Banks led a slide in U.S. stocks Tuesday as a virus outbreak in China rattled global markets, prompting investors to shift assets into bonds and defensive sector companies. The sell-off snapped a three-day winning streak by the S&P 500. The benchmark index ended last week at an all-time high. The selling in U.S. stocks followed […]
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If you’ve ever heard someone grind their teeth in the middle of the night, you know it’s the stuff of nightmares. As one Reddit user so aptly described it, “It was one of the strangest noises I have ever heard! Made me think of two massive blocks of concrete sliding together.” The sounds occur when
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Image copyright Ellie Kurttz Image caption Shannon Hayes and Donna Berlin star in Janice Okoh’s play The Gift From an African girl who was “gifted” to Queen Victoria to a slave who took on his master in the British courts, several little-known but remarkable chapters of black British history are being put in the spotlight
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Image copyright Getty Images “I customarily killed old women. They all died, there by the big river. I didn’t used to wait until they were completely dead to bury them. The women were afraid of me.” No wonder. That’s the account of a man from the Aché, an indigenous tribe in eastern Paraguay, as told
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The number of people in China infected with a new virus, the coronavirus, is increasing. Reports say this infection has spread from Wuhan to other major cities and abroad and on Wednesday the World Health Organization (WHO) will consider declaring an international public health emergency over the coronavirus – as it did with swine flu
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Tough new rules drawn up by Britain’s privacy regulator mean social media sites, games and other online services won’t be allowed to “nudge” kids into revealing personal details or lowering their privacy settings By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer January 22, 2020, 12:02 AM 2 min read LONDON — Social media sites, games and other
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The University of Evansville has fired men’s basketball coach Walter McCarty after receiving additional reports of misconduct off the court January 22, 2020, 1:17 AM 2 min read EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Evansville coach Walter McCarty has been fired and that interim coach Bernie Seltzer would continue to lead the team, the university announced Tuesday. McCarty
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WASHINGTON — A potentially landmark education case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday has pulled in heavy hitters on both sides of the school choice debate who are trying to shape a ruling that could end decades of wrangling over school vouchers and religious education. Oral arguments in the case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of
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Two former drug company executives have been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison in a bribery scheme that prosecutors say helped fuel the national opioid epidemic January 21, 2020, 10:24 PM 2 min read BOSTON — Two former drug company executives were sentenced Tuesday to more than two years in federal prison
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Orlando Bloom should be very animated about his newest project: Portraying Prince Harry in a new cartoon. The “Pirates Of The Caribbean” star has signed on to play Harry in “The Prince,” a new HBO Max animated series that follows the life of 6-year-old Prince George as he prepares to be the future king of
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