Essential oils can be traced back to ancient times, when people used them to make medicinal ointments, perfumes and possibly embalming fluids. While we may no longer use them to mummify loved ones, essential oils have made a major comeback in recent years as a popular and powerful natural-healing solution to various ailments and conditions. […]
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An appearance by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on “60 Minutes” Sunday was such an amazing pratfall that “The Daily Show” featured it in the ongoing segment “The Fantastic, Absolutely Tremendous Road to Impeachment.” McCarthy was asked for his reaction to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky discussing a planned purchase of Javelin missiles from the
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Image copyright Getty Images If you played a word-association game with the phrase “Silicon Valley”, you would be unlikely to come up with the phrase “tinned food”. Silicon Valley stands for cutting-edge technology, bold ideas that change the world. Nobody would say the tin can was cutting-edge technology, although the more literal-minded might make that
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Alaska’s northern fur seal population for three decades has been classified as depleted, but the marine mammals are showing up in growing numbers at an unlikely location _ a tiny island that forms the tip of an active undersea volcano. Vents on Bogoslof Island continue to spew mud, steam and sulfurous gases two years after
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Reilly Smith had two goals, Cody Glass scored the first of his career and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams. Mark Stone also scored for the Golden Knights. Marc-Andre Fleury, who was 2-1-0 with a 1.68 goals-against average and a .948
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Ed Buck, a Democratic donor and activist already facing charges in the death of one of two men who fatally overdosed at his West Hollywood apartment, now faces charges in the other. A federal grand jury indicted Mr. Buck, 65, on Wednesday on one count of distribution of methamphetamine resulting in death for the overdose
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Facebook’s CEO said his company is ready to “go to the mat” to stop Elizabeth Warren from breaking up tech giants. Amazon accused her of getting facts wrong. And some Democratic donors with ties to Wall Street have quietly said they’ll sit out the election or vote for President Donald Trump if Warren wins her
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A doctor who prosecutors said ran a medical practice in Virginia like an interstate drug distribution ring was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in prison for illegally prescribing opioids. Dr. Joel Smithers was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Abingdon. Judge James Jones sentenced Smithers to 40 years. He faced a mandatory minimum sentence of
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Rachel Maddow thinks the impeachment story is pretty straightforward to explain. On “The Late Show” Tuesday night, host Stephen Colbert asked the MSNBC personality if she could, as “America’s premier explainer,” give her take on the impeachment proceedings initiated against President Donald Trump last week. “Are you at all frustrated that the present scandal is so
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Image caption Abi Anderson (centre) with colleagues Shelley Matthews and Donna Kelly outside Downing Street. After 23 years with Thomas Cook, cabin crew member Abi Anderson learned over messaging app WhatsApp that last-ditch rescue talks to save the firm – and her job – had failed. About 9,000 staff in the UK were left jobless
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