Baylor remains atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll in a week that saw preseason No. 1 Michigan State fall out By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer February 10, 2020, 6:22 PM 5 min read The NCAA initial rankings had little impact at the top of the AP Top 25, but a three-game losing […]
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Presidential election years always raise big questions about the way we vote, in part because the process can get kind of messy. Caucuses in particular have been derided as old-fashioned, opaque or inaccessible. Their critics got a significant boost last week, when Iowa’s caucus was plagued by technological and human mistakes, delaying results and plunging
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Image copyright Getty Images Super-spreading, where individual patients pass on an infection to large numbers of people, is a feature of nearly every outbreak. It is not their fault but can have a significant impact on how diseases spread. There are reports of super-spreading during the new coronavirus outbreak, which has centred on Wuhan, in
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A surprise box office hit telling the story of a poor South Korean family living in a tiny, dark semi-basement, and a wealthy family living in a glamorous home in Seoul. But while the Oscar-winning film Parasite is a work of fiction, the apartment is not. They’re called banjiha, and thousands of people live in
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Image copyright EPA Image caption Attorney General William Barr said it was one of the largest data breaches in history The US has charged four Chinese military officers over the huge cyber-attack of credit rating giant Equifax. More than 147 million Americans were affected in 2017 when hackers stole sensitive personal data including names and
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Xerox says it will raise its offer for computer and printer maker HP to nearly $35 billion after a lower bid was rejected February 10, 2020, 4:59 PM 1 min read NEW YORK — Xerox says it will raise its offer for computer and printer maker HP to nearly $35 billion after a lower bid
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UConn football player Eli Thomas wants his story to inspire others never to quit By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer February 10, 2020, 5:17 PM 3 min read STORRS, Conn. — Eastern Connecticut runner Samara Johnson doesn’t want people to feel sorry for her. The 4-foot-8 senior cross-country and track athlete is one of the
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WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s pending rules on sexual misconduct at the nation’s schools and colleges will include provisions to shore up protections for victims of stalking and dating violence, a response to lethal attacks that have underscored the weakness of current policies. The rules will for the first time cement domestic violence, dating
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The Justice Department says four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the computer networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing the personal information of tens of millions of Americans By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press February 10, 2020, 5:00 PM 5 min read WASHINGTON — Four
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A week after getting engaged, I woke up in the middle of the night soaked in my own stress sweat. The excitement of the proposal had worn off and the questions began to race through my mind. How would our relationship change once we got married? Do we need to get married or can we
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