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Official’s Testimony Adds to Rancor Around Census Citizenship Question

WASHINGTON — A Commerce Department official considering whether the 2020 census should include a citizenship question told congressional aides that he consulted with a professor who argued that the addition was necessary to exclude undocumented immigrants from a redistricting of House seats, testimony released on Tuesday shows. The testimony by James Uthmeier, the department’s counsel, […]

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Etika: Body found in search for missing YouTuber

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright Etika/YouTube Police investigating the disappearance of YouTuber Etika have found a body in New York City’s East River. The body has yet to be formally identified. Police say the investigation is continuing. The gamer, 29, whose real name is Desmond Amofah, was reported missing six days ago. His belongings, including his Nintendo Switch,

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Rhino release: Epic journey to freedom in Rwanda

World / En Sound Media

Five zoo-born eastern black rhinos have been transported from Europe to Africa. The three females and two male rhinos, aged between two and nine years old, came from Flamingo Land in Yorkshire, the Czech Republic’s Dvur Kralove safari park and Ree Park Safari in Denmark. The 6,000km (3,700 miles) journey began at Dvur Kralove –

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Wladimir Klitschko rescued at sea after yacht fire off Spain

Sports / En Sound Media

Former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko says his boat trip off Spain with family and friends was cut short after a fire broke out on board. The 43-year-old Ukrainian said in a tweet Tuesday the group was evacuated from the motor yacht in the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday night. Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service confirmed it responded

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We Signed Up for Emails From the 2020 Democrats. Yes, All of Them.

Politics / En Sound Media

“It seems like anytime Donald Trump feels threatened by a strong woman, he lashes out with this gross, weird attack,” her communications director, Lily Adams, wrote the next day. “It’s the kind of sexism that makes me want to run my head through a wall. But instead of doing that, let’s do something productive. I

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China criticizes possible US penalties against banks

Finance / En Sound Media

China on Tuesday criticized Washington’s efforts to enforce U.S. law abroad following a news report three Chinese banks might be penalized over dealings with North Korea. The banks named by The Washington Post as facing possible loss of access to the U.S. financial system denied they were under investigation. The Post said a court found

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Jeremy Kyle Show: MPs criticise ‘irresponsible’ ITV over lie detectors

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright ITV/Shutterstock Image caption Jeremy Kyle turned down a request to appear before MPs The Jeremy Kyle Show’s bosses have been criticised by MPs for putting guests through lie detector tests without knowing how accurate those tests were. Damian Collins MP, chair of the House of Commons culture select committee, said the producers’ lack

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Private school and Oxbridge ‘take top jobs’

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images A social mobility charity says top professions in the UK are still unduly dominated by people who have gone through private schools and Oxford and Cambridge universities. The Sutton Trust and Social Mobility Commission analysed the educational background of 5,000 people in top jobs. It found these influential people were five

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Orangutans make a splash at Vienna zoo as Europe swelters

Travel / En Sound Media

Orangutans at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn zoo are keeping cool with buckets of water as much of Europe swelters in a summer heat wave. Keepers gave Vladimir, Sol and Mota wet sponges, water hoses and a large tub to frolic about with as temperatures pushed 32 C (almost 90 F) in the Austrian capital Tuesday. Authorities in

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IOC president cautions against profit-driven sports events

Sports / En Sound Media

IOC President Thomas Bach has called on local governments to resist promoting independently run sports events that he believes go against the Olympic ideal. Bach says the organizers of profit-driven sporting ventures are “cherry picking” events without sharing the International Olympic Committee’s duty to use profits to help athletes around the world. He tells the

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