Image copyright Getty Images Jay-Z’s decision to partner with the NFL has been described as “cold-blooded”. Mark Geragos – the lawyer of American football player Colin Kaepernick – told ABC News that the deal “crosses the intellectual picket line”. Last week, the NFL announced that Jay-Z and his label Roc Nation had teamed up with […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Donald Trump called Fed chairman Jerome Powell “clueless” The US Federal Reserve debated cutting interest rates more aggressively last month, according to minutes from the central bank’s last meeting. Some officials pressed for a 0.5 percentage point cut, rather than the 0.25 percentage point reduction announced. Others resisted any
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Usher fell for it. So did Julia Roberts, Rob Lowe and Rick Perry, aka the guy in charge of overseeing America’s nuclear arsenal. The problem, of course: It’s not true. Claims that Facebook, or Instagram (which is owned by Facebook), is changing its terms of service and will make everything public unless users repost some
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The bleachers at Volunteer Stadium were nearly full when Kentucky took on Australia, but to outfielder Jackson Idlett, the whole thing felt low key. The pressure was off for the Monday morning game, and the butterflies had settled. Both teams were out of the running for the Little League World Series title after 0-2 starts.
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WASHINGTON — An American military drone was shot down on Tuesday in Yemen, southeast of the capital, Sana, officials said Wednesday, in the second such episode this summer. Iranian-backed Houthi forces claimed credit for the downing of the unmanned drone, an MQ-9 Reaper. In a statement on Wednesday, the United States Central Command said it
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How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Conor Dougherty, who covers economics from San Francisco, discussed the tech he’s using. What tech tools do you rely on most to do your reporting? This isn’t very remarkable or unexpected, but I spend a lot of time on
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Sexting is a universal language: Jeff Bezos does it (albeit awkwardly; remember THAT “I love you, alive girl” text?), Rihanna does it, teens do it (though it’s a smaller percentage than you’d think, given the worried headlines). The question of why we send dirty images and texts doesn’t have an easy answer: Can it all
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Tom Bergeron, longtime host of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” had hoped the hit show’s upcoming 28th season would be an apolitical corner of television for news-weary viewers. Things did not go his way. On Wednesday, the network announced that its contestant lineup would include Sean Spicer, who spent six months in 2017 occasionally screaming
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The government is launching a review into the HS2 high speed rail link. Billions have already been spent on the project. Phase 1 of the development between London and Birmingham is due to open at the end of 2026, with the second phase to Leeds and Manchester scheduled for completion by 2032-33. It is designed
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For two years, Robin McCrear wondered what happened to the last video footage her son recorded before he died. Her son, Richard Lee Ragland III, 22, drowned in June 2017 near a waterfall in Foster Falls State Park in Tennessee, she said. It was a devastating loss for Ms. McCrear, 51, who described her son
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