Lying inside a scanner, the patient watched as pictures appeared one by one: A bicycle. A cupcake. Heroin. Outside, researchers tracked her brain’s reactions to the surprise sight of the drug she’d fought to kick. Government scientists are starting to peek into the brains of people caught in the nation’s opioid epidemic, to see if […]
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Italian rider Elia Viviani claimed his first career stage win on the Tour de France after storming a bunch sprint on Tuesday. Viviani was ideally set up by the Deceuninck-Quick Step leadout train in the finale and made the most of the slight uphill finish in the eastern city of Nancy. He used his considerable
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Tom Steyer, the former hedge fund investor turned impeachment activist, announced on Tuesday that he would challenge President Trump in 2020, reversing a previous decision not to enter the race. In a video announcing his campaign, Mr. Steyer positioned himself as a populist outsider, railing against corporate interests that he described as holding too much
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Major U.S. stock indexes were mixed in morning trading Tuesday, leaving the broader market little changed after a two-day losing streak. Wall Street got off to a weak start for the third straight day as it continued to pull back following a run of record highs last week. Investors have turned cautious as they look
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When I think of coffee in the summer, I think of iced coffee melting in my cup as I race against time to gulp it down before it gets too warm. Iced coffee tastes wonderful — milky coffee at room temperature, less so. I recently found another, better way of consuming iced coffee when I
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She is Funny Girl, after all. The singer reminisced about her 1994 show at Wembley Arena as a giant screen projected photos of her meeting Charles backstage. She also showed a picture of him visiting her 20 years earlier, when she was recording in Los Angeles. An old newspaper headline linking the pair appeared in
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some 339 million guest records were compromised The UK’s data privacy regulator has said it plans to fine the US hotel group Marriott International £99.2m. The penalty relates to a data breach that resulted in about 339 million guests’ having had their personal details exposed. The incident is thought
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Visitors don’t just view the new London exhibition devoted to Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. They also feel, smell and taste it. Eliasson creates large-scale works that draw on nature and natural elements: wood, fire, light, water. More than 40 of his pieces feature in the huge retrospective at London’s Tate Modern . Visitors can be
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“I like to think of this as us trying to be experimental, the way that our colleagues in product and engineering are very experimental and they’re trying new things,” Ms. Gadde said in an interview at the time. The response from users was swift — and critical. Twitter received more than 8,000 pieces of feedback
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The U.S. Women’s national soccer team had a perfect response to a young fan who asked about being an athlete in “a male-dominated sport.” “What’s it like being a female playing in a male-dominated sport?” the young girl asked during a Tuesday segment of “Good Morning America.” Before answering fully, a team member shouted out a
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