This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Cheryl Bormann, a lawyer for one of the men accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, had made it through the two security checks necessary to enter the maximum-security courtroom when the hem on her black abaya […]
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Image caption Ellie Goulding started the decade by winning the BBC’s Sound of 2010 competition Pop star Ellie Goulding has scored the final number one of the decade, with her version of Joni Mitchell’s River. Her track dethrones LadBaby’s I Love Sausage Rolls, which plummets to number 57 after just one week on the chart.
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The Chicago Blackhawks are moving on without Brent Seabrook and Calvin de Haan after the defensemen were ruled out for the rest of the season because of injuries By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer December 27, 2019, 7:17 PM 4 min read CHICAGO — Reality set in for Jonathan Toews when he got to the
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Turkey’s president has unveiled prototypes of what he hopes will be the country’s first domestically produced car December 27, 2019, 4:59 PM 2 min read ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday unveiled prototypes of a domestically produced electric car, putting him closer to fulfilling a long-held dream of building Turkey’s first
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World employees who portray Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Donald Duck each filed police reports this month claiming they were inappropriately touched by tourists. The woman inside the Mickey Mouse costume went to the hospital with neck injuries caused by a grandmother patting the character’s head, while the employees
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Uber is increasing its footprint in the Pittsburgh area with the purchase of a $9.5 million parcel to be used as a new test track for self-driving cars December 27, 2019, 5:59 PM 1 min read PITTSBURGH — Uber is increasing its footprint in the Pittsburgh area with the purchase of a $9.5 million parcel
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He was the Fun Guy. The board man who got paid. He overcame injury to reclaim his rightful place as one of the very best basketball players on the planet. He conquered the NBA world for a second time, bringing a championship to Canada. And then he joined the Los Angeles Clippers, ready to start
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There are many factors that define a decade ― news events, works of entertainment, technological advancements, fashion trends and more. Perhaps nothing encapsulates all of these factors more than the words and phrases we use. As the decade comes to a close, we rounded up 20 words and phrases that rose to popular use and
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Image caption Artist Pete Fowler is famous for his striking Super Furry Animals album covers Super Furry Animals cover artist Pete Fowler is penning a comic about a bin that turns out to be an “inter-dimensional portal”. The painter and sculptor has “roughed out the start” to the fantasy, based on a bin in Bethnal
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Amazon is linked into the community in other ways that often end up benefiting Amazon. In 2016, the company donated 25 Kindle Fire tablets to Campbellsville kindergarten and first grade classrooms. It also donated $2,500 in “content.” The town schools are increasingly buying supplies from Amazon for a total of about $50,000 in the last
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