The Dallas Cowboys and Ezekiel Elliott have agreed on a $90 million, six-year contract extension that will make him the NFL’s highest-paid running back and end a holdout that lasted the entire preseason, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Wednesday. The breakthrough was finalized the morning of the team’s first full workout before […]
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How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Matthew Rosenberg, who covers political disinformation and is based in Washington, discussed the tech he’s using. You’re covering disinformation in politics ahead of the 2020 election. That’s a busy beat, aided by the prevalence of social media. Where to
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The U.S. trade deficit declined in July, including the gap with China that has been the focus of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the gap between the goods and services the U.S. buys and what it sells abroad fell 2.7% to $54 billion in July from June. Exports rose 0.6%
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is moving to make Michigan the first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes. The Democrat announced Wednesday that she ordered the state health department to issue emergency rules. They will prohibit the sale and misleading marketing of flavored nicotine vaping products. Whitmer says her No. 1 priority is keeping kids safe, and she
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Jimmy Fallon challenged some of the biggest names in tennis to sneak weird phrases into their media interviews at the U.S. Open. And they served up the odd expressions like the professionals that they are in a clip that aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Tonight Show.” Check out Andy Murray, Ashleigh Barty, Madison Keys, Karolina
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Hong Kong’s chief executive has announced a series of measures in response to months of unrest in the region. The highly controversial extradition bill which triggered the protests is to be withdrawn. The proposal, introduced in April, would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China. Full withdrawal is one of five key
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Two-thirds of all full-time employees in the United States are currently experiencing job burnout, according to a recent Gallup study. While we aren’t great at taking advantage of earned time off — a whopping 768 million vacation days go to waste every year — a survey by the American Psychological Association last year found that
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LONDON — In one of the first lawsuits to address the use of live facial recognition technology by governments, a British court ruled on Wednesday that police use of the systems is acceptable and does not violate privacy and human rights. The case has been closely watched by law enforcement agencies, privacy groups and government
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A group of Inter Milan “ultra” fans say monkey chants at soccer matches are not meant to be racist. The group posted a statement posted on its Facebook page after Cagliari supporters racially abused Inter striker Romelu Lukaku. The fan group “L’Urlo della Nord” — translated to “Scream of the North” — writes “we understand
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Shane Warne has said that the UK should just “get on with” Brexit, telling the Today programme: “Boris is good, everyone’s great, it’s a great country”. Asked if the Ashes could be a distraction from Brexit, the former Australian leg-spinner said that as an “outsider” he was amused by suggestions “people didn’t know what they
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