June 2019

House Moves Forward With Spending Bills as Congress Grapples With Looming Fiscal Deadlines

The talks are proceeding months after a 35-day shutdown over the winter instigated by Mr. Trump, who had refused to sign any spending measure that did not fund a border wall. The latest round of negotiations has been complicated by an apparent disconnect among Republicans both inside the White House and on Capitol Hill about

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GM seeks to avoid Takata recalls for fourth straight year

General Motors is trying to avoid recalling potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators in thousands of full-size pickup trucks and SUVs for the fourth straight year, leaving owners to wonder if vehicles are safe to drive. The automaker petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to exempt it from recalls that were required under a

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Children’s hospices ‘to shut if NHS does not increase funding’

Image caption The Acorns hospice in Walsall opened in 1999 Children’s hospices in England will be forced to cut services or shut unless the NHS increases its funding, a charity has warned. Together for Short Lives, which helps terminally ill children, highlighted a “dangerous cocktail” of higher costs and a drop in state funding. Its

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Boohoo’s recycled clothes ‘will not solve fast fashion waste’

Image copyright Boohoo Image caption Boohoo’s first recycled range will be made with reclaimed plastics “If someone really cared about buying ethically sourced, green clothes then they wouldn’t shop at Boohoo,” shopper Camilla tells the BBC on Oxford Street. She is commenting on the fast fashion retailer’s first recycled clothing range – made with reclaimed

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Immigration Agency Says It Plans Deportation Operation Aimed at Undocumented Families

Among the 2,000 undocumented immigrants being targeted now are those whose court cases were expedited, having typically missed a court date and been ordered deported from the country in absentia. They were sent letters in February demanding they report to an immigrations and customs office to leave the country, Mr. Morgan said. While Mr. Morgan

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Early brain ‘signs of Parkinson’s’ found

Image copyright Getty Images Scientists say they have identified the earliest signs of Parkinson’s disease in the brain, 15 to 20 years before symptoms appear. Scans of a small number of high-risk patients found malfunctions in the brain’s serotonin system, which controls mood, sleep and movement. The King’s College London researchers say the discovery could

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All aboard Britain’s first hydrogen train

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHydrogen trains: Are these the eco-friendly trains of the future? Hydrogen-powered trains are arguably the greenest trains out there. “Mini power stations on wheels”, is how Alex Burrows from the University of Birmingham describes them. He is the project director for the ‘Hydroflex’ train which was showcased

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