December 2019

Lea Michele Says Being Shaded By Lindsay Lohan Was ‘An Honor’

News that Lea Michele would star as Ariel in a Los Angeles staging of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” may have prompted a less-than-bubbly reaction from Lindsay Lohan earlier this year, but Michele wasn’t fazed.  Michele said Thursday on “Watch What Happens Live” that she found Lohan’s one-word response to the casting to be “very interesting.”  “They […]

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Democratic Debate Clashes Had a Common Denominator: Iowa

DES MOINES — As Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar escalated their attacks on Pete Buttigieg in Thursday night’s Democratic debate, and Mr. Buttigieg forcefully pushed back, a crucial if unspoken fact was driving the political combat: All three candidates are trying to knock each other out in the Iowa caucuses, where they need strong finishes

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Health system pays $575 million to settle anti-trust lawsuit

One of Northern California’s largest health systems is paying $575 million to settle claims that it used anti-competitive practices to bump up costs for patients By DON THOMPSON Associated Press December 20, 2019, 10:58 PM 4 min read SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One of Northern California’s largest health systems will pay $575 million to settle claims

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UK approves £4bn takeover of defence company Cobham

Image copyright Cobham The government has approved a US private equity firm’s takeover of UK defence and aerospace firm Cobham. Advent International made a £4bn offer to buy Cobham in July and shareholders approved the deal last month. But Cobham’s founding family had raised concerns about the company’s future and its connections with UK defence.

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Influx of club fans a ’22 World Cup testing ground for Qatar

DOHA, Qatar — Cut-price beer being downed in a field. Roadside walls being urinated against. Drum-beating passengers leading chants through the metro. Qatar has taken on a new, very unfamiliar guise this week for a Muslim state that adheres to a strictly conservative religious code. This Persian Gulf nation is getting a taste of soccer

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Homelessness Rises 2.7 Percent, Driven by California’s Crisis, Report Says

WASHINGTON — Homelessness in the United States continued to rise this year, driven by soaring rates of homelessness in California, according to a new federal report that could prompt long-promised action for people living in the streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Homelessness rose 2.7 percent from 2018 to 2019, according to the annual

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