A bill spurred by Larry Nassar’s sex crimes and other mishandled abuse cases would allow Congress to fire the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s entire board and would quadruple the money the federation provides to the U.S. Center for SafeSport. The bill, to be introduced Tuesday, is the most far-reaching response to 18 months of […]
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Sanders wants to run against Biden, but they’re on different nights Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. have engaged in open warfare recently over their different approaches to health care. Mr. Biden accused Mr. Sanders of trying to scrap the Affordable Care Act, and Mr. Sanders said Mr. Biden was
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33 Too-Real Tweets About Sharing A Netflix Account With Your Family | HuffPost Life It’s no secret that lots of people ― especially millennials ― share Netflix accounts with loved ones (or even loose acquaintances with many degrees of separation). It’s especially common for families to use the same account, which can lead to hilarious
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A Los Angeles jury has ruled in favor of a Christian hip-hop artist who accused pop star Katy Perry of lifting a portion of his song for her 2013 hit single “Dark Horse.” The nine-member jury ruled unanimously on Monday that the beat and instrumental line in “Dark Horse” were substantially similar to those of “Joyful
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Image copyright Getty Images Miniature toiletries are to be removed from all hotels run by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) for environmental reasons – making it the first global hotel brand to undertake such a move. The UK-based owner of Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotels has pledged to take the small plastic bottles out of
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A gunman fired “50 shots” according to an eyewitness at a food festival in California that has left three people dead and 15 injured. The gunman was shot dead by police shortly after he began firing, although police are investigating reports that a second suspect may still be at large. Footage shows people running away
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If Madison Bumgarner, Noah Syndergaard, Trevor Bauer, Mike Minor or Robbie Ray are going to get dealt to contenders desperate for arms, it will happen this week or not at all. Baseball’s trade window shuts Wednesday afternoon — completely, not like in years past. Marcus Stroman, Jason Vargas, Andrew Cashner, Jordan Lyles, Drew Smyly, Homer
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Three congressional officials said the F-16 sales were delayed after trade advisers appealed to Mr. Trump. One of the officials, who works for a senior Republican lawmaker, said he expected Mr. Bolton and perhaps Mr. Pompeo to press Mr. Trump this week to approve the sales, though Mr. Pompeo leaves for Thailand on Tuesday. That
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Merck is reporting a 12% jump in global sales, pushing it past profit expectations for the second quarter. The pharmaceutical company reported a profit of $2.67 billion, or $1.03 per share. Earnings, adjusted for costs related to mergers and acquisitions and restructuring costs, were $1.30 per share, which is 14 cents better than Wall Street
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Image copyright Getty Images As genome sequencing costs continue to fall and artificial intelligence gets to work on analysing all this new data, the era of personalised medicine draws closer. More than half of Icelanders have now had their precise genetic make-up sequenced and analysed. Tens of thousands of their genomes have been fully sequenced
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