Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Several movie sets were destroyed in the fire on 1 June 2008 Recordings by Sir Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Nirvana, Eminem and thousands more were destroyed in a fire in 2008, according to a New York Times report. They were lost when a blaze swept through a warehouse at […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Met Police hopes the change will make police work more attractive to both men and women with family commitments The Met Police will recruit part-time police constables for the first time as the force tries to “break down barriers” deterring women from joining. From November, all new constable
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If the Boston Bruins seemed like something of an afterthought at times this season, maybe it was understandable. They played in the Atlantic Division shadow of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who raced to the President’s Trophy and were the No. 1 overall seed in the playoffs. Still, Boston kept winning — only three teams won
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A 5-year-old boy vomiting blood has become the first cross-border case of Ebola in the current deadly outbreak. Now authorities are trying to determine how his family, exposed to the virus, managed to cross from Congo into neighboring Uganda. Interested in Ebola? Add Ebola as an interest to stay up to date on the latest
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A new battlefront has opened in the trade war between the United States and China: the $1.6 trillion American travel industry. A Los Angeles hotel long popular with Chinese travelers saw a 23 percent decline in visits last year and another 10 percent so far this year. In New York City, spending by Chinese tourists,
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Craig Berube made a rare stop in the locker room after the game to address his players. It was important. It was minutes after San Jose’s Timo Meier had gloved the puck to Gustav Nyquist and wound up being credited with the second assist on Erik Karlsson’s winning goal in Game 3. It was a
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Two investor research companies are advising Nissan shareholders to vote against a proposal to reappoint the automaker’s chief executive, Hiroto Saikawa, as a board director, citing possible oversight problems at the Japanese automaker after the arrest of his predecessor Carlos Ghosn. A corporate governance advisory company, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc., made the recommendation in its
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Shohei Ohtani and Justin Bour homered off Kenta Maeda in a five-run first inning, and the Los Angeles Angels hung on to sweep the two-game Freeway Series with a 5-3 victory over the majors-leading Dodgers on Tuesday night. After Ohtani homered against a fellow Japanese star for the second time in four days, Bour hit
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption All those emails you don’t have time to deal with could be making you ill Andrew Crosby has 7,000 emails in his inbox. To some that might not sound like many, but he’s only been at Relax Gaming for a year, so there’s not been much time for the
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Protesters, some wearing face masks and helmets, face off against police in riot gear in Hong Kong. They are blockading key streets around government buildings. Opposition has been steadily growing in the city against a plan to allow extradition to mainland China. On Sunday, the former British colony saw its biggest protests since it was
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