2020

Michael Flynn Moves to Withdraw Guilty Plea in About-Face After Extensive Cooperation

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn moved late on Tuesday to withdraw his guilty plea on charges of lying to investigators in the Russia inquiry, accusing prosecutors of “bad faith” and vindictiveness after they asked a judge to sentence him to prison for backing out of a deal to cooperate

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California housing crisis: Oakland moms evicted by deputies

SAN FRANCISCO — Homeless women ordered by a California judge last week to leave a vacant house they illegally occupied in Oakland for two months were evicted before dawn Tuesday by sheriff’s deputies in a case that highlighted the state’s severe housing shortage and growing numbers of homeless people. Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies, some dressed

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Worst-performing mental health trust NSFT ‘still has a way to go’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Care Quality Commission visited the trust last autumn A mental health trust dubbed England’s worst will remain in special measures despite showing improvements in care. The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) provides mental health and learning disability services. Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘Smells Like My Vagina’ Candle Has Twitter Talking

The $75 item contains traditional perfume elements like bergamot, cedar and rose “to put us in mind of fantasy, seduction, and a sophisticated warmth,” the product copy reads. According to a previous Goop description, the provocative name came from a joke between perfumer Douglas Little and Paltrow. The two were testing a fragrance one day

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Australian wildfire smoke stokes health fears in cities

CANBERRA, Australia — Fire alarms have been sounding in high-rise buildings across downtown Sydney and Melbourne as dense smoke from distant wildfires confuse electronic sensors. Modern government office blocks in the Australian capital Canberra have been closed because the air inside is too dangerous for civil servants to breathe. The sun has glowed an eerie

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