November 2019

Impeachment Inquiry Transcripts: Key Excerpts From William Taylor’s Testimony

Taylor kept detailed notes about his conversations on Ukraine. Page 45-46: “I’ve always kept careful notes, and I keep a little notebook where I take notes on conversations, in particular when I’m not in the office. So, in meetings with Ukrainian officials or when I’m out and I get a phone call and I can […]

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Colorado voters narrowly approve legalized sports betting

Colorado became the 19th U.S. state to legalize some form of sports betting as election officials tallied Wednesday a surprisingly close vote in which ballots for the measure narrowly surpassed “no” votes. More than 1.3 million Coloradans voted Tuesday on Proposition DD, a bipartisan ballot measure crafted by lawmakers that legalizes sports betting next year

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Family who fled Nazis lend collection of mini carvings to Austria

Image copyright Jewish Museum Vienna/Tom Juncker Image caption Edmund de Waal’s best-selling book told the story of the Ephrussis and their collection of Japanese figures Victor de Waal was 10 years old when he arrived in England as a refugee in 1939. His grandfather, Viktor von Ephrussi, was almost 80. The Jewish Ephrussi family had

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California Sues Facebook for Documents as State Reveals Privacy Investigation

WASHINGTON — California’s attorney general on Wednesday said he was conducting an investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices and accused it of failing to cooperate with the inquiry, in the company’s latest fight over how it treats user information. In a lawsuit filed by the attorney general, Xavier Becerra, the state said that over an 18-month

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Kentucky Republican Asks for Vote Recanvass As Democrats Push New Agendas

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Democrats in Kentucky and Virginia moved aggressively on Wednesday to lay claim to political power and push robust policy agendas on health care, education and other issues even as Republicans began a new fight over election results in Kentucky’s governor’s race. Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky, the Republican seeking re-election, formally asked

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A&E pressure causes ‘critical incident’ in Nottingham

Image copyright PA Media Image caption The trust’s emergency department is based at the Queen’s Medical Centre A hospital trust has declared a “critical incident” because of the “exceptional” pressure on A&E. Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH) runs the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) and City Hospital and has been on OPEL 4 – previously known

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