WASHINGTON — President Trump backed away from further military action against Iran on Wednesday and called for a new diplomatic effort as the bristling confrontation of the last six days appeared to ease after Iranian missile strikes that proved more symbolic than deadly. “Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for […]
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WASHINGTON — A Federal Reserve governor on Wednesday outlined the central bank’s approach for rewriting rules that govern lending to poor communities, laying out a plan that differs significantly from one floated by fellow industry overseers last month. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a joint
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Health researchers say electric scooter injuries have surged along with their popularity By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer January 8, 2020, 6:41 PM 2 min read Electric scooter injuries have surged along with their popularity in the United States, nearly tripling over four years, researchers said in a study published Wednesday. Nearly 40,000 broken bones,
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New installments of Lifetime’s searing documentary series “Surviving R. Kelly” led to a 40% increase in calls Friday and Saturday to the National Sexual Assault Hotline, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, which administers the counseling resource. Lifetime partnered with RAINN for the follow-up series, “Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning,”
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption McDonald’s boss Chris Kempczinski in 2018 Two senior McDonald’s executives have filed a lawsuit against the company, accusing it of discriminating against African-American customers and staff. They say the climate grew especially hostile after UK-born Steve Easterbrook became chief executive in 2015. Under his leadership, they say the firm
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The World Series champion Washington Nationals will be at the New York Mets and Detroit will play at Cleveland on March 26 in the first two games of Major League Baseball’s earliest opening day other than international games January 8, 2020, 6:38 PM 3 min read NEW YORK — The World Series champion Washington Nationals
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WASHINGTON — After storming to the edge of a cliff this week, early indications suggest that the United States and Iran apparently have decided they do not want to jump, at least not yet. With initial battle assessments indicating that no Americans were killed in Iranian strikes on two military bases in Iraq on Tuesday,
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With just over three weeks until Britain is due to leave the European Union the European Commission’s president has warned the U.K. that it won’t get the “highest quality access” to the EU’s market unless it makes major concessions By JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT Associated Press January 8, 2020, 6:20 PM 5 min read
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Image copyright ASA Social media influencer Molly Mae Hague has become the latest in a string of reality stars to have a complaint upheld against her by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). A complaint claimed that a post on her Instagram about an outfit from online retailer Pretty Little Thing was not identifiable as an
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