After remaining vague for months about his plans to expand on the Affordable Care Act, Joseph R. Biden Jr. is planning to offer more details in a speech Monday, including changes to the law that would let more people get subsidies to help pay for their health insurance and reduce the maximum percentage of income […]
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A nonprofit foundation set up by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden that relied on health care world partnerships to speed a cure for cancer has suspended its operations, it announced Monday. The Biden Cancer Initiative’s sudden move to cease its activities comes two years after it was founded in 2017 by the former vice president
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Georgette Mulheir with JK Rowling in 2015 The boss of JK Rowling’s children’s charity Lumos is to leave her post after the organisation said there were “management and culture challenges” that needed “immediate action”. Georgette Mulheir has been chief executive of the charity since 2011. The author set up
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India’s space organization is examining the technical snag that led to the aborting of the launch Monday of a spacecraft intended to land on the far side of the moon, an official said. Interested in Space? Add Space as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Space news, video, and analysis from
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Amid another offensive show at hitter-friendly Coors Field, a high-risk, old-fashioned hustle play produced the decisive run for the Colorado Rockies. Ryan McMahon singled, doubled, tripled and drove in three runs and a sprinting Garrett Hampson scored from second base on a slow groundout to cap a six-run fifth inning as the Rockies outslugged the
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Humans and robots working together in a factory may excite some tech geeks, but worry others who fear job losses. For Politics Live in Chester and Westminster, Jack Fenwick looks at the politics of automation, and what it could mean for both the white-collar and blue-collar employment markets. UK viewers can watch the full programme,
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Image copyright Getty Images Nearly everyone can lower their risk of dementia, even if it runs in the family, by living a healthy lifestyle, research suggests. The study of nearly 200,000 people showed the risk fell by up to a third. The team at the University of Exeter said the results were exciting, empowering and
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Image copyright Getty Images Saudi Arabia isn’t traditionally a major stopoff on a global music tour, but big-name artists are increasingly going there. Mariah Carey set the fame bar high back in January. Since then Nicki Minaj said yes to a performance in Jeddah – but then changed her mind to support the rights of
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Image copyright Bank of England Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing will feature on the new design of the Bank of England’s £50 note. He is celebrated for his code-cracking work that proved vital to the Allies in World War Two. The £50 note will be the last of the Bank of England collection to
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LONDON — Alan Turing, the computing pioneer who became one of the most influential code breakers of World War II, has been chosen by the Bank of England to be the new face of its 50-pound note. The decision to put Mr. Turing on the highest-denomination English bank note, worth about $62, adds to growing
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