Image copyright Reuters MPs are to launch an inquiry into the UK’s steel industry after the collapse of one of the sector’s biggest firms. The move by the Business Committee follows the liquidation of British Steel last month and concerns about the impact of Brexit on the steel industry. The committee will look at the […]
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Four long years after dominating Japan to win their third World Cup crown the United States Women’s National Team will finally begin their title defense on Tuesday. The United States faces Thailand to open the tournament, beginning play in a group that also features Chile and the Americans’ longtime nemesis, Sweden. The United States is
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Abortion is often cast as a clear, crisp issue in Washington and in state governments, with Republican and Democrats clustered in opposite corners. Joe Biden moved nearer to the rest of his party’s presidential contenders on Thursday when he dropped his support of a measure restricting use of federal funds for abortions. But while the
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To save babies from brain-damaging birth defects, University of Pittsburgh scientist Carolyn Coyne studies placentas from fetuses that otherwise would be discarded — and she’s worried this kind of research is headed for the chopping block. The Trump administration is cracking down on fetal tissue research , with new hurdles for government-funded scientists around the
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The Latest on the fatal Danube River boating accident in Hungary’s capital (all times local): 3 p.m. Hungarian rescue officials say attempts to raise a sunken tour boat from the Danube River floor following the accident that caused at least 19 deaths are unlikely to happen before Tuesday. A spokesman for the rescue team, Nandor
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The Latest on the arrest of a protester who approached Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos on stage at a conference in Las Vegas (all times local): 4:35 p.m. A woman was arrested after approaching Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos and yelling about chicken farms on stage at a conference in Las Vegas. Bezos’s
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The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 3:30 p.m. The semifinal between Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem has resumed after a rain delay of about an hour. Thiem leads 4-1 in the fifth set. ——— 3:10 p.m. Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada has won the girls singles title at the French Open. The
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Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — The White House tried to stop a State Department senior intelligence analyst from discussing climate science in congressional testimony this week, internal emails and documents show. The State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research declined to make changes
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Fiat Chrysler is recalling nearly 343,000 Ram pickup trucks worldwide because the air bags may not inflate in a crash. The recall covers the Ram 1500 mainly from the 2019 model year, although the company has a small number of 2020 models. Fiat Chrysler says a software error can inadvertently disable the air bags and
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On the worry side, it’s a cliché, but I’m nervous about A.I. and automation. I’m not worried about the machines themselves — at least not in the Terminator, killer-robot sense. I’m worried about the political and economic system into which we’re deploying this new, world-changing technology, and whether it’s too late to rejigger things so
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