NBA-SCHEDULE Blazers knock off Raptors UNDATED (AP) — The Portland Trail Blazers had lost six of their previous seven games before going into Toronto and knocking off the defending NBA champs. Carmelo Anthony capped his 28-point performance by nailing the tiebreaking basket with four seconds left in the Blazers’ 101-99 triumph over the Raptors. Damian […]
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WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors recommended on Tuesday that President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn be sentenced to up to six months in prison for lying to investigators in the Russia inquiry, a reversal that came after he backed off his cooperation deal and began suggesting that he had not committed any crimes.
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Britain’s competition watchdog says Facebook and eBay have pledged to crack down on the trade in fake reviews at its request. The companies have removed hundreds of accounts, pages and groups involved in the illicit business January 8, 2020, 12:11 PM 2 min read LONDON — Britain’s competition watchdog said Wednesday that Facebook and eBay
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BETHESDA, Md. — Researchers hooked Zach Ault to medical monitors as he slowly climbed onto a gym bike. An invisible disease is sidelining this once avid athlete and he knew the simple exercise would wipe him out — but Ault was pedaling for science. Chronic fatigue syndrome is one of medicine’s most vexing mysteries. Now
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Image copyright STX Films Image caption Left-right: Lili Reinhart, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer and Constance Wu in Hustlers The woman who inspired Jennifer Lopez’s character in Hustlers is suing the film’s makers for $40m (£30m). In the lawsuit, Samantha Barbash accuses film companies including STX Films and Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions of using her likeness and
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption The plans for the under-construction mine include a minehead at Dove’s Nest Farm, Sneaton, in North Yorkshire Sirius Minerals, the company behind plans for a £4bn potash mine, in North Yorkshire is considering a takeover bid. The mining giant Anglo American said it was in advanced talks about a possible
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Researchers in Germany say a review of fatal encephalitis cases in Bavaria has found that more than twice as many as previously known were tied to a rare animal-borne virus January 8, 2020, 11:18 AM 2 min read BERLIN — A review of fatal encephalitis cases in the southern German state of Bavaria has found
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A performer has been hospitalized after an accident at a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Youth Winter Olympics in Lausanne January 8, 2020, 11:17 AM 1 min read LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A performer has been hospitalized after an accident at a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Youth Winter Olympics in Lausanne.
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On Thursday, President Trump ordered a drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the powerful Iranian military commander. By Monday, the Trump campaign was running ads on Facebook touting the general’s death. “Thanks to the swift actions of our commander in chief, Iranian General Qassem Soleimani is no longer a threat to the United
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Image copyright PAcemaker Image caption The action began at 08:00 GMT on Wednesday in a second wave of protests over pay and staffing levels. About 9,000 nurses across Northern Ireland have begun a 12-hour strike. The action began at 08:00 GMT on Wednesday in a second wave of protests over pay and staffing levels. More
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