As corporate giants like Ford, G.M. and Waymo struggle to get their self-driving cars on the road, a team of researchers in China is rethinking autonomous transportation using a souped-up bicycle. This bike can roll over a bump on its own, staying perfectly upright. When the man walking just behind it says “left,” it turns […]
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Gil Brandt is finally going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, nearly three decades after Tom Landry and Tex Schramm were enshrined a year apart for their roles in the rise of America’s Team, the Dallas Cowboys. If the former player personnel director who helped build one of the most iconic brands in sports,
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DETROIT — At Tuesday night’s debate, the moderate Democrats delivered a chorus of complaints, to little apparent effect: They argued single-payer health care would never work in America. They insisted that decriminalizing border crossings would be politically toxic. They accused the liberals of misunderstanding the economy and overlooking the essential conservatism of big parts of
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General Electric Co. swung to a loss during the second quarter of 2019, but its outlook improved as it continued to restructure the company and right its troubled power division. The company, which helps make engines for Boeing’s 737 Max planes, took a hit after the plane was grounded following two deadly crashes. GE lost
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Image caption Brain scans of the same person, eight years apart, reveal enlarged white areas (right) indicating alcohol damage Alcohol-related brain damage, a condition similar to dementia, is poorly understood and often missed by health professionals, a study by charity Alcohol Change UK says. And patients struggling with the “double stigma” of brain impairment and
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prince won his first Tony award in 1955 at the age of 27 Broadway director and producer Hal Prince has died at the age of 91, his publicist has confirmed. Prince made a significant contribution to Broadway musicals in the US and won 21 Tony Awards in his lifetime.
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Image copyright AFP Image caption The beard ban was deemed to infringe on “the right to one’s own image” Burger King workers in Catalonia will now be able to grow beards after local officials decided the company’s ban on facial hair violated the constitutional rights of staff. Authorities also ruled that ordering men and women
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Former Michigan State University president and current faculty member Lou Anna Simon, who is facing criminal charges in the Larry Nassar sex abuse case, plans to retire at the end of August with a $2.45 million payout. The university announced on Tuesday that Simon will retire on Aug. 31, 2019, after working at the school
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RACINE, Wis. — In this old manufacturing city that supported Hillary Clinton in 2016, dislike for President Trump runs wide and deep. Images of crying children at the Mexican border typically serve as Exhibit A on the list of grievances that Democratic voters cite against the president. Many of those same voters also express strong
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Americans juggle a lot of interest rates in their daily lives. They pay interest on car loans, credit card balances and mortgages. They earn interest, at least a little, on the money they save with banks. Technically speaking, Federal Reserve officials will not touch any of those rates when they announce what economists widely expect
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