. “We are dealing
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BHUBANESHWAR, India/NEW DELHI, May 3 (Reuters) – India has evacuated more than a million people living along its east coast ahead of an extremely severe cyclone that is due to make landfall on Friday afternoon, government officials said. Cyclonic storm Fani, which has been churning up the Bay of Bengal, is currently about 150 km
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Image copyright Getty Images Further evidence that taking anti-HIV drugs stops gay men passing on the virus to sexual partners has been called a “powerful message” which needs to be spread more widely. A study of nearly 1,000 gay male couples in The Lancet found no cases of HIV transmission over eight years. This was
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Image copyright Murillo/Hamdan/Cammock/Shani Image caption The artists shortlisted tackle issues such as oppression and marginalised communities The Turner Prize has ended a sponsorship deal with Stagecoach South East – a day after it was announced. The firm was to support an exhibition of the four shortlisted artists at the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate. But
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Image copyright Getty Images The founder of Insys Therapeutics John Kapoor has become the first pharmaceutical boss to be convicted in a case linked to the US opioid crisis. A Boston jury found Kapoor and four colleagues conspired to bribe doctors to prescribe addictive painkillers, often to patients who didn’t need them. The former billionaire
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The share price of Beyond Meat surged 163 percent on Thursday in the company’s first day of trading on Wall Street, signaling surprising interest in a new generation of companies that are creating plant-based alternatives to meat. Beyond Meat, which makes vegetarian burgers and sausages, began trading at $25 a share on the Nasdaq stock
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Tuukka Rask stopped 39 shots and the Boston Bruins got some much-needed production from their top-liners in a 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night that evened their Eastern Conference semifinal series at two games apiece. Patrice Bergeron had two goals, David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist and Sean Kuraly
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WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr defied on Thursday a deadline imposed by a congressional subpoena to provide lawmakers with the full-text Mueller report. President Trump, meanwhile, has vowed to resist “all” subpoenas issued by House Democrats in their oversight investigations. And Mr. Trump has sued his banks and the House Oversight Committee to
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