August 2019

McLaren to return to full-time IndyCar racing in 2020

McLaren will return to full-time IndyCar competition next season for the first time since 1979 in a partnership with existing team Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. The new venture will be renamed Arrow McLaren Racing SP and rely on Arrow SPM’s current infrastructure. McLaren will be responsible for technical expertise, commercial experience and marketing. It will

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Region hit hard by opioids embraces jail-based treatment

As western Massachusetts struggles with a dramatic spike in fatal overdoses, officials are embracing a controversial solution: sending men who have not committed any crimes to jails and prisons for court-ordered addiction treatment. Hampden County Sheriff Thomas Cocchi has designated a wing of his jail for the treatment of men civilly committed for substance abuse

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Miriam Rivera, reality TV’s first trans star, found dead at 38

Image copyright Shutterstock Image caption Miriam Rivera wooed six men on Ibiza for the TV show before revealing her secret Miriam Rivera, the star of 2004 dating show There’s Something About Miriam, which revealed she was transgender at the end of the series, has died. The Mexican model died in February, but the news has

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Powerful New Doc ‘One Child Nation’ Examines What Happens When Women Lack Choice

From 1979 to 2015, officials in China enforced a one-child policy as a method of population control, subjecting women to forced abortions and sterilizations and punishing those who refused to comply. Some women were tied up and dragged; many had their homes demolished and their possessions seized.  This dark chapter of history is vividly reexamined

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Huawei Unveils Harmony, Its Answer to Android, in Survival Bid

DONGGUAN, China — Huawei, the Chinese technology giant, on Friday unveiled its own mobile operating system, Harmony, in an effort to ensure that its fast-growing smartphone business can survive the United States government’s clampdown on the firm. Huawei has been at the mercy of the Trump administration for the past three months, ever since the

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