Jimmy Carter is celebrating his 95th birthday, becoming the first U.S. president to reach that milestone as he continues his humanitarian work and occasionally wades back into politics and policy debates almost four decades after leaving office. Carter, who served from 1977-1981 and still lives in tiny Plains, Georgia, planned no public celebrations on Tuesday. […]
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The talk show host mocked the president’s frantic tweeting as the Ukraine whistleblower scandal closed in around him. (See the video above.) The comedian zeroed in on Trump’s “next illegal act” ― going after the whistleblower who reported that Trump pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe Biden and his son for his own political gain.
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Image copyright Getty Images The National Living Wage will rise to £10.50 an hour by 2025, the government has said. So, how high could the lowest wages actually go? What happens to the minimum wage already affects lots of low paid people – from bar staff to waiters and nursery nurses to sales assistants. But
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Justin Verlander didn’t intend to alter his pitching strategy, not after 14 seasons as a major league ace. But then the home runs stopped making sense. A long drive by Yankees slugger Aaron Judge? The Houston Astros ace can live with that. This season, though, was full of surprises. Like when spindly utility man Ehire
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WASHINGTON — The whistle-blower who revealed President Trump’s attempt to pressure Ukraine’s leader to open investigations that could benefit him politically also accused White House officials of essentially hiding a rough record of the conversation by placing it in the same highly restricted computer system for closely guarded government secrets. In his complaint, the whistle-blower
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“It is a complete scam,” said Alexander Bachuwa, a frequent traveler and consumer lawyer in Puerto Rico who writes the Points of Life travel blog. He advises using a currency app on your phone to estimate charges instead. Just say no to conversions. Always pay in the local currency for the lowest cost to you.
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Regular blood tests are typically used to monitor reactions to antibiotics and other drugs Seriously ill patients could get help to recover more quickly thanks to a sensor that uses tiny needles to monitor medication. A team at Imperial College, London, has developed the sensor that constantly samples patients’
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Image copyright PA Image caption This plaque is Marley’s first from English Heritage. Reggae legend Bob Marley has been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque at the London house he lived at when he finished recording the ground-breaking album Exodus. The plaque marks where Marley lived with his band the Wailers in 1977 at
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Image copyright Greggs High Street bakery chain Greggs is stockpiling pork so that production of its sausage rolls is guaranteed in the event of a no-deal Brexit. “We are preparing for the potential impact of the UK’s departure from the European Union by building stocks of key ingredients,” the firm said. Around 20% of a
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“To my mom’s credit she said, ‘That’s fine, do what you love; you have my support,’” said Mr. Yip, who went on to get a masters of architecture and an M.B.A. at the Georgia Institute of Technology before starting work at an architecture and design firm in Atlanta. “I was working 80 hours a week
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