Labour MP Neil Coyle has accused the prime minister of leading “a government of paralysis that has failed to tackle knife crime”. Responding at PMQs, Theresa May said too many lives were “being cut short” and futures “cruelly robbed” from the victims and families. She insisted the government was taking action to cut violent crime. […]
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Nora Lum, better known as Awkwafina, is making her dramatic acting debut in “The Farewell” this summer. But she’s been serving drama on the red carpet even before her show-stealing turn in last summer’s “Crazy Rich Asians.” With a willingness to take fashion risks and a penchant for bold colors, she has quickly become a
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Tom Holland is definitely in favor of making the Marvel Cinematic Universe a bit more diverse. The “Spider-Man: Far from Home” star told Britain’s Sunday Times that he’d “of course” be on board with his character identifying as gay in a future film. “I can’t talk about the future of the character because honestly I don’t
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The Italian airline Alitalia was fiercely criticized this week after releasing an advertisement on social media that featured an actor wearing blackface playing former President Barack Obama. The ad was one of four Italian-language videos made to promote the airline’s recently announced nonstop flight from Rome to Washington. Its other videos showed actors portraying President
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Broadcom has set its sights on acquiring a well-known name in cybersecurity software, in a further strategy shift after the Trump administration blocked it last year from purchasing another chip maker on national security grounds. The semiconductor giant is in advanced discussions to buy Symantec, which makes antivirus software and other products, two people briefed
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The Latest on NBA free agency (all times EDT): 5:35 p.m. A person familiar with the situation says the Detroit Pistons and Markieff Morris have agreed on a two-year contract. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the deal cannot be signed until Saturday. Morris has averaged 11.6 points
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WASHINGTON — President Trump is frustrated with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for mishandling the White House’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, according to an administration official, and said on Wednesday that he was “absolutely moving forward” with plans to add it despite a Supreme Court decision rejecting the move. It
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Lee Iacocca, the auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford’s lineup in the 1960s and became a corporate folk hero when he resurrected Chrysler 20 years later, has died in Bel Air, California. He was 94. Two former Chrysler executives who worked with him, Bud Liebler, the company’s former spokesman, and
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A federal judge says he will reconsider a jury’s $80 million damage award to a cancer victim who used Monsanto’s Roundup weed-killer. The San Francisco Chronicle reports U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said at a hearing Tuesday that he will reduce but not entirely eliminate punitive damages for what he called the company’s “reprehensible” conduct.
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Image copyright St Fagans Image caption Recent additions include a reconstructed Iron Age farmstead A Welsh museum made up of re-erected ancient buildings has been named museum of the year. St Fagans National Museum of History beat four other contenders to secure the £100,000 prize. The Cardiff museum completed a £30m redevelopment last year, adding
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