A new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll shows Americans are at least somewhat confident that the world will step up in its fight against global warming. But there are limits to their optimism. People also say their own actions can make a difference. About 7 in 10 Americans think it is at […]
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Pittsburgh Pirates closer Felipe Vázquez was being held Wednesday in a Pennsylvania jail on multiple felony charges after telling investigators he attempted to have sex with an underage girl during a meeting at her house in 2017. Vázquez is charged with statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of minors, all felonies,
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday posted on Twitter an aggressive defense of his unprecedented move to abolish California’s legal authority to set its own standards on climate-warming automobile emissions. Mr. Trump was in Los Angeles for a fund-raiser when he wrote in defense of a move that California officials and environmental advocates have assailed
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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are expected to cut interest rates for a second time on Wednesday, a move that could prove divisive among Fed officials and aggravate President Trump’s anger toward the central bank. The Fed’s rate decision, which will be announced at 2 p.m. in Washington, will be accompanied by a fresh set
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Perhaps it’s not the most sophisticated topic of conversation, but have you ever wondered why household cats go to the bathroom using kitty litter? Turns out they’re just following the lead of their ancestors. “They originally came from a sort of dry desert environment,” Jessica Romine, DVM, DACVIM, small animal internal medicine specialist at BluePearl
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Taylor Swift, who famously once said she’d like to be excluded from the narrative of her decadelong feud with Kanye West, is retaking control in a new Rolling Stone profile. The two recording titans have been locked in pop culture battle royale ever since West interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards
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Image copyright ROBYN BECK/Getty Images The White House has stripped California of its right to set its own auto emissions standards and banned other states from setting similar rules. The move revokes an Obama-era waiver that allowed the state to set its own standards for greenhouse gas emissions for cars. President Trump says the move
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An Australian hiker who was injured in a 6m (20ft) fall down a waterfall says he had to “carry” his broken leg while crawling for two days to be rescued. Neil Parker, 54, was bushwalking alone near Brisbane on Sunday when he slipped, leaving his wrist broken and lower leg “clean snapped in half”. Mr
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SYDNEY, Sept 18 (Reuters) – A toy monkey accidentally left behind at Buckingham Palace by a five-year-old girl has returned home to Australia after enjoying royal treatment by palace staff and gaining a traveling companion ― a toy corgi. Harriet, one of six toy monkeys from Woodside Kindergartenin Adelaide, was taken on holiday to Europe
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How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? David Enrich, the finance editor, discussed the tech he’s using. What are your go-to tech tools for work and why? You will be shocked to hear that I have an intimate relationship with my iPhone. I use it for
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