October 2019

Bumpy road for Nationals manager leads to ‘beautiful place’

Nationals manager Dave Martinez is an optimistic sort, a live-in-the-moment guy who loves his mantras and his mottos, whether it’s telling players to “go 1-0 today” or to “stay in the fight.” Rough as things were when Washington was 19-31 and people were wondering whether Martinez was in over his head and might get fired, […]

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New Brexit deal: Four ways it’s different, one way it’s the same

The BBC’s Adam Fleming in Brussels compares the withdrawal agreement negotiated by Boris Johnson with the one negotiated by Theresa May. Ninety-five per cent of this revised deal is the same as Theresa May’s, which was crafted during two years of painstaking negotiations. But that one didn’t gain consent from the UK Parliament. This deal

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J&J agrees to $117M settlement over pelvic mesh devices

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to a $117 million multistate settlement over allegations it deceptively marketed its pelvic mesh products, which support women’s sagging pelvic organs. Ohio’s attorney general said Thursday an investigation found that J&J, the world’s biggest health products maker, violated state consumer protection laws by not fully disclosing the devices’ risks. Numerous

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The Way Kylie Jenner Woke Up Her Daughter From A Nap Has Become A Hilarious Meme

Kylie Jenner has created a storm of jokes on Twitter. Last week the 22-year-old reality star and makeup mogul released a video tour on YouTube of her Kylie Cosmetics office. The tour of her over-the-top space included a champagne vending machine, a bouquet of flowers made out of cash and M&M’s emblazoned with Jenner’s face.

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Space station’s 2 women prep for 1st all-female spacewalk

Men have floated out the hatch on all 420 spacewalks conducted over the past half-century. That changes Friday with spacewalk No. 421. NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will make “HERstory,” as NASA is calling it, with the first all-female spacewalk. All four men aboard the International Space Station will remain inside, as Koch

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Pence Announces Cease-Fire After Turkish Incursion in Syria

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s president agreed to halt his military invasion of northeast Syria on Thursday, following hours of negotiations with two top Trump administration officials, to allow Kurdish fighters to leave the area and avoid, for now, a onslaught that had threatened to prolong Syria’s civil war. The cease-fire would last for five days,

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