Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Kurt Cobain became close friends with Michael Stipe in the years before his death While REM were recording their ninth album, Monster, in 1994, Michael Stipe received a phone call he’d been dreading: Kurt Cobain was dead. The pair had been close – Stipe was godfather to Cobain’s daughter, […]
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Image copyright Getty Images There is growing concern among key aerospace manufacturers about regulatory alignment and the ability to bring products to market after Brexit. The firms have sought reassurance that the UK would continue to be a member of the European Aviation Safety Agency after any Brexit deal. They also warned that alignment with
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As Hong Kong’s protests deepen, one pastor and a group of mostly Christian volunteers are trying to stop clashes from happening. Protect the Children volunteers put themselves between protesters and police in a bid to mediate. But it’s getting more difficult as clashes break out earlier in the demonstrations – and the volunteers have inevitably
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Companies must notify California residents of their data privacy rights in plain language and must verify people’s identities before releasing data, state officials proposed Thursday. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced draft regulations that also spell out ways people can ask for their personal information to be deleted from company databases. The rules are being
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The Indiana Pacers have exercised contract options on TJ Leaf and Aaron Holiday. Leaf was the team’s first-round draft pick in 2017 and has averaged 3.4 points and 1.9 rebounds in his first two seasons in the league. The 6-foot-10, 225-pound forward is expected to play a bigger role this season. Holiday showed promise as
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Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox. It’s the one question about impeachment that no Democratic presidential candidate wants to answer head on. Should Joe Biden’s son Hunter have been allowed to sit on the board of a foreign company while his father served as vice president? In the past few weeks,
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Federal Reserve Board members voted on Thursday to adjust key bank regulations put in place after the financial crisis, enacting a series of changes that one board governor, Lael Brainard, warned could weaken “core safeguards.” Regulators are tying rules more closely to bank size, reducing the necessary level of cash and government bond stockpiles at
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“You’re such an inspiration.” That’s what a young woman said to me at a recent networking event. She’s a journalism student and an aspiring writer who follows my work and wants to one day tell stories that matter to her as a Black woman, just like I do. I graciously accepted her compliment but inside,
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Kirsten Bennett has opened up about postpartum life, months after giving birth to her second daughter, Marli, with Chance The Rapper in August. In an Instagram post published Wednesday, Bennett helped bring awareness to the realities of recovering from childbirth by sharing a note about her own experience. “Mommy loves you my sweet Marli Grace,”
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Of course, the Yankees are the Bronx Bombers. Turns out this group is filled with fancy fielders, too. “I don’t think they want the attention,” catcher Austin Romine said Thursday. “You got a bunch of guys that go out there and play good defense, and it’s just now getting noticed.” First baseman DJ LeMahieu, shortstop
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