The Latest on California bill allowing college athletes to sign endorsement deals (all times local): 4:25 p.m. Lawmakers have sent the governor a bill to allow athletes at California colleges to hire agents and sign endorsement deals. It sets up a confrontation with the NCAA that could jeopardize the athletic futures of powerhouse programs like […]
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WASHINGTON — As Democrats make an aggressive push for new gun control legislation, they have made a calculated decision to stop short of pursuing their most ambitious goal: an assault weapons ban. The overwhelming majority of House Democrats — 211, seven shy of the 218 needed for passage — are co-sponsoring legislation to ban military-style
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Unhealthy lifestyles remain a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes The number of new cases of type 2 diabetes could be stabilising, or even falling, a study suggests. The analysis looked at 47 studies from the mid-1960s up to 2014, mainly from the US and Canada and countries
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Jordan Peele has been selected to receive a Britannia Award, the highest accolade presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles. The “Us” writer-director will be honored with the John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing, the academy announced on Wednesday. Peele joins other stars who will be honored at
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Tim Cook went into full salesman mode at Apple’s promotional event on Tuesday as he revealed the price for a monthly subscription for its streaming service, Apple TV Plus. “All — all — of these incredible shows for the price of a single movie rental,” Mr. Cook, Apple’s chief executive, said. “This is crazy.” Apple
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The Milwaukee Brewers say there’s no update yet on Christian Yelich’s broken right kneecap. Yelich was back in Milwaukee on Wednesday for further tests, a day after the reigning NL MVP was hurt when he fouled a ball off himself during a game in Miami. “The hope is we can provide an update (Thursday),” Brewers
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Judge Tigar said his ruling applied across the nation. Such nationwide injunctions have been the subject of much criticism, but the Supreme Court has never issued a definitive ruling on whether and when they are proper. When Judge Tigar blocked a different aspect of the administration’s asylum policies in November, Mr. Trump criticized the ruling,
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WASHINGTON — The world has gone topsy-turvy. President Trump invited, and then disinvited, the Taliban to Camp David. Taylor Swift is in a long-term relationship, and Popeyes put its fried chicken on a bun. Now Mr. Trump wants the Federal Reserve to join everyone else in the upside down that is 2019. The president said
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In the early days of your romantic relationship, you may have felt magnetically drawn to your partner. The conversations were stimulating, their little quirks made them even more endearing, and you just couldn’t keep your hands off each other. But to assume you can easily sustain those feelings year after year is wishful thinking. “In
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Renee Zellweger has previously starred in Chicago and the Bridget Jones films A new film based on the life of Judy Garland has been warmly welcomed at the Toronto Film Festival. Renee Zellweger plays the titular role in Judy, which is released in the UK next month. Set in
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