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Trump Declares Commitment to Ending Opioid Crisis ‘Once and for All’

ATLANTA — President Trump, after a week devoted to criticizing the Mueller report and investigations by congressional Democrats, turned on Wednesday to a policy matter, vowing to “smash the grip of addiction” caused by the opioid epidemic. Addressing a conference of health professionals and addiction specialists in Atlanta, Mr. Trump promised to provide more funding […]

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Facebook anticipates an FTC privacy fine of up to $5 billion

Finance / En Sound Media

Facebook said it expects a fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating whether the social network violated its users’ privacy. Interested in Facebook? Add Facebook as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Facebook news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The company set aside

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Measles: 500,000 UK children missed jab

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Image copyright LOWELL GEORGIA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY More than half a million children in the UK were not given a crucial measles jab between 2010 and 2017, an analysis by children’s charity Unicef reveals. It comes as NHS chief, Simon Stevens, warned measles cases had almost quadrupled in England in just one year and urged families

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How an anxious teen and an ex-YouTuber made an indie box office hit

Entertainment / En Sound Media

According to director, writer and ex-YouTube star Bo Burnham, his debut feature Eighth Grade is “really intense”, despite not much happening. The film follows 13-year-old Kayla as she navigates social media and the last week of middle school. It’s already been a huge hit at the box office in the United States and with young

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What the Airbnb surge means for UK cities

Business / En Sound Media

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionEdinburgh Properties available to book on Airbnb have rocketed in a number in major UK cities, leading to fears of “hollowed out communities” as tourists flock in. Data analysed by the BBC suggests that listings in Edinburgh doubled in three years, and shows a fourfold increase in

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Workers restoring “Green Book” motel where MLK stayed

Travel / En Sound Media

An Alabama motel that was featured in “The Negro Motorist Green Book” and provided a home for Martin Luther King Jr. during civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s is being transformed into the centerpiece of a new national monument. Long vacant and in disrepair, the 65-year-old A.G. Gaston Motel is being renovated as part of

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Facebook Bans White Nationalism And White Separatism Content After Mosque Shootings

Technology / En Sound Media

Weeks after a gunman broadcast live footage of his attack on a New Zealand mosque on Facebook, the social media giant says it’s banning all content praising, supporting and representing white nationalism and white separatism. The policy change has been applauded by politicians and civil rights groups. Some, however, have questioned why it took Facebook

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UFC Star Conor McGregor Under Investigation For Sexual Assault

Sports / En Sound Media

UFC star Conor McGregor is reportedly under investigation in Ireland for sexually assaulting a woman. On Tuesday, The New York Times published a story about a woman who accuses McGregor of assaulting her at the Beacon Hotel in Dublin, where McGregor is an occasional guest. Irish news media first reported the alleged assault in late 2018

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PMQs: Thornberry and Lidington on Irish border and backstop

Politics / En Sound Media

Emily Thornberry said a customs union was the only solution to issues over the post-Brexit Irish border. And she quoted from a reported leaked government document saying the UK had a “poor track record” on new technology. Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington said £20m has been earmarked by the UK government, while the EU was

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OxyContin Maker Purdue Agrees To Settle Oklahoma Opioid Case: Report

Finance / En Sound Media

March 26 (Reuters) – Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to settle a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing the maker of painkiller OxyContin of helping fuel an opioid abuse epidemic, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The settlement is the first stemming from a wave of recent lawsuits over the drugmaker’s

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