The Indianapolis Colts will gladly play it safe with Andrew Luck. They’d rather he be healthy for training camp anyway. Just minutes after coach Frank Reich announced Tuesday that his starting quarterback would sit out this week’s three-day minicamp — the final portion of Indy’s offseason workouts — Luck promised he would return to practice […]
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Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama has signed a so-called chemical castration measure into law, her office announced on Monday, leaving the state poised to set a stringent new parole condition for certain sex offenders. Supporters of the law contend that it will enhance public safety and reduce the risk of convicted sex offenders committing similar
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Environmental Protection Agency chiefs from three previous Republican administrations say they’re concerned about Trump administration actions rolling back environmental protections. EPA heads under former Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush appeared Tuesday before a House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee. Obama-era EPA head Gina McCarthy also spoke. Christine Todd Whitman, who
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WASHINGTON — Congress opened its antitrust investigation of big tech on Tuesday with a hearing focused on how platforms like Facebook and Google may have harmed publishers by siphoning off profits from news organizations. Lawmakers will hear testimony from executives at News Corp., the owner of The Wall Street Journal and other publications; the Atlanta
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Eddie Olczyk already bounces back and forth during the spring between the NHL playoffs and horse racing‘s Triple Crown. Now he’s adding a new stop on his pucks and ponies tour. Olczyk will go from the broadcast booth at Boston’s TD Garden for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final to Ascot Racecourse in England
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday waved a piece of paper that he said was part of a “very long and very good” secret agreement with Mexico, refusing to describe it but vowing that it will go into effect whenever he wants it to. The president’s dramatic flourish, delivered as he left the White House
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Image copyright Paramount Pictures Image caption The film tells the story of the musician’s rise to fame and includes a male sex scene Samoa has banned the Sir Elton John biopic Rocketman because of the film’s depiction of gay sex. Under Samoa’s laws, sodomy is illegal and punishable by up to seven years in prison.
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The world’s oceans will likely lose about one sixth of its fish and other marine life by the end of the century if climate change continues on its current path, a new study says. Every degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) that the world’s oceans warm, the total mass of sea animals is projected to drop
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The Los Angeles Dodgers needed a strike interrupted season and a pitching sensation named Fernando Valenzuela to win a championship in 1981. More important for the Dodgers, perhaps, is that they found a way that year to connect with Hispanic fans who nearly four decades later are still loyal supporters of the team. Author Jason
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So far this year, companies have announced mergers and acquisitions totaling $1 trillion, up 14 percent compared with the same period last year, according to data from Dealogic. “What consolidation does, which is what M&A is all about, is remove a source of competition, and it is a wonderful way of improving your pricing power
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