May 2019

Bill Yoast, Coach Of Team Portrayed In ‘Remember The Titans,’ Dies At 94

Sports /

The 1971 T.C. Williams High School football team that was immortalized in “Remember the Titans” lost another key figure on Thursday. Former defensive coordinator Bill Yoast died at the age of 94 at a Springfield, Va. assisted living facility, his daughter told The Washington Post. The cause of death was not disclosed. Yoast, who was played […]

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Tom Watson calls for Labour to ‘urgently’ consult members on Brexit

Politics /

Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson has said “we need the people to decide” on Brexit, calling for his party to “urgently” consult its members on whether it should support a second EU referendum. He said a lack of clarity by Labour on Brexit ahead of the European elections led to “electoral catastrophe” for the party.

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Andrea Dunbar: The teenage Bradford ‘genius’ who told it like it was

Entertainment /

Image copyright ANL/REX/Shutterstock Image caption Andrea Dunbar in 1980, the year her first play was staged Andrea Dunbar was 15 when she wrote her first play, and her raw depictions of life on her Bradford estate caused a sensation. Now her own tragic life story is being told on stage. Plays by teenage girls from

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Facebook facing most probes by Irish data regulator

Business /

Image copyright PA Image caption Facebook has more than two billion active users worldwide Social media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp have been the subject of most data investigations in the Republic of Ireland since the European Union’s new data protection regulation came into force a year ago. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission

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Trump Wants to Wall Off Huawei, but the Digital World Bridles at Barriers

Politics /

The country is already four years into the Made in China 2025 movement, a government policy to make domestic manufacturers dominant in critical high-technology fields like semiconductor manufacturing, 5G technology, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles. (China consumes 60 percent of the world’s supply of semiconductors but makes only 13 percent, a recent Council on Foreign

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