Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time Friday in the first practice session for the French Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver, who has won five of the seven races this season, was .069 seconds ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas, who has won the other two races and is second in the standings […]
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a sex offender who had been convicted of failing to register with local authorities after his release. The case had been closely watched because it could have given the court a chance to reconsider the fundamental constitutional question of how much authority Congress can delegate to
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Image copyright Tim Gander/Bath University Image caption John had an amputation after years of pain John Roberts says he is happy to be a “guinea pig” if he can help others. “There are people a lot worse off than me who have lost limbs,” says the grandfather from Gloucester, who recently had part of his
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Image copyright Amazon Image caption Michael Sheen and David Tennant star as the angel and demon respectively A US Christian group calling for the cancellation of Amazon’s Good Omens have been lampooned after mistakenly sending a 20,000-strong protest petition to Netflix. The Return to Order sect argue the show, about a demon and angel uniting
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Image copyright Getty Images The former chief executive of Barclays, John Varley, has been acquitted of charges of conspiracy to commit fraud. The Court of Appeal declined an application by the Serious Fraud Office to overturn a decision by Mr Justice Robert Jay that there was insufficient evidence against Mr Varley. However, the court upheld
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Battery-powered planes, solar planes, hydrogen planes — jet makers are working on myriad ways to make flying less damaging to the planet. Yet clean flying on a mass scale remains decades away. That’s despite growing pressure from regulators and from a blossoming environmental movement to shun air travel altogether . The problem, argue aviation powerhouses
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WWE star Nikki Bella this week revealed the discovery of a benign cyst on her brain forced her retirement from wrestling. Bella, 35, explained to Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday’s broadcast of “The Tonight Show” she’d planned to return to the ring to compete for the tag titles following surgery on her neck. But a medical check revealed
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She courted donors whose pledges could help secure the loan. David Dunn, a college trustee at the time, said the board had concerns by 2011 that contributions weren’t materializing. He said trustees began a review after learning that a major donor, Corrine Bove Maietta, who was supposed to donate $1 million over time, actually committed
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HONG KONG, June 21 (Reuters) – Thousands dressed in black blocked Hong Kong roads and surrounded police headquarters on Friday in the latest wave of demonstrations over an extradition bill that has triggered violent protests and plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis. Demonstrators, mostly students wearing hard hats, goggles and face masks, set up roadblocks
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Decisions about our health can be some of the most important we make in our lives. When you have a health concern, who do you turn to? Image copyright Getty Images Education and trust A Wellcome Trust survey recently found that 73% of people around the world would most trust a doctor or nurse for
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