Ford is recalling more than 300,000 of its 2017 Ford Explorer vehicles because of a sharp seat frame edge. The automaker said Friday that there have been 31 reports of hand injuries. Ford Motor Co. said users could come in contact with the sharp edges when reaching between the power front seat and center console. […]
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A fire raced through a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, forcing staff to wheel patients into the streets on beds or in wheelchairs and leaving at least 11 people dead, Brazilian officials said Friday. Four firefighters were hospitalized after battling the overnight blaze at Badim Hospital and about 90 patients were transferred to other hospitals,
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Image copyright BBC/Love Productions Image caption The first series of The Great Pottery Throw Down aired in 2015 Channel 4 is to resurrect The Great Pottery Throw Down after the show was axed by the BBC. The pottery programme was on BBC Two for two series from 2015, hosted by Sara Cox, but was cancelled
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Image copyright WeWork Office space company WeWork says it is changing its corporate structure in a bid to allay investor fears that have put its stock market debut in doubt. Its parent firm, the We Company, said it was reducing the voting power of founder and chief executive Adam Neumann, among other changes. The move
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House lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech are asking Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple for a broad range of documents including internal communications. Letters went out to the four companies on Friday from the leaders of the House Judiciary Committee and its subcommittee on antitrust, which has been conducting a sweeping antitrust investigation
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A public memorial is planned at Oklahoma State University to honor the late T. Boone Pickens, who donated hundreds of millions of dollars to his alma mater during his lifetime. Pickens died Wednesday in Dallas at age 91. OSU says the university will honor Pickens on Sept. 25 at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater. Pickens said
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BALTIMORE — Moments after Democrats took the debate stage on Thursday night, President Trump delivered a rambling and disjointed 68-minute speech accusing the news media and the “radical left” of wanting to destroy America. “Whether you like me or not, it doesn’t matter,” Mr. Trump told an audience of Republican House lawmakers at a conference
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But will the acquiring firms push their advisers to sell clients products that earn higher fees? That’s a hard one to answer, since no firm is going to admit that’s the plan, and because what you get for your money matters, too. David Barton, vice chairman of Mercer Advisors, has been acquiring smaller advisers —
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Owen Carey was celebrating his 18th birthday when he died The family of a teenager with a dairy allergy who died after he unwittingly ate buttermilk in a burger restaurant have called for a change in the law. Owen Carey ordered grilled chicken at Byron burger at the O2
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Fat chance that James Corden was going to let Bill Maher off the hook for his remarks about obesity. “The Late Late Show” host launched a funny counter-attack on Thursday with serious impact. (See it above.) Maher, who hosts his own talk show on HBO, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” last week did a bit
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