After 1,000 days of the Trump Show, the capacity for surprise has long since diminished and comments or actions that would have sparked days of front-page coverage and howls from Capitol Hill now barely register. The shocker that consumed Twitter three hours ago is so quickly overwhelmed by the next one that it seems impossible […]
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A top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei says the company wants to be open and transparent in persuading the U.S. government that national security concerns about its technology are unfounded. Paul Scanlan is a chief technology officer at Huawei. He told The Associated Press in an interview Friday that the company is looking to
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Johnson & Johnson is recalling a single lot of its baby powder as a precaution after government testing found trace amounts of asbestos in one bottle bought online. The recall comes as J&J fights thousands of lawsuits in which plaintiffs claim its iconic baby powder was contaminated with asbestos and that it caused ovarian cancer
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Peter Handke spoke at the funeral of former Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic Nobel Prize for Literature panel members have defended their decision to give this year’s award to controversial Austrian author Peter Handke. The choice has been criticised because of Handke’s vocal support for the Serbs during the 1990s Yugoslav
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Image copyright Getty Images Health care giant Johnson & Johnson has recalled 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the US, after health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in a bottle purchased online. The company said it had launched an investigation and repeated prior tests have not found asbestos. The recall comes as the firm
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The USS Constitution has sailed in Boston Harbor to celebrate its 222nd birthday and the U.S. Navy’s birthday. The ship left Charlestown Navy Yard Friday morning and headed to Fort Independence on Castle Island to fire a 21-gun salute. The event celebrates the birthday of “Old Ironsides,” the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat, and
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Michigan came into the season a trendy pick to win the Big Ten East. It’s not even November and the No. 16 Wolverines must beat No. 7 Penn State as a road underdog on Saturday night to keep control of their destiny. That 35-14 loss at Wisconsin last month dropped fifth-year coach Jim Harbaugh to
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Welcome to Poll Watch, our weekly look at polling data and survey research on the candidates, voters and issues that will shape the 2020 election. Senator Elizabeth Warren has surged to the front of the Democratic pack by promising “big, structural change” — including a “Medicare for all” program that would bring health insurance to
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Ms. DiChello also worries that some states might alter the Uniform Law Commission’s model. She said this happened to standardized trust language in a similar proposal a few years back. “The Uniform Commission has proposed this model that very few states are going to adopt,” she said. “Some states are going to be more flexible
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Image copyright Family Image caption Baby Niamh has been waiting more than two weeks for a hospital place The family of a newborn baby girl left waiting more than two weeks for a specialist care bed say it has been a “horrific” experience. Niamh Williams was born with a cleft palate on 1 October and
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