The Olympic gymnast, who just won five gold medals at the world championships to bring her total to a record 25 medals, nailed her attempt to describe her dominance in an interview published Monday. “It’s not out of cockiness,” she told USA Today. “I’ve won five world titles and if I say, ‘I’m the best gymnast […]
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France’s lower house of parliament is set to adopt a bill that would give single women and lesbian couples access to in vitro fertilization and related procedures. The vote on France’s bioethics bill, including measures on assisted reproduction, is being held later Tuesday at the National Assembly, where French President Emmanuel Macron’s government has a
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption L to R: Sigourney Weaver with Jodie Foster, Margaret Atwood with Bernardine Evaristo and Glenn Close with Lady Gaga For the third time in its 50-year history, the Booker Prize has been shared between two authors. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo were named joint winners on Monday and will
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Image copyright AFP Image caption New IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva The global economy is growing at its slowest pace since the financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. The fund said world growth would hit just 3% this year – down from its July forecast of 3.2% and a sharp slowdown from
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“Steps from USC campus, a modern, newly built detached studio apartment. Full kitchen w/ brand-new gas stove, dishwasher. Washer/dryer, full bath, a/c, bedroom nook, ready-to-go entertainment hookups. Scandinavian design appeal. Walking distance to L.A. Metro. $1,400/month.” A dream Los Angeles rental listing? At 20 percent below market, in a neighborhood where the alternative is a
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Terry Rozier arrived in Charlotte with a tremendous chip on his shoulder. The 25-year-old point guard is eager to prove he can lead an NBA team after spending four years as a backup with the Boston Celtics. He will get that opportunity this season in Charlotte where he’ll replace Kemba Walker, the franchise’s all-time leading
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Johnson & Johnson’s third-quarter profit jumped 23%, beating Wall Street forecasts, thanks to higher sales of its key medicines for cancer and immune disorders and an acquisition-related charge a year earlier. The world’s biggest maker of health care products also raised its financial forecast for the year, and its shares jumped more than 2% in
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Professional chefs get to work with some of the best equipment on the market — it is their job — but for the average home cook, shelling out hundreds of dollars for knives, pans and other cooking essentials just isn’t realistic. Thankfully, there are quality tools out there that get the job done without breaking
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This wasn’t one of them. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba fell out of her chair while critiquing a routine danced by Kate Flannery of “The Office” and partner Pasha Pashkov. The two had just finished performing to “A Spoonful of Sugar” from “Mary Poppins,” prompting high praise from Inaba. The judge, distracted by host Tom Bergeron
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BANGKOK — On the northern edge of Bangkok’s Chinatown is a fenced-in, six-acre lot filled with vacant two-story shops where the only sound is the yowling of abandoned cats. Once a thriving market that specialized in auto parts and musical instruments, the lot has been bought by a developer in preparation for something bigger and
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