December 2019

Documents: Mining company writing own environmental report

Travel /

BOISE, Idaho — Documents show the U.S. Forest Service allowing a Canadian company to write a key environmental report on its proposed open-pit gold mines in central Idaho after the Trump administration became involved. The documents obtained by conservation group Earthworks show British Columbia-based Midas Gold’s lobbying efforts after initial rebuffs from the Forest Service. […]

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To Prevent Deadly Infections, F.D.A. Approves the First Disposable ‘Scope’

Technology /

Following a series of deadly outbreaks in hospitals around the country, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first fully disposable version of the medical device implicated in the infections. Reusable versions of the device — a long, snakelike tube with a fiber-optic camera at one end, called a duodenoscope — are inserted

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Despite Her ‘Be Best’ Campaign, Melania Trump Stays Mum as Husband Mocks Greta Thunberg

Politics /

WASHINGTON — Melania Trump, who last year promoted anti-cyberbullying tips as part of her child-focused kindness campaign called “Be Best,” sidestepped any comment Friday on President Trump’s recent decision to mock Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist, on Twitter. “‘Be Best’ is the first lady’s initiative, and she will continue to use it to do

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Swarovski crystals, $900 cabernet and a Buttigieg fundraiser

Finance /

WASHINGTON — The Hall Rutherford wine caves in the hills of California’s Napa Valley boast a chandelier with 1,500 Swarovski crystals, an onyx banquet table to reflect its luminescence and bottles of cabernet sauvignon that sell for as much as $900. It is also where Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic presidential candidate, will dine privately with

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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘In The Heights’ Trailer Celebrates Latinx Stories On The Big Screen

Entertainment /

Piraguas, acrylic nails and the GWB! The first full-length trailer of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s upcoming “In The Heights” film has dropped, and for fans of the hit Broadway show, which the movie is based on, it feels like they’ve won the lottery. “Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon Chu has joined Miranda in recreating the Grammy and

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Quadriga: Lawyers for users of bankrupt crypto firm seek exhumation of founder

Business /

Image copyright Facebook/Quadriga Image caption Gerald Cotten was the only person who had passwords to QuadrigaCX digital wallets Lawyers representing users of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX are asking Canadian authorities to exhume the body of its founder. They say they want an exhumation given “questionable circumstances” surrounding his death. Gerald Cotten died suddenly last year

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