Food waste is a serious problem in our country. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, nearly 40 percent of food in the United States goes to waste. That waste ends up in landfills that produce large amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Uneaten food also wastes the resources […]
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Sam Smith continued their year of personal and professional triumphs Wednesday night when they were named the 2019 Person of the Year at the Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards in London. The four-time Grammy winner appeared jubilant as they walked the red carpet in a custom-designed green lace kimono by Menagerié Intimates. Things took a poignant turn,
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Colin Kaepernick has not played in an NFL game since 2016, but he says it’s still his dream. Reps for the former quarterback say he has been “working out five days a week, for three years, in preparation to play again.” This, despite receiving what his agents say is “little to no response” from all
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WASHINGTON — House investigators pounded the Trump administration and its allies on Thursday with new subpoenas, demanding documents from Rick Perry, the energy secretary, and testimony from two more witnesses as they aggressively challenged a White House pledge to starve their impeachment inquiry of evidence. Three Democratic chairmen leading the inquiry instructed Mr. Perry to
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President Donald Trump offered an upbeat assessment of U.S.-China trade talks and said he would meet at the White House on Friday with the leader of the Chinese negotiating team. Expectations were low that the negotiations would do much to resolve a 15-month trade battle that is weighing on the global economy. But as the
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A federal appeals court on Thursday denied two efforts that could have kept the first federal trial on the opioids crisis from starting as scheduled this month in Cleveland. The rulings clear the way for the trial to start Oct. 21 involving just two of the more than 2,000 local governments and other entities that
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Kurt Cobain became close friends with Michael Stipe in the years before his death While REM were recording their ninth album, Monster, in 1994, Michael Stipe received a phone call he’d been dreading: Kurt Cobain was dead. The pair had been close – Stipe was godfather to Cobain’s daughter,
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Image copyright Getty Images There is growing concern among key aerospace manufacturers about regulatory alignment and the ability to bring products to market after Brexit. The firms have sought reassurance that the UK would continue to be a member of the European Aviation Safety Agency after any Brexit deal. They also warned that alignment with
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As Hong Kong’s protests deepen, one pastor and a group of mostly Christian volunteers are trying to stop clashes from happening. Protect the Children volunteers put themselves between protesters and police in a bid to mediate. But it’s getting more difficult as clashes break out earlier in the demonstrations – and the volunteers have inevitably
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Companies must notify California residents of their data privacy rights in plain language and must verify people’s identities before releasing data, state officials proposed Thursday. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced draft regulations that also spell out ways people can ask for their personal information to be deleted from company databases. The rules are being
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