Andrew Luck was unique. He loved . He loves life even more. So when the 29-year-old Luck thought another long, laborious comeback journey jeopardized his future plans, he believed walking away from the sport and potentially hundreds of millions of dollars was the only logical choice. “For the last four years or so, I’ve been […]
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When starlight from billions of years ago zips across the universe and finally comes into focus on Earth, astronomers want their telescopes to be in the best locations possible to see what’s out there. Despite years of legal battles and months of protests by Native Hawaiian opponents, the international coalition that wants to build the
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The Cleveland Indians have been dealt a major blow at the worst time possible. Third baseman José Ramírez, whose hitting tear has aligned with Cleveland’s surge in the standings, needs surgery on his broken right hand and will be sidelined indefinitely as the Indians try to catch Minnesota in the AL Central or capture an
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Image copyright Reuters Reports that the US president regretted escalating the trade war with China have been misinterpreted, according to the White House. Donald Trump had earlier responded “Sure, why not?” when asked whether he had second thoughts about the move. The White House said Mr Trump’s answer was “misinterpreted… He regrets not raising the
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Drew Brees got in, marched down the field and got out. It was a breezy preseason debut for Brees, who threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Michael Thomas to cap his only drive, and the New Orleans Saints defeated the New York Jets 28-13 on Saturday night. “Any time you can go down and get
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When Liz O’Sullivan was hired at the New York City-based artificial intelligence company Clarifai in 2017, she felt lucky to find work at the intersection of two of her main interests: technology and ethics. Two years later, she found herself facing a moral dilemma. Clarifai was developing aerial photography and object detection tools as one
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The reigning NBA MVP is headed to the basketball World Cup. So are three other members of this past season’s All-NBA squad, and so is the starting center from the team that won the NBA championship a couple months ago. Most of those guys won’t be playing for the United States. The majority of America’s
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Image copyright Robert Opie Retro sweets are taking a bigger bite of the wider UK confectionery market – but what’s behind their growing popularity? What was your favourite sweet when you were growing up? Spangles, Opal Fruits, Black Jacks? Or were you more partial to a Sherbet Fountain, a Banjo or Jelly Tots? Whatever your
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He ambles through the sprawling house, through the trove of treasures from a most interesting life, taking one last look at the autographed baseballs and signed jerseys, boxing gloves and helmets, Olympic pins and an oil painting of Hank Aaron. Every memento comes with a story. Like Herschel Walker’s framed No. 34 jersey from his
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Joe Walsh, the conservative radio show host and former Republican lawmaker from Illinois who rode the 2010 Tea Party wave to serve one-term in Congress, announced on Sunday that he is running for president, challenging President Trump for the Republican nomination. Mr. Walsh announced his candidacy in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This
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