Gichele Adams, a black woman who lives in Milan with an Italian partner and runs the short term rental company The Ghost Host Retreats, said that argument is a tool to shame black women from dating outside their race. “You’re trying to downgrade the value of women of color when you say the only reason […]
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A Maine company thinks lobster blood can play a role in new drugs By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press February 19, 2020, 5:24 PM 4 min read PORTLAND, Maine — Maine lobsters have long delighted tourists as the state’s most beloved seafood. But one company thinks the crustaceans can save human lives by providing their blood
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New York Yankees star Giancarlo Stanton says he would have hit 80-plus home runs in 2017 if he had known what pitches were coming, just like the Houston Astros By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press February 19, 2020, 7:44 PM 4 min read TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees star Giancarlo Stanton imagined having the advantage
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LAS VEGAS — On Page 31 of the Nevada Democratic Party’s caucus manual, there are step-by-step instructions for precinct leaders on how to begin entering and tabulating caucus results. “Open iPad case.” “Hold iPad horizontally.” “Press the small round ‘home’ button on the side of the screen twice.” “This brings you to your iPad home
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American conservatives are global outliers in views about the fairness of income inequality, and they’re among the most likely to attribute such inequality to merit, an ambitious global survey reveals. Yet when it comes to actual behavior — whether to redistribute money to workers in an experimental setting — American conservatives act a lot like
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption About 3,700 people have been quarantined on board the Diamond Princess for two weeks Britons stranded on a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have been told by the UK Foreign Office to stay onboard. There are 74 British nationals on the Diamond Princess ship, which was quarantined on 3
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal duties are officially coming to a close. A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed that the couple’s royal duties will end on March 31, according to multiple outlets. BBC reported that the royal family will reexamine the arrangement in a year’s time. “In addition to continuing to
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Image caption Elizabeth Lihou said the shop was “one of the few old places” where visitors are able to see “how Guernsey was” The manager of a Victorian sweet shop in Guernsey has stepped down following a dispute over efforts to put barcodes on the shop’s wares. Elizabeth Lihou, who managed the Victorian Shop and
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YOKOHAMA, Japan — Even as infections aboard a cruise ship contaminated by the new coronavirus continued to climb, Japan declared on Wednesday that 443 people had satisfied the terms of a two-week quarantine and let them walk free. Much of the world seemed far from reassured. The United States, Australia, Canada and South Korea have
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By design, smart speakers have microphones that are always on, listening for so-called wake words like “Alexa,” “Hey, Siri,” or “O.K., Google.” Only after hearing that cue are they supposed to start recording. But contractors hired by device makers to review recordings for quality reasons report hearing clips that were most likely captured unintentionally, including
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