August 2019

Virginia’s top mental health official dies after crash

Virginia’s top mental health official has died from injuries he suffered in a three-car crash in which an 18-year-old woman was killed. Gov. Ralph Northam spokeswoman Alena Yarmosky said on Friday that the family of 52-year-old Dr. S. Hughes Melton notified the governor of his death. Melton was commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health […]

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Broadband chiefs fire back at PM’s full-fibre internet pledge

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The new Prime Minister has lamented that the UK falls far behind Spain in terms of the number of homes with access to full-fibre internet The UK’s telecoms industry has issued the Prime Minister a challenge of its own after Boris Johnson said he wanted full-fibre broadband “for all”

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Trump Officials Argued Over Asylum Deal With Guatemala. Now Both Countries Must Make It Work.

WASHINGTON — President Trump struck an agreement last week to require thousands of Central American migrants to seek asylum in Guatemala before coming to the United States. But the White House ceremony to hail what the president called a “landmark” measure — one that could transform the American immigration system — almost did not happen.

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The ‘microworkers’ making your digital life possible

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWho are the “microworkers” behind your digital life? “I used to have an office but sadly I had to close it down,” says former dentist Michelle Muñoz of her life amid crisis-hit Venezuela. With a collapsed economy and hyperinflation, “people don’t have enough money to afford a

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Head of Brazil deforestation monitor out amid Bolsonaro ire

The head of Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research left his position Friday amid criticism by President Jair Bolsonaro about the agency’s reports on deforestation in the Amazon. After meeting with the country’s minister of science and technology, Ricardo Galvao said his mandate would be terminated before the end of his term next year due

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Carmelo Anthony Got Candid About Release From Rockets: ‘I Didn’t Like How That Went Down’

Carmelo Anthony got candid about his release from the Houston Rockets.  The NBA star sat down with Stephen A. Smith on ESPN’s “First Take” to discuss his free agency following his time with the team. The decorated forward told the host he “didn’t understand” where his release came from, explaining that he “never missed a

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