Image copyright Getty Images Wage growth in the UK picked up to 3.9% in the year to June, the highest rate for 11 years, according to Office for National Statistics figures. However, the unemployment rate in the April-to-June period edged up slightly to 3.9%. The employment rate was estimated at 76.1%, the joint highest since […]
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The Tampa Bay Rays are 20 games over .500 for the first time since the 2013 season, and are feeling pretty good about themselves. Avisaíl García had a two-run home run among his three hits and Matt Duffy had four hits and three RBIs for the Rays, who benefited from a Padres bullpen meltdown in
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HONG KONG — Anti-government demonstrators staged another protest at Hong Kong’s airport on Tuesday, as the city’s embattled leader pleaded for order after days of escalating chaos, mass flight cancellations and violent street clashes. The latest demonstration came a day after protesters stormed the cavernous arrivals and departures halls at Hong Kong International Airport, effectively
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Seattle coach Dan Hughes knows that his team’s upcoming game against Minnesota will be more emotional for him than many other games this season. It’s the Storm’s annual Breast Health Awareness night. While breast cancer survivors will be honored at Sunday’s game, it has special meaning for Hughes, who had a cancerous tumor in his
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Back in New York, Ms. Cabán said she learned that her father had succumbed to alcohol again. It was an all-too-familiar cycle for the family: Ms. Cabán said that her maternal grandfather, Nestor Nazario, a Korean War veteran who had earned a purple heart, was also an alcoholic, and was prone to being physically abusive.
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Parents said they spent hundreds of pounds per child on their school uniform It’s the time of year when many parents are buying their children’s school uniform – which some say can cost in excess of £200. Do schools need to relax their rules on branded clothing to help
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Mitch Keller was barely a teenager when a hotshot outfielder from downstate New Jersey joined his hometown Cedar Rapids Kernels. Keller immediately became an enormous fan of Mike Trout, and he cheered on the Angels from Iowa while his favorite player rose to the top of their sport. Keller finally stepped onto the same field
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WASHINGTON — The head of the Pentagon’s Special Operations Command has ordered a wide-ranging review into the culture and ethics of the elite military forces, after several reports of drug use, violence and other misconduct. The unusual review ordered by the four-star officer, Gen. Richard D. Clarke, and announced Monday by his command, comes amid
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Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Tuesday amid anxiety the U.S.-Chinese trade war will hurt already slowing global economic growth. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Australia all retreated. Markets in Japan, India and Southeast Asia were reopening following holidays. Investor anxiety has been fed by President Donald Trump’s threat of new U.S.
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Jim Gavin was feeling lonely when he signed up for an adult education class at UCLA to learn more about writing. At 29 years old, he had been working in plumbing sales in Long Beach, California, and he longed to “meet people who cared about some of the things I cared about.” Then his journey
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