November 2019

In ‘Hyde Country,’ Voters Warily Eye Impeachment, and Fear Its Aftermath

GLEN ELLYN, Ill. — Anna Schroeder was making dinner in her Hinsdale home in this stretch of the Chicago suburbs this year when her 8-year-old son interrupted to ask a question about the impeachment news blaring in the background: Does this mean President Trump is a bad guy? “We don’t know, but this is what people […]

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Hilaria Baldwin Has Second Miscarriage, Says She’s ‘Devastated’

Hilaria Baldwin revealed Monday that she had her second miscarriage this year. Baldwin, a yoga instructor, announced in September that she and husband Alec Baldwin were expecting, but a scan on Monday left her “devastated,” she said. “We are very sad to share that today we learned that our baby passed away at 4 months,”

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Australia bushfires: ‘It’s like fireballs exploding in the air’

Australia’s bushfires are still raging out of control, sweeping into towns and prompting thousands to flee from their homes. At least five people have died this fire season and authorities are bracing for possible further tragedies. Carol Sparks, the mayor of Glen Innes in New South Wales, spoke to the BBC about the horrific scenes

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On the Internet, No One Knows You’re Not Rich. Except This Account.

In February, an Instagram account called @BallerBusters cropped up and began wreaking havoc on the flashy Instagram entrepreneur community. Its goal: To expose phony entrepreneurs. Using a mix of screen-shotted receipts, memes and crowdsourced information from followers, the account seeks out people who don’t “act their wage.” Often, these are people who call themselves entrepreneurs

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General election 2019: Timing of cyber attack ‘suspicious’

The Labour Party says it has successfully defeated a cyber-attack targeted at its digital platforms. Labour said the attack “failed” because of the party’s “robust” security system and no data breach had occurred. The Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack floods a computer server with traffic to try to take it offline. Speaking in Blackpool,

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Children ‘become less active during primary years’

Image copyright Getty Images Children’s physical activity levels drop significantly during their primary school years, research finds. The Bristol University study found that between the ages of six and 11, children became 17 minutes less active a week with every year. Researchers monitored the physical activity of 2,132 children from 57 schools across the South

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