Besieged by nearly five billion unwanted automated calls from telemarketers and scammers last month, Americans are poised to get relief from robocalls under a bipartisan compromise bill introduced in the House on Thursday. The measure would require phone carriers to offer screening technology to identify and block spam calls at no additional cost to customers […]
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Hannah Green of Australia couldn’t miss on the greens and holed a bunker shot late in her round at Hazeltine National for a 4-under 68 and a one-shot lead in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Green started with a 15-foot par putt, made a birdie putt from 20 feet on the next hole and kept
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[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] ALBANY — For decades, sexual harassment was the State Capitol’s worst-kept secret. Even as women climbed the ranks of political power and won legal promises of gender equality, legislators avoided the topic of harassment. Female aides and even lawmakers who
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Is the Fed chair also protected from arbitrary removal? This is not clear. In the statute, the phrase that forbids a president to fire the seven Fed governors without cause is attached to a sentence that sets their terms at 14 years. This sentence traces back to the original 1913 law that created the Fed,
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U.S. officials have told the long-term care facility where an incapacitated woman was raped and gave birth last year that it will lose Medicaid funding. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told Hacienda HealthCare this week that its participation in the program will end July 3. It says in a letter that Hacienda corrected
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption John Malkovich plays Barney Fein in Bitter Wheat, which opened in the West End this week The first West End play to be inspired by the Harvey Weinstein scandal is difficult to categorise. It essentially starts out as a comedy – with an opening scene that zips along with
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Scientists say, repeatedly, that vaccines have never been safer – or more effective. So why do some people still refuse to trust them? Outbreaks of diseases are happening in countries where they haven’t been seen for decades. And number of people choosing not to vaccinate their children seems to be on the rise. It’s one
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“I think there’s probably some kind of negligence somewhere,” Jason Allen said on Thursday. News of Mr. Allen’s death came just days after Leyla Cox, 53, from Staten Island, died in her hotel room at Excellence Resorts in Punta Cana. Other deaths, which were apparently related to cardiac issues, include: Yvette Monique Sport, 51, of
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The proof is in the pee. A federally funded study has confirmed, not surprisingly, that marijuana use went up in Washington state after its first legal pot stores opened in 2014. In fact, consumption appeared to double, at least in one major city, over three years — a conclusion scientists reached by way of the
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The New Orleans Pelicans selected Zion Williamson with the No. 1 pick Thursday night, going with the Duke force who is considered one of the most exciting prospects in years. The 6-foot-7, 285-pounder compiled a career worth of highlights into just one season, becoming the third freshman to be voted player of the year by
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