The cruise ship that was allowed to dock in Cambodia after being turned away at five other ports by authorities fearful of the spread of the deadly new virus from China has disembarked passengers for a second day so they can fly home By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK February 15, 2020, 3:51 PM 4 […]
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Brandon Anderson scored 31 points as Brown defeated Penn 75-63 February 15, 2020, 3:31 PM 1 min read PHILADELPHIA — Brandon Anderson scored 31 points as Brown defeated Penn 75-63 on Friday night. Zach Hunsaker had 21 points for Brown (12-8, 5-2 Ivy League), which earned its fifth consecutive victory. Jaylan Gainey added 12 rebounds.
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The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week (Feb. 8-14) | HuffPost Life Part of HuffPost Parenting. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways. So, each week we round up the most hilarious 280-character quips from moms and dads to spread the
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British street artist Banksy’s latest public installation ― nicknamed the “Valentine’s Banksy” ― lasted around two days before being destroyed. But, in the end, it wasn’t Storm Dennis that is battering the United Kingdom this weekend that hit the piece that appeared on the side of a property in the Barton Hill neighborhood of his
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Image copyright Getty Images The dispute over subsidies to aircraft makers has escalated, with Washington imposing a higher tariff on Airbus and aeroplane parts from the EU. It will go up from 10% to 15% next month, while most other tariffs on EU exports to America, on a range of goods, standing at 25%, are
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SHANGHAI — China has flooded cities and villages with battalions of neighborhood busybodies, uniformed volunteers and Communist Party representatives to carry out one of the biggest social control campaigns in history. The goal: to keep hundreds of millions of people away from everyone but their closest kin. The nation is battling the coronavirus outbreak with
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Melker Karlsson and Timo Meier scored in an 89-second span in the third period to lift the San Jose Sharks to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets February 15, 2020, 4:42 AM 4 min read WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Melker Karlsson and Timo Meier scored in an 89-second span in the third period to lift
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In a divided Democratic field, Michael R. Bloomberg has emerged as a last-minute candidate with an unusual strategy. He is leaning on his record as mayor of New York but also on the good he has done as a philanthropist, betting more than anything that his fortune will enable him to run a national campaign.
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Authorities say a chemical waste landfill in Oregon near the Columbia River has been accepting hundreds of tons of radioactive fracking waste from North Dakota in violation of Oregon regulations February 14, 2020, 5:34 PM 3 min read ARLINGTON, Ore. — A chemical waste landfill near the Columbia River in Oregon accepted hundreds of tons
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WASHINGTON — Reports one day suggest the respiratory outbreak in China might be slowing, the next brings word of thousands more cases. Even the experts have whiplash in trying to determine if the epidemic is getting worse, or if a backlog of the sick is finally getting counted. Continuing questions about the new virus are
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