Ira A. Lipman, who founded one of the first major private security companies and, long before 9/11, gave prescient advice on safeguarding airport passengers from terrorists, died on Sept. 16 in Manhattan. He was 78. The cause was complications of lymphoma, his son Gustave Lipman said. As president and chairman of Guardsmark, Mr. Lipman commanded […]
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When the world track and field championships opened in the Middle East for the first time Friday, there were some noticeable absences: Usain Bolt, Caster Semenya, Russian flags and fans. The 40,000-seat stadium — the first open-air venue of its kind with air conditioning — was cooling thousands of empty seats Friday night, many of
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WASHINGTON — House Democrats, kick-starting their impeachment inquiry into President Trump, subpoenaed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, demanding he produce a tranche of documents related to the president’s dealings with Ukraine. Separately, they instructed him to make five State Department officials available for depositions in the coming two weeks. A failure to do
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A mother whose newborn son died from sepsis after complications during pregnancy has described the moment she was faced with turning off life support. Beth Deacon-Bates’s baby Roy died in hospital in Norwich earlier this year, five days after he was born prematurely at Colchester Hospital. She had raised concerns about heavy bleeding. She said:
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Michelle Obama gave high praise to Meghan Markle in a sweet Instagram on Thursday, calling the Duchess of Sussex “a thoughtful leader who is breaking the mold and making our world better for it.” The duchess and Prince Harry, now on a 10-day royal tour of South Africa with their baby son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor,
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Aaron Judge had the top-selling jersey in Major League Baseball for the third consecutive season. The New York Yankees slugger beat out Bryce Harper, according to results released Friday by MLB. Judge maintained the top spot despite missing more than a third of the season. The 2017 AL Rookie of the Year entered Friday batting
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said on Friday that National Security Council lawyers made the decision about how to handle the record of President Trump’s July 25 phone call with the president of Ukraine, which a whistle-blower says was placed into a highly classified computer system accessible to only a small number of officials. “N.S.C.
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Some items in your medicine cabinet are staples that belong there, like a first aid kit, tweezers and eye drops. But are there some items that shouldn’t be stored in your bathroom cupboard? Medical experts say yes. We surveyed nurses to get their take on what they would never keep in their own medicine cabinets
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Image copyright Alamy Spider-Man fans are rejoicing after Sony Pictures and Marvel announced a third Spider-Man film with Tom Holland, allaying fears that the two companies had parted company. In August, Sony said it was “disappointed” not to be working with Disney on future Spider-Man films amid reports that they could not reach a fresh
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Alibaba listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014 The White House is reportedly considering de-listing Chinese companies from US stock exchanges as part of a broader effort to curb US investment in China. The US is also said to be looking at limiting the ability of government pension
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