James Hinchcliffe said he was “shocked” to learn Arrow McLaren SP was dumping him from his 2020 seat in the IndyCar Seriesthis week. Hinchcliffe first joined Sam Schmidt’s team in 2015 and had repeated public assurances that the final year of his contract would be honored even after McLaren partnered with the team for next […]
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A row has broken out in the Commons between an MP and the Speaker over the handling of Keith Vaz’s suspension. Labour MP Mr Vaz was found by the Commons Standards Committee to have “disregarded” the law by “expressing a willingness” to help buy cocaine for male prostitutes – and has now been suspended for
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Twitter announced an end Wednesday to political campaign and issue ads on its service, calling it an important step in reducing the flow of election-related misinformation. But some of its users might face an unintended consequence or two. Among those potentially affected could be public-interest nonprofits eager to reach an audience larger than their official
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One woman in her 80s tripped over another resident who had fallen on the landing in a steep stairwell. Others got disoriented, even in their own apartments, and cried out for help. At least 20 seniors with wheelchairs and walkers were essentially trapped, in the dark, in a low-income apartment complex in Northern California during
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Antony Cotton plays Sean Tully in Coronation Street Coronation Street actor Antony Cotton has settled phone-hacking claims against News Group Newspapers (NGN). The publisher of The Sun and the now-defunct News of the World has paid “substantial” damages to Cotton as part of the settlement. Actor Mark Womack and
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1. A few weeks ago, Neelam, a high school senior, was sitting in class at her Catholic school in Chicago. After her teacher left the room, a classmate began playing “Bump N’ Grind,” an R. Kelly song. Neelam, 17, had recently watched the documentary series “Surviving R. Kelly” with her mother. She said it had
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Tension between the Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid and the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns boiled over into a brawl during their NBA game in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Towns perhaps got the worst of it ― but it wasn’t at the hands of Embiid. Sixers teammate Ben Simmons rushed in to help and grabbed Towns in a
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Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected to roll back an Obama-era regulation that was to limit emissions of heavy metals like arsenic, lead, mercury and other toxins from coal-fired power plants, according to two people familiar with the plans.
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Total antibiotic consumption in England has been coming down since 2014 There has been a 17% drop in the number of prescriptions for antibiotics written by GPs in England over the past five years, latest figures show. But antibiotic-resistant infections are still rising – up 9% between 2017 and
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Kevin Hart rocked one of The Rock’s iconic looks for Halloween ― complete with fanny pack, turtleneck and silver chains. Hart channeled that ’90s snap of his fellow actor and friend Dwayne Johnson for a skit promoting their upcoming movie “Jumanji: The Next Level” that he shared online Wednesday. Johnson dishes out candy to trick
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