A woman who has fostered more than 100 children asked Tory leadership candidates about cuts to health and social care. Tina in Tunbridge Wells said important issues were “going under the radar” because of Brexit, and that she struggled to get help with mental health services, special educational needs support and medical appointments. The BBC’s […]
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YouTube has a problem: its recommendation algorithm assembles video playlists for pedophiles. Now a Republican senator has proposed an aggressive new law to solve the problem ― but could inadvertently imperil family vloggers’ livelihoods. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced his bill this month, days after a New York Times report revealed how YouTube’s automatic algorithms grab
The Louisville-Auburn game at the College World Series has been suspended until Tuesday night because of rain. The Cardinals led Auburn 4-1 after the fourth inning. That’s when the TD Ameritrade Park grounds crew rolled the tarp over the field. Rain was forecast to continue into the evening, and NCAA officials said the game wouldn’t
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All of the candidates at center stage on Wednesday are betting big on Iowa — putting them in competition with one another geographically, if not ideologically. Mr. Booker’s Iowa operation rivals Ms. Warren’s as the most robust of the race so far. Mr. O’Rourke’s retail-style campaign is a traditional fit for the state. And Ms.
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The Federal Reserve is likely — if not certain — to leave interest rates alone when its latest policy meeting ends Wednesday. But expectations are high that the Fed and its chairman, Jerome Powell, will signal that a rate cut may come soon for the first time in more than a decade. Behind the Fed’s
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The singer and guitarist formed Megadeth in 1983 Megadeth have cancelled most of their upcoming tour as frontman Dave Mustaine undergoes treatment for throat cancer. Mustaine announced his diagnosis on the metal band’s website, but said he was optimistic about his treatment plan. “It’s clearly something to be respected
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After decades of improvement, America’s air may not be getting any cleaner. Over the last two years the nation had more polluted air days than just a few years earlier, federal data shows. While it remains unclear whether this is the beginning of a trend, health experts say it’s troubling to see air quality progress
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Authorities in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday announced the arrest of an 11th suspect in the attempted killing of former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz. An official identified the suspect as Franklin Junior Merán. The official, who agreed to disclose the information only if not quoted by name because they weren’t authorized to discuss
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The five men who could be the next Conservative leader and PM were asked about a Brexit date guarantee. Mark from Belfast, who grew up during the Troubles, asked Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, Sajid Javid and Rory Stewart how they would solve the issue of the Irish border. BBC One’s Our Next Prime
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Pot use in pregnancy has doubled among U.S. women and is most common during the first trimester, government research shows. Overall, 7% of pregnant women, or 1 in 14, said they used marijuana in the past month. That’s from a nationally representative health survey in 2016-17 and compares with a little over 3% in 2002-03.
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