Not even a championship was enough to keep Kawhi Leonard in Canada. Free-agent forward Kawhi Leonard has agreed to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Leonard’s decision was followed by another huge wave of news: The Clippers also reportedly agreed to a deal for Oklahoma City’s Paul George, giving Leonard a […]
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EDGEFIELD, S.C. — Attorney General William P. Barr accused House Democrats on Monday of subpoenaing testimony from Robert S. Mueller III to “create some kind of public spectacle,” rather than elicit facts, pointing to Mr. Mueller’s declaration that he would discuss only the facts laid out in the Russia investigation report. “I don’t really feel
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Central bankers have a favorite mantra: Patch the roof while the sun is shining. But 10 years after the Federal Reserve worked alongside the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan to bring the global economy back from the brink, their ability to prevent the next downturn is limited. Whether the world’s central banks
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Image caption Prospect Park Hospital specialises in mental health illnesses A woman put too much food in her mouth when she choked to death while in the care of a mental health trust, an inquest heard. Pauline Parr collapsed aged 72 after suffocating on what is thought to have been a sandwich at Prospect Park
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Image copyright Getty Images Stranger Things’ return to Netflix has been massively popular, with the third instalment breaking the streaming service’s viewer records. More than 40 million households watched the show in its first four days, according to Netflix, with 18 million-plus already having finished all eight episodes. Netflix only recently started sharing viewing figures.
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For a day, Will Smith was in for quite a treat — teammates with Clayton Kershaw, Freddie Freeman and Christian Yelich. Soon, the San Francisco reliever could be playing with one of them for real. Smith went into the All-Star Game on Tuesday night well aware his days with the last-place Giants might be dwindling.
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WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that he was installing a human rights advisory panel in the State Department, and named a conservative law professor as its chairwoman, to review and tighten the agency’s definition of human rights and ensure it is grounded in the “nation’s founding principles” and a 1948 United
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Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday in quiet trading as investors awaited signs of what might be ahead for U.S. interest rates. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 inched up 0.1% to finish at 21,565.15, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dipped 0.1% to 6,665.70. South Korea’s Kospi lost 0.6% to 2,052.03. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.7% to
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More than 100 women have driven tractors decked out in bright pink to raise money for breast cancer research. The annual Pink Ladies’ Tractor Run through 20 miles (32km) of Norfolk countryside featured 118 farm vehicles, all driven by women who have been affected by cancer. Breast cancer survivor Lynne Ainge, 57, from Brome on
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Kim Kardashian West hasn’t really apologized for initially naming her forthcoming shapewear line “Kimono,” but in an interview with WSJ Magazine, she sought to explain the reasoning for the misstep. “You would think we would have obviously thought it through a little bit deeper,” Kardashian West told the magazine, per People. She had faced accusations of cultural
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