On their last day of questioning in the impeachment trial of President Trump, senators put Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in the middle of the fray.Credit…Image by Doug Mills/The New York Times The vote on Friday on whether to call witnesses like John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser, is likely to determine […]
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ATLANTA — Anne Cox Chambers, a newspaper heiress, diplomat and philanthropist who was one of the country’s richest women, has died at the age of 100. Her nephew, James Cox Kennedy, announced her death to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, her company’s flagship newspaper. “Aunt Anne was a wonderful, kind and elegant lady who cared deeply about
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A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 9,800 people January 31, 2020, 12:31 PM 1 min read A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 9,800 people globally. Cases confirmed as of Friday evening in Beijing: — China: 9,692 cases on the mainland. In addition, Hong Kong has
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And it didn’t take long for the spoof interview between Carvey’s version of the former White House national security adviser and host Stephen Colbert to go off the rails. Carvey as Bolton teased what he may say if allowed to testify at the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, previewed his upcoming book that reportedly
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption The bulk of British Steel’s 4,000 staff work at the Scunthorpe plant The sale of British Steel to Chinese firm Jingye could be scuppered by French intervention, media reports say. Jingye agreed in November to buy the collapsed business for £50m and save about 4,000 jobs. However, the approval of
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Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge has been named on Kenya’s team to defend his title at this year’s Tokyo Games January 31, 2020, 12:01 PM 2 min read NAIROBI, Kenya — Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge was named on Kenya’s team on Friday to defend his title at this year’s Tokyo Games. Kipchoge, who became
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Good morning and welcome to On Politics, a daily political analysis of the 2020 elections based on reporting by New York Times journalists. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Where things stand in the race It took a while, but on Thursday Joe Biden — who’s been running for
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The UK is working closely with the World Health Organization over the virus Two people from the same family have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, the chief medical officer for England has announced. They are being treated at a specialist centre in Newcastle after being taken there
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James Corden on Wednesday issued a tongue-in-cheek response to the towing controversy that engulfed his “Carpool Karaoke” segment last week. Fans of “The Late Late Show” freaked out after a bystander’s video showed Corden filming an upcoming edition of the bit with Justin Bieber in which their SUV was being towed on a trailer pulled by a
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BEIJING — Some Americans plan to leave China after the U.S. government advised about a spreading virus outbreak, but many others are staying. The State Department issued a travel advisory Friday saying Americans in China “should consider departing.” That followed the evacuation earlier this week of about 200 Americans from Wuhan, the locked-down city at
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