Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has unveiled a new version of her plan to combat America’s opioid epidemic, proposing to spend $100 billion over 10 years on battling the consequences of addiction. Warren’s new opioids measure is modeled on a 1990 law passed to help fight the spread of AIDS and would be paid for […]
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Image caption Nina Stibbe won this year’s Wodehouse Prize for her comic novel Reasons To Be Cheerful The third and final entry in a semi-autobiographical trilogy has netted an author an annual award for the funniest book. Nina Stibbe’s ‘Reasons To Be Cheerful’ clinched the 2019 Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction. The Leicester-born writer had
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Image copyright Getty Images KPMG has been fined £5m and “severely reprimanded” after admitting misconduct in its 2009 audit of Co-operative Bank. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said KPMG’s bad auditing came in the wake of Co-operative Bank’s merger with building society Britannia. It said the firm’s deficiencies included “failures to exercise sufficient professional scepticism”.
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A Texas historic site that has been closed for nearly two months since a fire at a Houston-area chemical plant will reopen this week. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department says the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in La Porte (luh-PORT’) reopens Wednesday. The complex includes the Battleship Texas, the San Jacinto Monument and
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A machine which can mimic an individual’s writing style has been developed. The device requires a sample text written by the person and then uses a machine learning algorithm to copy the writer’s style. The company behind the device uses it to produce “handwritten” letters for companies, political parties and even wedding invites. But is
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Mike Fiers of the Oakland Athletics is pitching a no-hitter through eight innings against the Cincinnati Reds. Fiers has thrown 118 pitches Tuesday night in Oakland. He has struck out five and walked two. In 2015, Fiers pitched a no-hitter for Houston against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He threw a career-high 134 pitches in that
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A political correspondent said he felt “really bad” over his infamous TV interview with a 24-year-old councillor about Lib Dem by-election successes. Michael Crick said he “hates seeing” the clip with Keith House, then favourite to be Lib Dem candidate in the 1994 Eastleigh by-election, who struggled to think of an answer. Mr Crick was
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DAR ES SALAAM, May 7 (Reuters) – Tanzania wants to boost tourist numbers by putting a cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest mountain, and is in talks about the project with a Chinese and a Western company. Around 50,000 tourists climb Kilimanjaro annually. A cable car could increase tourist numbers by 50 percent by
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Image copyright Abrahart family Image caption Natasha Abrahart’s GP said she felt the teenager had a “high risk of ending her life” A GP ignored clinical advice and did not follow up on a student who was “at high risk of ending her life” before she was found hanged, an inquest heard. Natasha Abrahart, 20,
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Jason Manford said in a video on Facebook that he suffers from anxiety and depression Comedian Jason Manford has opened up about his struggles with mental health. In a video on Facebook, he said he wanted to let people know why he had been less active on social media.
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