Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times Company was reinstated by a federal appellate court on Tuesday, with a three-judge panel ruling that a District Court judge was wrong to dismiss it two years ago. The case involves an editorial The New York Times published in June 2017. Ms. Palin, the former vice […]
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Image caption The latest series of Line of Duty was a ratings hit Watching programmes on a TV set is still the most popular way for UK audiences to watch television – but streaming is catching up. Traditional viewing – including catch-up within 28 days – still accounts for most TV watching, with an average
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Zack Wheeler ground up Miami over eight innings, Wilson Ramos and Pete Alonso homered, and the New York Mets beat the Marlins 5-0 Tuesday night for their 12th win in 13 games. The hard-charging Mets improved to 58-56 a night after surpassing the .500 mark for the first time since early May. New York has
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WASHINGTON — One of two charges against Gregory B. Craig, a former Obama White House official accused of lying to the Justice Department about his work at a prominent law firm on behalf of Ukraine’s government, was dismissed on Tuesday, days before his criminal trial was set to begin. Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the
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“We die. That may be the meaning of life,” Toni Morrison pronounced in her 1993 lecture for the Nobel Prize in Literature. “But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” Morrison, a writer who measured life more precisely and profoundly than any other, died at age 88 on Monday night. She
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Image copyright Rajant Image caption Could co-operating drones mimic the behaviour of bird flocks? When Bill Herz wants to know how his crops are doing, he launches a drone. He has nearly a thousand acres of corn and soybeans in LaSalle, eastern Illinois. “My drone has saved me time and energy,” he says. “I don’t
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A federal appeals court has rejected a settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging that Google spied on users’ online activity using tracking “cookies,” even when privacy settings were set to prevent the snooping. A three-judge panel ruled Tuesday that a Delaware judge erred in approving the settlement in 2017. The settlement called for Google to
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The Washington Redskins will become the first NFL team to have a gambling-focused telecast of their games, offering cash prizes to viewers who correctly predict in-game outcomes during the preseason. The telecasts on the regional cable network NBC Sports Washington will follow a formula established by the Redskins’ NBA neighbors, the Washington Wizards. The Wizards,
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WASHINGTON — President Trump will visit Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso on Wednesday in an attempt to deliver a message of national unity and healing to two cities scarred by mass shootings over the weekend and where many grieving residents hold him responsible for inflaming the country’s racial divisions. The president stands accused of embracing
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Image copyright Boardmasters/Alex Rawson Image caption Boardmasters is an annual music and surf festival in Newquay The Boardmasters music festival has been cancelled due to warnings of severe weather conditions. The three-day event headlined by the Wu-Tang Clan, Florence + The Machine and Foals, was to take place in Newquay, Cornwall this weekend. However, organisers
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