May 2019

USA Gymnastics Cuts Ties With Medical Director One Day After Hiring Him

On Monday, USA Gymnastics hired Edward Nyman as its director of sports medicine and science, a newly created position. On Tuesday, the organization reneged on the hiring citing a “conflict of interest” and nothing else. “Dr. Nyman’s employment will not continue due to a conflict of interest, and we will immediately renew our search to identify a qualified individual

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Is an Attorney General Independent or Political? Barr Rekindles a Debate

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr said during his confirmation hearing in January that serving in his future post was “not the same” as representing President Trump and pledged to make law enforcement decisions based only on facts and the law — not politics. But his handling of the report by the special counsel,

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Budget office: Caveats to government-run health system

Congressional budget experts said Wednesday that moving to a government-run health care system like “Medicare for All” could be complicated and potentially disruptive for Americans. The report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office was a high-level look at the pros and cons of changing the current mix of public and private health care financing to

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Sonic the Hedgehog’s teeth and why video game movies struggle

Image copyright Paramount Pictures Image caption Sonic the Hedgehog’s teeth seen in the latest trailer On the face of it, it’s such an obvious idea: take a well-loved video game and bring it to the big screen. After all, a successful game and a successful movie have so many ingredients in common. Engaging lead characters,

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Fracking boss Jim Ratcliffe hits out at ‘pathetic’ government

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionIneos chief Jim Ratcliffe was speaking to the BBC’s sports editor Dan Roan Britain’s richest man has called the government’s attitude to fracking for gas “pathetic”, accusing ministers of listening to a vocal minority rather than looking at the science. Sir Jim Ratcliffe, whose firm Ineos is

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Police fire tear gas as Paris May Day protests turn violent

Clashes have broken out between police and protesters as “yellow vest” demonstrators and labour unions held a traditional May Day rally. Dozens of people were injured and more than 300 arrested, as so-called “black block” protesters in dark clothes and face masks also took to the streets. Some protesters smashed shop windows and threw projectiles

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