The government is to serve a recall notice on Whirlpool over concerns about the safety of its tumble dryers. The “unprecedented step” means the company will have to recall hundreds of thousands of appliances over fears they pose a fire safety risk. It comes after 5.3 million dryers under Whirlpool’s Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit brands […]
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When states legalize pot for all adults, long-standing medical marijuana programs take a big hit, in some cases losing more than half their registered patients in just a few years, according to a data analysis by The Associated Press. Much of the decline comes from consumers who, ill or not, got medical cards in their
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Pelicans basketball operations chief David Griffin said Tuesday that the timing of next week’s NBA draft won’t necessarily raise urgency to deal away disgruntled six-time All-Star Anthony Davis. “I’m open-minded,” Griffin said while introducing new front office hire Swin Cash on a conference call with reporters. “If things devolve in such a way that it’s
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — When 19 presidential candidates descended on a hotel ballroom for an Iowa Democratic Party fund-raiser on Sunday, it seemed, at first glance, like a relatively collegial affair. Former Representative Beto O’Rourke wished Senator Kamala Harris and Marianne Williamson good luck. Ms. Harris shared popcorn with former Gov. John Hickenlooper. And Andrew
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Almost 1,400 have died in a recent outbreak in neighbouring DR Congo A five-year-old boy in Uganda has been diagnosed with Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed. This is the first case confirmed in the country amid a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. More than
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Three men were jailed for life on Monday for the rape, torture and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in Indian-administered Kashmir. The victim, who belonged to a Muslim nomadic tribe, was found in a forest near Kathua city in January 2018. Her mother told the BBC she had been willing to sell all her
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With the online restaurant delivery market growing ever more competitive, Amazon is discontinuing the service it started four years ago as an alternative to popular apps like Grubhub and UberEats. Amazon Restaurants, which customers in nearly 200 cities in the United States use to order from local restaurants, will officially close on June 24. Amazon
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There are many ways to describe just how one-sided the U.S. women’s national team’s 2019 World Cup opener was. The most simplistic would be the score: USA 13, Thailand 0 – a record margin of victory at the Women’s World Cup. But no single stat can do this bloodbath justice. No single description can explain
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Launching his bid to be the next Conservative leader and prime minister, Rory Stewart said the UK faced a choice of “two different paths”. He told the audience in London there was a choice between fairy stories and “the energy of prudence, seriousness, realism that is going to make this country a better, happier place”.
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A group of state attorneys general led by New York and California filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to block T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion bid for Sprint, citing consumer harm. The state attorneys general said the promised benefits, such as better networks in rural areas and faster service overall, cannot be verified, while eliminating a major wireless
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