Ben Bishop grew up rooting for the St. Louis Blues before being drafted by them. He remembers being in the stands at 14 years old during a playoff series against the Stars and wholeheartedly taking part of the chants of “Bel-four!” directed at the Dallas goalie. Now 18 years after that St. Louis sweep to […]
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As a member of the Trump administration, Mr. Sessions said, he was a potential witness in the inquiry and therefore should not lead it. The decision drew the president’s ire, subjecting Mr. Sessions to months of public criticism and private humiliation. Mr. Sessions resigned in November 2018 at Mr. Trump’s request. The Amherst College Republicans
How do you make the case that people should save more without making it feel judgmental? I start with the question, “What are you saving for?” Last year I asked that of our own employees, and it went viral internally. People told me their hopes and dreams. In our branches, employees put vision boards together
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Image copyright Getty Images There is a growing trend for intravenous “vitamin” drips – but what are the risks? And do they even work? Last month, a 51-year-old woman from Hunan, China, nearly died after blending 20 different fruits to create a homemade intravenous (IV) drip. She thought vitamins from the fresh fruit would benefit
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Image copyright Getty Images Free TV licences, winter fuel payments and other “outdated” age-related benefits should be scrapped, a group of peers has said, with the money spent on housing and training for young people. The Committee on Intergenerational Fairness said subsidising licences for over-75s were no longer justified given improvements in pensioners’ incomes. It
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Image copyright PA Image caption Protesters have glued themselves to each other and to the building in the City of London Climate activists have blockaded the London Stock Exchange by gluing themselves across the entrances. Protesters from Extinction Rebellion attached themselves to walls and to each other at the financial centre in the City of
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The Latest on a fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (all times local): 5:30 a.m. World leaders are mourning the devastating fire damage at the Notre Dame Cathedral. South Korean President Moon Jae-in says the damage was “a loss for all of us” and called for the world to come together to rebuild the
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You might think gamers who spend hours a day on Fifa can only dream of playing professional football for a top team. But professional gamers are being employed by 20 teams in the Premier League. Some people in the world of “esports” say young football fans are choosing to watch games in the virtual world
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Women headlining a major WWE event? In the words of Macho Man: “Ohhhh yeah!” “It’s been my… it’s been OUR goal to main event #WrestleMania,” Flair tweeted on Monday. “It was never just talk, it was the hard work of every woman past, present, and future to get us here. We won’t let you down.” WWE
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Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. The years 2016 and 2017 were especially bad for the world’s tropical forests as dry, hot weather led to widespread fires that, along with activities like clear-cutting for agriculture, resulted in record levels of forest destruction. Last year was generally
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