After decades of improvement, America’s air may not be getting any cleaner. Over the last two years the nation had more polluted air days than just a few years earlier, federal data shows. While it remains unclear whether this is the beginning of a trend, health experts say it’s troubling to see air quality progress […]
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Authorities in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday announced the arrest of an 11th suspect in the attempted killing of former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz. An official identified the suspect as Franklin Junior Merán. The official, who agreed to disclose the information only if not quoted by name because they weren’t authorized to discuss
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The five men who could be the next Conservative leader and PM were asked about a Brexit date guarantee. Mark from Belfast, who grew up during the Troubles, asked Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, Sajid Javid and Rory Stewart how they would solve the issue of the Irish border. BBC One’s Our Next Prime
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Pot use in pregnancy has doubled among U.S. women and is most common during the first trimester, government research shows. Overall, 7% of pregnant women, or 1 in 14, said they used marijuana in the past month. That’s from a nationally representative health survey in 2016-17 and compares with a little over 3% in 2002-03.
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Anthony Russo directed Avengers: Endgame Avengers: Endgame and Game Of Thrones were named best in class at the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Monday night. Marvel’s record-breaking blockbuster also won best hero for Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man and best villain for Josh Brolin’s Thanos. Lady Gaga won
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SAN FRANCISCO — Google pledged $1 billion worth of land and money on Tuesday to build affordable housing in the San Francisco Bay Area, the latest effort by tech industry leaders to address housing shortages near their headquarters. Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, said in a blog post that the company planned to repurpose at
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The Cavaliers barely survived a stormy season and then watched the NBA’s postseason from afar. They’ll be big players again Thursday night. With the 5th and 26th picks in the draft, the Cavaliers can add quality talent to a young team now under the direction of new coach John Beilein. He, along with the players
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President Trump on Tuesday withdrew the nomination of Patrick M. Shanahan to be the permanent defense secretary, leaving the Pentagon in transition at a time of escalating tensions with Iran and questions about the role of the military at the border with Mexico. Mr. Shanahan, who had been serving as the acting defense secretary, announced
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Amazon’s fleet of jets is getting bigger. The online shopping giant said Tuesday that it will lease 15 more Boeing 737s as it seeks to grow its delivery business and get packages to shoppers’ doorsteps faster. Amazon is in the midst of speeding up its delivery time to one-day from two for its Prime members.
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Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, a U.S. study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining obesity rates weren’t a fluke. Obesity rates dropped steadily to about 14% in 2016 — the latest data available — from 16% in 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
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