World champion Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time in the first practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Friday, while Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas’ session ended because of engine problems. It is another blow to Bottas, who is fighting for his Mercedes future. He crashed last weekend while chasing a podium position at the German […]
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The recent troubles for the Democratic campaign arm began almost immediately after the midterm elections, according to several officials familiar with the situation who discussed internal dynamics only on the condition of anonymity. Several high-ranking aides of color who had been brought to the committee by Representative Ben Ray Lujàn, Democrat of New Mexico, who
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Image copyright Los Angeles Philharmonic Association Image caption The LA Philharmonic will take centre stage at Tynecastle stadium later The LA Philharmonic will take centre stage at Tynecastle stadium later for the official start of the Edinburgh International Festival. About 15,000 free tickets were snapped up in 90 minutes for the free open air concert
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Virtual assistants are supposed to send audio to remote computer servers only if they hear a “wake” word Apple and Google are temporarily stopping workers listening to voice recordings captured by smart speakers and virtual assistants. It follows a Guardian report that third-party contractors used by Apple had heard
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Gerrit Cole didn’t lose a game in June or July and continued his remarkable run on the first day of August. Cole pitched one-run ball over seven innings and extended his winning streak to a career-best nine games as the Houston Astros beat the Indians 7-1 on Thursday, spoiling the Cleveland debut of Yasiel Puig
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Episode 8: ‘Hard Left’ Producer/Director Samantha Stark Many Democrats want their 2020 presidential nominee to do two things above all: Defeat Donald Trump and protect the planet from imminent environmental disaster. But liberal activists, party officials and even some of the candidates themselves disagree on how far left the party should go to successfully accomplish
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The Labor Department will release the hiring and unemployment figures for July at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. The monthly report provides one of the better snapshots of the state of the American economy. Here’s what to watch for: Wall Street analysts expect payrolls will have grown by 165,000 jobs last month, fewer than the thumping
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Overturn The Ban On Gay Scouts Karen Andresen’s son Ryan (pictured) had been in the Boy Scouts for more than a decade when he was rejected for its highest honour – The Eagle Award.<br> His scoutmaster refused to approve him for it after finding out Ryan was gay.<br> “It hurts me so much to watch
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Image copyright AFP European stock markets have fallen after the surprise decision by Donald Trump to impose new tariffs on a further $300bn of Chinese imports. The FTSE 100 and the leading indexes in France and Germany all fell by more than 2% each. The US president’s decision came after the latest round of bilateral
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Coaches, players and WNBA executives were thrilled with the show that Las Vegas put on for the All-Star Game last weekend. From an entertaining game to first-class entertainment, the Nevada city got rave reviews. “It was electric. It was positive. And I think we should have it here every year,” All-Star captain A’ja Wilson said.
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