A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a group of people who lost federal disability benefits after their lawyer was arrested for fraud. The suit filed Friday in eastern Kentucky aims to revive the cases of about 500 people who most likely gave up the legal fight after the government began revoking […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption The awards will be under review The Brit Awards say they will review the way they distribute prizes, with one option being the abolition of separate male and female categories. But reports that gendered awards have already been axed are “based on rumour and speculation”, organisers said. “We can
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Greta Thunberg told world leaders that her generation would never forgive them if they failed to combat climate change. Some 60 world leaders were taking part in the one-day meeting organised by the United Nations. But the famous teenage climate activist admonished those assembled for their lack of action. “These numbers are too uncomfortable, and
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“They were never very good at digital,” said Rafat Ali, the chief executive of Skift, a New York-based media company that provides research and marketing services for the travel industry, “that’s fair to say.” Problem #2: Declining interest in package tours “The package holiday market has gotten squeezed because it is so much easier for
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At the edge of an ancient lava flow where jagged black rocks meet the Pacific, small off-the-grid homes overlook the calm blue waters of Papa Bay on Hawaii’s Big Island — no tourists or hotels in sight. Here, one of the islands’ most abundant and vibrant coral reefs thrives just below the surface. Yet even
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It feels like the 1990s again in IndyCar, which closed its season with a throwback tour to a pair of treasured old haunts, a compelling championship race and a rookie class that proved the little series can still attract top talent. Is IndyCar back? Not exactly. But the slow rebuild back to relevancy took another
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Over the weekend, Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said it would be “good for the country” if the president could share more information about his interactions with Ukraine. Senator Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, was harsher. “If the president asked or pressured Ukraine’s
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption As the new term begins, students are being told to recognise the seriousness of the risks of drinking Students starting university are being warned about the dangers of initiation events which involve drinking excessive amounts of alcohol. The Universities UK project wants students to learn from the death of
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Jharrel Jerome made history Sunday night with his Emmy win for playing Korey Wise in Ava DuVernay’s Netflix show “When They See Us.” Jerome received the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his work playing one of the so-called Exonerated Five, a group of Black and Latino teenagers who were
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Thomas Cook employees have been reacting to the company’s collapse. The travel firm went into liquidation after last-ditch talks to raise fresh funding failed, leaving 22,000 jobs at risk worldwide – 9,000 of them in the UK. Ella Waine, pictured in her uniform, says she heard the news from a passenger while they were on
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