WASHINGTON — An American soldier died during a combat operation on Thursday in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said, the third in just over a week. The soldier, a member of the Army Special Forces, died in Zabul Province, in the country’s southeast, after disembarking a helicopter at the start of a joint mission with Afghan […]
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The Ohio doctor charged with murder in the deaths of 25 hospital patients is suing his former employer’s parent company for not covering his criminal defense costs, as it has in dozens of related civil cases. William Husel’s (HYOO’-suhl) federal lawsuit argues his professional liability insurance should cover the defense expenses. His complaint says that
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sophisticated computer code was used to scour global pirate sites for content to download Eight men who allegedly ran pirate streaming services that claimed to offer more content than Netflix have been indicted in the US. Jetflicks and iStreamItAll claimed to be used by thousands of subscribers and allegedly
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A published report says Google will pay at least $150 million to settle a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission over how it treats information from children on its video streaming site, YouTube. Politico reported Friday that the company will pay $150 million to $200 million to settle the complaint. The report says the FTC
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The State Medical Board of Ohio ignored credible evidence in 1996 that an Ohio State University team doctor had been sexually abusing male students through genital exams for years and missed a chance to stop him, the governor and a review panel announced Friday. A state working group that reviewed the old investigation said it
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“Foreign government spending on U.S. schools is effectively a black hole,” the report concluded. The same month, Education Department officials revealed in congressional testimony that fewer than 3 percent of 3,700 higher education institutions that receive foreign funding reported receiving foreign gifts or contracts exceeding $250,000. The investigations are the latest example of how colleges
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The luxury condominium and apartment market is in the midst of an amenities war. Pools, playrooms and yoga studios have become commonplace, forcing developers to offer even more lavish add-ons or risk losing prospective buyers willing to pay millions of dollars. A residents-only restaurant on the 50th floor? A Boston development has that. Not to
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Hurricane Dorian skirted Puerto Rico Wednesday as it moved northward, on pace to make landfall in Florida by Monday morning, strengthening as it does so. The National Hurricane Center warned Thursday that Dorian could swell into a Category 4 storm in the next 72 hours, with winds around 130 mph. Those winds could potentially begin to
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Many people on Twitter have recently discovered that they’re very attracted to Joshua Dela Cruz, the new host of Nickelodeon’s “Blue’s Clues” reboot, and it’s led to some pretty horny tweets. While the network announced the casting of Dela Cruz on the show “Blue’s Clues & You” last fall and released a sneak peek in
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Image copyright Rausing family Hans Rausing, the Swedish billionaire who helped build Tetra Pak into a global giant, has died aged 93. He ran the cardboard packaging firm from 1950 until 1995 when he sold his share in the business to his brother. The family’s fortune, estimated by Forbes at $12bn (£9.8bn), has supported philanthropic
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