[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] The New York City Council excoriated the city officials who oversee the taxi industry on Monday, blaming them for a financial crisis that has ruined drivers and releasing a document that lawmakers said showed the officials knew for years […]
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The Latest on the NBA Awards show in Santa Monica, California (all times local): 6 p.m. Mark Cuban says deals aren’t typically consummated the first night of free agency. The Dallas Mavericks owner says some players want a formal presentation — what Cuban calls “the dog-and-pony show” — while others just want to ask questions
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Traditionally, politics are not for the dinner table. Or the crafting circle. But on Sunday, Ravelry, a popular website for knitters and crocheters, took a political stand when it announced that it was banning content that supports President Trump, in what it said was a resolution against white supremacy. “We cannot provide a space that
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The California Legislature voted Monday to tax people who refuse to buy health insurance, bringing back a key part of former President Barack Obama’s health care law in the country’s most populous state after it was eliminated by Republicans in Congress. The tax now heads to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who proposed a similar plan
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Michael Jackson, three months before his death News of a medical emergency involving Michael Jackson started filtering through at around 22:00 BST on Thursday 25 June 2009. I know because I was on my way to watch cheesy 90s boy band East 17 in the Dance Tent at the
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Image caption Andi Naude said a £4 coconut and chocolate bar was too expensive. Andi Naude, a veterinary student, stops to look at a coconut and chocolate bar that calls itself a “complete meal” in a “convenient” pack. Then she spots the £4 price tag. The bar is part of a new trial range at
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Federal officials have released their review on removing or changing vegetation over a huge swath of the U.S. West to stop wildfires on land used for cattle ranching, recreation and habitat for imperiled sage grouse. The work would occur on strips of land up to 165 yards (150 meters) wide and up to 11,000 miles
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The Indiana Fever had quite an adventure getting back home after finishing off a three-game road trip in Seattle this weekend. Suffice to say, Fever veteran Natalie Achonwa didn’t expect the trip would involve an 8 ½-hour bus haul. “Control the controllables. … outside of that, I’m just along for the ride!” she tweeted, chronicling
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WASHINGTON — Congress is trying to rush $4.5 billion in emergency humanitarian aid to the southwestern border while placing new restrictions on President Trump’s immigration crackdown, spurred on by disturbing images of suffering migrant families and of children living in squalor in overcrowded detention facilities. But with a House vote on the package planned for
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The fields around Worthy Farm in Somerset, would kindle a warm glow in the heart of Donald Trump. An eight-mile long, 20-foot high fence runs round the farm and the 12 neighbouring properties, encasing Britain’s biggest music festival – Glastonbury, of course. The festival might even be more secure than Mr Trump’s planned border wall
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