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New E.P.A. Lead Standards Would Slow Replacement of Dangerous Pipes

Politics /

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration was expected on Thursday to propose new regulations on lead and copper in drinking water, updating a 20-year-old rule that may have contributed to the lead-tainted water crisis in Flint, Mich., that began in 2015. The draft plan, which was scheduled to be announced by the Environmental Protection administrator, Andrew […]

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Has your newborn’s identity already been stolen?

Finance /

Imagine discovering that your newborn’s brand new Social Security number has already been used to construct what Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center, calls a “Frankenstein monster of identity.” Parents may discover their newborn’s tarnished Social Security number when they try to use it to file taxes, apply for government

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Sanders says he’ll resume campaigning ‘as soon as possible’

Lifestyle /

Bernie Sanders says he’s “getting my endurance back” and “getting stronger every day” after last week’s heart attack, while promising to return to the presidential campaign trail “as soon as possible.” “I am feeling great,” the 78-year-old Vermont senator said in a 7-minute video posted online Thursday. He said that, while lying in a hospital

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Meet the residents of the Riba Stirling Prize-winning Passivhaus

Entertainment /

The homes on Goldsmith Street in Norwich are a little different. Built by Norwich City Council to Passivhaus standard, they have just won the Riba Stirling Prize for architecture and could set the template for the future of social-housing developments. These fuel-efficient homes, nearly 100 of them, are handed over with large blue ring binders,

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The Latest: New report shows US ‘flash drought’ more intense

Technology /

The Latest on the drought in the southern United States (all times local): 9 a.m. Forecasters say a “flash drought” is intensifying across the southern United States. A new report out Thursday shows that severe and extreme drought conditions are spreading into more parts of the South. The U.S. Drought Monitor report also shows that

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Boxer Errol Spence seriously injured in Dallas Ferrari crash

Sports /

Welterweight boxing champion Errol Spence crashed a speeding Ferrari in Dallas early Thursday and was badly injured but is expected to survive, police said. The crash happened just before 3 a.m., when Spence’s Ferrari crossed a median into oncoming traffic and flipped over several times, police said. Spence was taken to a hospital, where he

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2 Giuliani Associates Tied to Ukraine Scandal Arrested on Campaign Finance Charges

Politics /

WASHINGTON — Two associates of the president’s private lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, who helped fund efforts to investigate one of President Trump’s political rivals, were charged in a separate case with violating campaign finance laws, according to court documents. The two men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, believed to be important witnesses in the House’s

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Seth Meyers Supercut Shows Donald Trump’s Constitution Confusion

Entertainment /

And the host of NBC’s “Late Night” kicked off his in-depth analysis by reminding viewers how the president, on multiple previous occasions, has shown that he actually has no clue about the U.S. Constitution. Meyers aired three clips from the Trump 2016 campaign trail in which the then-candidate accused the press of trying to “surrender”

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