The royal family took a long trip down memory lane this week, sharing a clip of Queen Elizabeth II’s first televised Christmas address from 1957. “Today is another landmark because television has made it possible for many of you to see me in your homes on Christmas Day,” the queen said from the Sandringham estate in […]
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If you’re flying over Christmas or New Year’s, don’t expect room to stretch out on the plane December 10, 2019, 7:01 PM 2 min read Airlines are looking forward to another big Christmas and New Year’s season, with 3% more people flying in the U.S. than during last year’s holiday stretch. The trade group Airlines
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Federal officials have announced plans to raise $100 million to fund projects to restore seven significant coral reef sites in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary December 10, 2019, 8:31 PM 2 min read Federal officials have announced plans to raise $100 million to fund projects to restore seven significant coral reef sites in the
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This year’s College Football Hall of Fame class has no Heisman Trophy winners By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer December 10, 2019, 9:36 PM 5 min read Vince Young put up dizzying dual-threat numbers at Texas before it was common in college football. Arkansas’ Darren McFadden was one of the first great running
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WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Wednesday targeting what he sees as anti-Semitism on college campuses by threatening to withhold federal money from educational institutions that fail to combat discrimination, three administration officials said on Tuesday. The order will effectively interpret Judaism as a nationality, not just a religion, to
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The NHS in North-East England is making an effort to exploit the skills of doctors who arrived in the UK as refugees. But well-trained doctors from one country, who would love to practise here, are still having to spend their days working in factories or delivering pizzas, reports the BBC’s Emma Jane Kirby. Dr Yemane
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Singlehood, not space, may be the final frontier for actor William Shatner. TMZ is reporting that the 88-year-old “Star Trek” star has filed for divorce from his wife of 18 years, Elizabeth Shatner, 61. Shatner married his fourth wife in 2001 and she reportedly signed a prenup. The couple had no children, according to Page
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Sydney is cloaked in a thick haze as smoke from bushfires burning across New South Wales drifts into Australia’s most populated city. Landmarks like the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House have disappeared into the smog and people are being warned to say indoors. The BBC’s Phil Mercer says the smoke in the air
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A white rhino born last month at San Diego Zoo Safari Park has been named Future for what the baby represents to rhino conservation worldwide December 10, 2019, 7:50 PM 2 min read A white rhino born last month at San Diego Zoo Safari Park has been named Future for what the calf represents to
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MUMBAI, India — India is poised to pass its first major data protection law, placing new restrictions on how corporations can collect and use information from the country’s 1.3 billion people. The legislation, which is set to be introduced in Parliament this week after more than a year of discussion, builds on Europe’s recently enacted
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