The government says it’ll start posting a list of some 400 troubled nursing homes , in a turnabout days after senators publicly released the “secret” document , along with a report questioning oversight of poor-quality facilities. Dr. Kate Goodrich, chief medical officer with the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services, says the agency soon will […]
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Image copyright Woodford Investment Management Ltd St James’s Place, the wealth management group, has dropped high-profile stockpicker Neil Woodford as a manager of its £3.5bn high-income fund. It follows the decision by the Woodford Equity Income Fund to stop investors taking money in or out of the fund. Mr Woodford has said he is “extremely
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In an article published in 1950 in the academic journal “Mind,” he developed a method that came to be known as the “Turing Test,” a sort of thought experiment to determine whether a computer could pass as a human. As part of his experiment, a human interrogator would ask questions and try to figure out
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Tyler Gaffalione seems poised to add his name to the list of all-time great jockeys in horse racing that includes Ron Turcotte, Jerry Bailey, Gary Stevens, John Velazquez and Mike Smith. While there may not be a specific moment when people in horse racing realized those jockeys would become all-time greats, Gaffalione has had two
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A Conservative MP asked about “a minority of hate-fuelled demonstrators” who shouted “Nazi scum” in the face of American tourists during President Trump’s visit to the UK. Tim Loughton said such actions ahead of D-Day commemorations “demeaned the memory” of veterans. Standing in for Theresa May at PMQs, David Lidington said the right to demonstrate
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The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 12:00 p.m. Stocks are rising for a second straight day Wednesday, although a sharp drop in energy shares tempered the gains. . Energy shares fell as the price of oil plunged 4.4% following a report showing an unexpected surge in U.S. supplies. Exxon Mobil fell
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The Trump administration said Wednesday it is ending medical research by government scientists using human fetal tissue, overriding the advice of scientists that there’s no other way to tackle some health problems and handing abortion opponents a major victory. Interested in Trump Administration? Add Trump Administration as an interest to stay up to date on
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Image copyright Focus entertainment Image caption Chad Focus in the video for Get The Money “I’m out here trying to get it / Money is the mission,” declared rapper Chad Focus on his 2017 single Get The Money. The video, which has 4 million views on YouTube, shows the musician wearing gold chains while surrounded
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Bridgend plant opened in 1980 and employs 1,700 workers Ford Europe has called union leaders from Bridgend’s engine plant to its Essex headquarters on Thursday. There are renewed concerns for the factory’s future – it opened nearly 40 years ago and employs 1,700 workers. It comes just months
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As the fighting worsened in Syria, Hazar Almahmoud knew she and her daughter had to flee. So they embarked on a perilous 2,200-mile journey by car, plane and boat for the safety of the UK. It meant paying a total of 13,000 Euros to smugglers and risking their lives to seek asylum. Now she calls
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