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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To hear the fighters talk, the heavyweight title fight Saturday night between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury is so big it took two TV networks to make it happen By TIM DAHLBERG AP Boxing Writer February 19, 2020, 6:41 PM 5 min read LAS VEGAS — To hear the fighters talk, the heavyweight title fight
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With 1,282 rooms, the Trump hotel was offering a range of accommodations for the night of the president’s arrival Tuesday, with rooms starting at $140, according to its website. Some third-party booking sites touted even better deals. “The exterior windows are, of course, gilded in glistening 24-carat gold,” the booking app HotelTonight said, offering a
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Online meal-kit seller Blue Apron said it may put itself up for sale By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer February 19, 2020, 6:46 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — Blue Apron, the online seller of meal kits, said it may put itself up for sale. The struggling company, which pioneered the meal-kit craze in
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