Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Wednesday as the euphoria from President Donald Trump’s truce with China’s Xi Jinping on trade faded. The retreat followed yet another all-time high for the S&P 500 index, though trading in U.S. markets has been subdued ahead of an early closure on Wednesday for the July 4 holiday. […]
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Charities have warned a lack of staff to help people adapt to sight loss is putting them at risk of falls and burns. Rehabilitation Officers for Visually Impaired (ROVIs) help people adapt to daily tasks such as cooking, cleaning and crossing the road, when their sight deteriorates. Charity guidelines suggest people with sight loss should
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Ava DuVernay recently revealed on Twitter that her mother, Darlene Maye, had a cameo in her acclaimed limited Netflix series, “When They See Us.” The director wrote on Thursday that her mom makes a brief appearance in part two of the series, which spotlights the lives of the five black and Latino teenagers, now men, who
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All night long, Michael Conforto had chances to come through. Once he finally did, the New York Mets were riding high at Citi Field. Conforto busted out of his slump in a big way, hitting a two-run double that snapped an eighth-inning tie and lifted the Mets over the New York Yankees 4-2 on Tuesday.
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• President Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee said they had raised $105 million in the second quarter, signaling that the president will have vastly more resources than he did in 2016. Campaign officials said 725,000 individual supporters gave an average donation of $48, marking the first time the R.N.C. attracted a larger
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There are plenty of Fourth of July sales going on this week worth talking about, but there’s one annual markdown that has really captured our attention. Below, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite pieces from the sale. Things are selling out faster than folks can check out, so don’t wait if you spot something
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Jeremy Renner’s new song has some people humming and others going “Hmmmm.” That’s because the song is called “Heaven (Don’t Have A Name),” despite the millions of people who refer to this apparently nameless place as, well, “heaven.” The Dutch DJ Sam Feldt first released the ditty back in October with Renner as the featured singer, according
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U.S. Border Patrol agents are under fire for posting offensive messages in a “secret” Facebook group that included sexually explicit posts about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and dismissive references to the deaths of migrants in U.S. custody. The existence of that group was reported Monday by ProPublica . Prior to that, few people outside the
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Adam Frazier is enjoying his return to the leadoff spot for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The second baseman hit a three-run home run off Chicago’s Mike Montgomery after a long rain delay to lead the Pirates to a 5-1 victory over the Cubs on Tuesday night. One game after tying a major league record by clubbing
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Mr. Ebell’s C.E.I. and other groups have previously received funding from the fuel-manufacturers’ organization, though as a nonprofit, the C.E.I. is not required under law to disclose its donors, making it difficult to verify current funding. Last month, Congress opened an investigation into petroleum companies’ involvement in the rollback. The latest emails also show Trump
