Terri Cheney, a 59-year-old writer from Beverly Hills, has lived with bipolar disorder for the majority of her life. When a wave of depression hits ― a hallmark symptom of the mental health condition ― she says she feels as if she’s got a bad case of the flu. She wishes she could get up […]
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The actor and political cartoonist’s new work, posted Sunday, casts Trump as Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) from “The Godfather” asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a favor. “The Fraudfather made Zelensky ‘an offer he couldn’t refuse,’” Carrey wrote in the caption. The “Kidding” star took liberties in quoting Corleone’s dialogue from a scene in
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAlmost 6 million tonnes of waste is generated on passenger flights each year. Squeeze and settle into your chair on a long-haul economy flight, and you might be offered a drink, in a plastic cup, which you’ll stir with a plastic stick. You might be given a
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Jay Gruden was fired as head coach of the Washington Redskins on Monday after an 0-5 start to the sixth season of a tenure that featured only one playoff appearance. The Redskins have gone 35-49-1 overall under Gruden, whose brother, Jon, coaches the Oakland Raiders. The team said offensive line coach Bill Callahan would replace
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The prime minister has said he will raise the case of Harry Dunn with the White House if a resolution cannot be found any other way. The 19-year-old was allegedly killed in a crash involving a US diplomat’s wife – she has since left the UK despite telling police she had no such plans. Asked
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The Latest on international climate protests (all times local): 1:40 p.m. Climate activists have blocked roads and staged a sit-in in Madrid as they joined a global wave of actions by the Extinction Rebellion movement to draw attention on failed environmental policies. A few dozen activists briefly chained themselves to each other and to an
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThousands protest against IVF bill Large crowds have taken to the streets of Paris in opposition to a bill that would give single women and lesbian couples access to fertility treatments. If passed, the new law would be France’s first major social reform since the legalisation of
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Image caption Ofcom said Naga Munchetty’s exchange with co-host Dan Walker did not break its broadcasting rules Media watchdog Ofcom has said it has “serious concerns around the transparency of the BBC’s complaints process” following its handling of the Naga Munchetty case. The BBC’s director general Lord Hall recently reversed a decision to partially uphold
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Image copyright PA Image caption Drax power station near Selby in North Yorkshire produces 7% of the UK’s electricity Four new gas-fired turbines at Drax power station have been approved by the UK government – against a ruling from its Planning Inspectorate. The turbines replace coal-fired units, but the inspectorate said they should be blocked
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Leading artificial intelligence expert Dr Stuart Russell warns in his new book, Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control, that AI could become “an enemy of the human race”. Dr Russell told BBC Radio 4’s Today the danger is not that AI will develop consciousness, but that it will become “too competent” at fulfilling
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