The federal government is taking Ohio’s side in a lawsuit over the state law prohibiting doctors from performing abortions based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press January 22, 2020, 5:54 PM 2 min read COLUMBUS, Ohio — The federal government took Ohio’s side Tuesday in a lawsuit over […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The BBC2 show presented by Victoria Derbyshire has landed countless exclusive interviews The BBC’s award-winning Victoria Derbyshire Show is coming off air, the BBC media editor has learned. Amol Rajan said the cost of running the show on a linear channel “when savings are needed” had been “deemed too
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Isabel dos Santos, 46, currently lives abroad A top PWC executive has left the firm after revelations of PwC links with Isabel Dos Santos, who is under investigation for corruption. PWC declined to comment on the departure and says it has launched its own investigation. Ms Dos Santos, one
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BANGKOK — News that a new virus that has afflicted hundreds of people in central China can spread between humans has rattled financial markets and raised concern it might wallop the economy just as it might be regaining momentum. Health authorities across Asia have been stepping up surveillance and other precautions to prevent a repeat
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DAVOS, Switzerland — France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, said the United States and France had reached a broad framework for using a plan that was being developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to set digital taxes, but further talks were needed and would take place Thursday. The announcement came a day
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No. 3 Kansas has suspended forward Silvio De Sousa indefinitely for his role in a brawl with Kansas State near the end of their game By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer January 22, 2020, 6:27 PM 2 min read LAWRENCE, Kan. — No. 3 Kansas suspended forward Silvio De Sousa indefinitely Wednesday for his role
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The same morning last July when President Trump had his fateful call with Ukraine’s president, White House officials were working behind the scenes to impose the freeze sought by the president on military assistance to Ukraine, reviewing the legal wording they would use to implement the hold, emails released late Tuesday night show. The emails
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s office says his state has become the first in the nation to guarantee severance pay for mass layoffs January 22, 2020, 12:55 PM 1 min read TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey has become the first state in the nation to guarantee severance pay for mass layoffs, according to the bill’s
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Image caption Whorlton Hall was a 17-bed unit for adults with learning difficulties and autism The care watchdog was wrong not to publish an inspection report raising concerns about Whorlton Hall, four years before a Panorama investigation suggested alleged abuse, a review says. Former Care Quality Commission inspector Barry Stanley-Wilkinson said not publishing his 2015
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No, Tom Hanks isn’t hawking CBD oil on the side of his illustrious film career. The actor posted an Instagram message on Tuesday slamming an advertisement featuring his photograph and falsely claiming he endorses a cannabidiol product made by a company called CannaPro. “The advances Dr. Oz has made in the CBD industry are remarkable.
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