SAN FRANCISCO — Gloria Rivera likes the freedom of freelance. She moved to San Diego from Peru in 2005 and has a bustling career as an interpreter and translator for doctors, courts and conferences. Now, as a new California law governing freelancers is set to take effect on Wednesday, her clients are wary. They are […]
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Conference races will heat up this week in the AP Top 25 following a holiday break By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer December 31, 2019, 6:57 AM 5 min read The holidays gave teams a chance to recover, recharge and reset from the first two months of the season. As the calendar flips to 2020,
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Some candidates were in for just a few months; others for almost the entire year. One left the race before most others even entered it. And now, at the end of 2019, a historically large field of presidential contenders has shrunk from more than two dozen to a slightly more manageable group of 18. Before
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Israel has began preliminary pumping of gas from a lucrative field in the Mediterranean Sea to its coastline rig, just days before it is to sign a a major pipeline deal with Greece and Cyprus December 31, 2019, 11:01 AM 2 min read JERUSALEM — Israel on Tuesday began preliminary pumping of gas from a
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Image copyright Cambridgeshire Police Image caption Benyamin Hussain had been on a night out at the Revolution bar in Cambridge The family of a teenager who died on a night out has warned about “the damage that one punch can do”. Benyamin Hussain, 18, died from a catastrophic brain injury after being hit while visiting
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Image copyright DCMS Image caption Barbara Hepworth’s Orpheus (Maquette 1) is a bronze and stringed sculpture on a wooden base from 1956 A sculpture by Barbara Hepworth is among three works by British modernist artists to be gifted to a gallery. Her bronze sculpture, Orpheus (Maquette 1), is due to be put on display at
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The 52 Places Traveler The 52 Places Traveler visits the definition of paradise in French Polynesia — and then makes his way to his final stop: Alberta in the dead of winter. Dec. 31, 2019 The divemaster rattled a shaker to get my attention and I spun around, wondering if something was wrong. Out of
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The final drive in the final game on the final weekend of the 2019 NFL season had it all By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer December 31, 2019, 9:25 AM 4 min read Fittingly, the final game of the 2019 NFL regular season came down to instant replay and a matter of inches on
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Image caption Ambulances waiting outside Morriston Hospital in Swansea this month People have been asked to stay away from A&E departments and hold off from calling an ambulance unless they have a life-threatening emergency. The Welsh Ambulance Service said Christmas and New Year was its busiest time and asked people to know their limits while
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Thousands of people have fled to a beach in Victoria, Australia to escape bushfires racing towards the coast. Locals in Mallacoota have described heading for the sea to escape the heat under blood-red skies. Officials confirmed another two people have been killed by fires in New South Wales (NSW) – there are now 12 deaths
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