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U.S. to Announce Rollback of Auto Pollution Rules, a Key Effort to Fight Climate Change

Politics /

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected on Tuesday to announce its final rule to rollback Obama-era automobile fuel efficiency standards, relaxing efforts to limit climate-warming tailpipe pollution and virtually undoing the government’s biggest effort to combat climate change. The new rule, written by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation, would allow […]

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Ariana Grande Takes Down Her Iconic Ponytail And Shows Off ‘Natural’ Curls

Entertainment /

It seems that Ariana Grande may be letting loose while practicing social distancing. On Monday, the pop star posted a photo of herself to social media with her famous ponytail down and with dark, curly tresses falling around her face. “Get a load a dis,” the 26-year-old singer wrote alongside the photo. get a load

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Some Instacart, Amazon workers strike as jobs get riskier

Finance /

NEW YORK — Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers walked off the job Monday demanding greater safeguards against the coronavirus, even as both companies are speed-hiring hundreds of thousands of new workers to handle a surge in delivery orders. The one-day strikes had little impact on consumers, but the unrest called attention to mounting discontent

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NHS boss: Nightingale hospital an ‘extraordinary team effort’

Lifestyle /

The new Nightingale hospital in London’s ExCeL Centre will create the extra capacity needed because the number of people being hospitalised is “bound to increase,” National Health Service CEO Simon Stevens told the BBC. Two more temporary hospitals are to be built in Birmingham and Manchester and NHS England said other sites were being considered

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Coronavirus: Millions of garden plants set to be binned

Business /

Image copyright Getty Images Millions of plants, shrubs and trees could be binned in the coming days and weeks, meaning ruin for UK growers. The closure of 2,000 garden centres and nurseries mean makers of what’s called “ornamental horticulture” have no outlet for their plants. The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is asking the government for

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