The Trump administration said Wednesday it is ending medical research by government scientists using human fetal tissue, overriding the advice of scientists that there’s no other way to tackle some health problems and handing abortion opponents a major victory. Interested in Trump Administration? Add Trump Administration as an interest to stay up to date on […]
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Image copyright Focus entertainment Image caption Chad Focus in the video for Get The Money “I’m out here trying to get it / Money is the mission,” declared rapper Chad Focus on his 2017 single Get The Money. The video, which has 4 million views on YouTube, shows the musician wearing gold chains while surrounded
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Bridgend plant opened in 1980 and employs 1,700 workers Ford Europe has called union leaders from Bridgend’s engine plant to its Essex headquarters on Thursday. There are renewed concerns for the factory’s future – it opened nearly 40 years ago and employs 1,700 workers. It comes just months
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As the fighting worsened in Syria, Hazar Almahmoud knew she and her daughter had to flee. So they embarked on a perilous 2,200-mile journey by car, plane and boat for the safety of the UK. It meant paying a total of 13,000 Euros to smugglers and risking their lives to seek asylum. Now she calls
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Carnival Corporation will no longer operate cruises to Cuba, effective immediately, the travel company announced Wednesday. The decision, coming one day after the Trump administration banned cruises, private yachts and fishing vessels from visiting Cuba, has left many travelers frustrated and confused, especially those currently en route to the island nation. “I’m one of hundreds
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YouTube is updating its hate speech policies to prohibit videos with white supremacist and neo-Nazi content. Interested in YouTube? Add YouTube as an interest to stay up to date on the latest YouTube news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The video streaming company says it has already made it more difficult to find such
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A lawsuit filed last September in Nevada state court accusing Cristiano Ronaldo of rape has been dropped by a woman who alleges the soccer star paid her $375,000 to keep quiet about a 2009 Las Vegas hotel penthouse encounter. But a federal lawsuit filed in January by the same woman is still active, and Las
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Joseph R. Biden Jr., who has shunned today’s Democratic Party orthodoxy on issues from crime to compromising with Republicans, again broke with his party’s base and many of his campaign rivals on Wednesday when his campaign confirmed that he still backs the Hyde Amendment, a measure that prohibits the use of federal funds for abortion
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Chlorine gas has sickened dozens of swimmers at a Utah public pool in what police called a freak accident. A pump malfunctioned Tuesday and forced too much chlorine out of a jet at Pleasant Grove Veterans Memorial Pool about 36 miles (58 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City, Pleasant Grove Police Capt. Britt Smith said.
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Roberts’ contribution to Doctor Who: The Target Storybook, has been removed Writer Gareth Roberts has been dropped from an upcoming Doctor Who anthology over “offensive” transphobic tweets, BBC Books has confirmed. Roberts, confirming his dismissal via Medium, said the publisher had “immediately folded” to pressure from the show’s fandom
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