WASHINGTON — As the F.B.I. began looking into allegations of sexual assault against then-Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings last year, a Democratic senator wrote to the director of the F.B.I. saying he had “information relevant” to the inquiry, but the bureau apparently failed to follow up. The letter, sent early […]
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HOUSTON — Fixing the damage done by the drone attack on the Saudi oil processing plant may be the easy part. The hard part will be calming energy markets, where oil prices have jumped faster than at any time in over a decade. The attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq plant, which accounts for 5 percent
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You’re listening to your voicemail messages, and an alarming recording begins: Enforcement agencies to suspend your Social Security number on an immediate basis, as we have received suspicious trails of information in your name. The moment you receive this message, I need you to get back to me on my department division toll free number
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A team of dancers put on a show in Coventry suspended about 80ft in the air. The performance, with the theme Home, was aimed at encouraging audience members to look up and appreciate the architecture around them in the city centre, as well as the performance itself. Coventry University’s five-storey Alison Gingell Building was the
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“A particular challenge is that capacity varies depending on weather conditions,” Professor Hansen wrote, “and airlines tend to schedule assuming good conditions, so when conditions are not good (e.g. low visibility or thunderstorms), delays result.” Professor Hansen was the lead researcher nearly a decade ago on a study commissioned by the F.A.A. that found delays
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Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett has declined a pay raise offered by the school and instead asked school officials for additional compensation for his staff and program improvement. University officials said in a news release Monday that Bennett did sign a one-year contract extension, but instead of a pay hike for himself, the coach
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff, a Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times, served four years in the Marines and first deployed to Afghanistan in 2008, then again in 2009 at the beginning of the troop increase ordered by President Barack Obama. I don’t think there was ever a time when we thought we were winning or losing.
For a second straight time, the Federal Reserve is set to cut interest rates this week to try to protect the economy from the consequences of a global slowdown and President Donald Trump’s trade war with China. After that, no one — not even the Fed itself — seems sure what it will do. The
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It’s 10 a.m., and Dani Paluchniak is ready for her breakfast popcorn. Paluchniak is the president of Wabash Valley Farms, home of the Whirley Pop stove-top popcorn popper, and a morning popcorn break is part of the office routine. “I like to top my morning popcorn off with our French Toast Popcorn Seasoning or sometimes
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Superstar Pink took a moment during an April appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to gush about a beloved collaborator. “He’s great,” Pink said of Wrabel, with whom she co-wrote “90 Days,” a track on “Hurts 2B Human,” her latest album. “He’s an independent artist, and his dream is to make an album. I hope this is what
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