Rookie John Means tied a season-high with seven strikeouts and the Baltimore Orioles took the series opener from the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Tuesday night. Means (6-4) allowed one run on four hits with three walks over five innings and lowered his ERA to 2.60. Baltimore reliever Shawn Armstrong threw a pair of scoreless […]
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WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are examining whether a former arms-industry lobbyist serving as a midlevel State Department official played a role in the Trump administration’s decision last month to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates without seeking legislative approval, lawmakers and current and former government officials said. A House committee plans
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Image copyright TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The NHS fraud squad is investigating GPs in England amid suspicions they are claiming for non-existent patients. Doctors get £150 a year for each patient on their list, but records show there were 3.6 million more patients in the system last year than there were people in England. The
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Image copyright Jamie Nelson Image caption The singer has upset the conservative country establishment by singing about smoking weed and gun control Women in country music are offered two potential paths, says Maren Morris. “The stereotype is you’ve either got to be this religious, virginal conservative, or the wronged woman burning the house down.” But
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Norman Borlaug is credited with saving millions of people from starvation In the early 1900s, newlyweds Cathy and Cappy Jones left Connecticut in the US to start a new life as farmers in north-west Mexico’s Yaqui Valley, a little-known dry and dusty place, a few hundred kilometres south of
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In June 1995 artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin in fabric. The former German parliament building sat on the border between East and West Berlin. It had been gutted by fire in 1933 and extensively damaged in the Second World War. The monumental public art project was seen by more than five
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Beloved in his hometown, David Ortíz traveled the dangerous streets of Santo Domingo with little or no security, trusting in his fans to protect him. Interested in MLB? Add MLB as an interest to stay up to date on the latest MLB news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Big Papi’s guard was down even
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A White House spokesman, Judd Deere, declined to comment on Mr. Behnam’s plans. Mr. Behnam is not the first financial regulator to call attention to the market risks posed by climate change. In 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission began requiring publicly traded companies to disclose the risks to their bottom lines associated with climate
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Image copyright Getty Images Strobe lighting at music festivals can increase the risk of epileptic seizures, researchers have warned. The Dutch team said even people who have not been diagnosed with epilepsy might be affected. Their study was prompted by the case of a 20-year-old, with no history of epilepsy, who suddenly collapsed and had
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Image copyright Getty Images “Working on a zero-hours contract made me feel exhausted and negatively affected my mental health.” This statement comes from a former theme park worker, but is a typical view of the estimated five million UK people with no job security. Now some zero-hours contract workers are set to be offered greater
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