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Mexico’s Top Diplomat to Meet With Pence in Effort to Avoid Trump Tariffs

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WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence and other top administration officials will meet Wednesday with Mexico’s top diplomat as both sides try to avert the potentially crippling economic consequences of President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on all Mexican imports. Mr. Trump has vowed to impose a 5 percent tariff on all goods from Mexico […]

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Prosecutor to discuss doctor accused of ordering fatal doses

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Authorities plan to give an update on the criminal investigation of an intensive care doctor accused of ordering possibly fatal painkillers for dozens of Ohio hospital patients. The Franklin County prosecutor and Columbus police scheduled a news conference Wednesday to discuss the investigation of Dr. William Husel (HYOO’-suhl). A lawyer for Husel has said he

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Empire creator: Jussie Smollett ‘will not be returning’

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Image copyright Getty Images Jussie Smollett will not be returning to Empire, the show’s co-creator Lee Daniels has now confirmed. Responding to claims that writers were preparing for Smollett’s comeback, Daniels tweeted: “Jussie will NOT be returning to Empire.” The actor was accused of staging a racist and homophobic attack on himself in January –

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PMQs: Long Bailey and Lidington on steel and climate change

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The shadow business secretary has criticised government policies on climate change and what she said was a lack of help for the UK steel industry. At PMQs, Rebecca Long Bailey accused the Conservatives of offering only “empty rhetoric” to steel workers, and “running down clock on our planet”. Conservative David Lidington – standing in for

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Medicaid bought sex offenders’ erectile dysfunction drugs

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Registered sex offenders in New York received $63,000 worth of erectile dysfunction drugs and other sexual treatments courtesy of the state’s publicly funded Medicaid program, according to an audit released Wednesday. Federal rules bar Medicaid coverage of sexual treatments for all recipients, not just sex offenders. Yet state Medicaid officials approved $930,000 in improper payments

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Miley Cyrus: ‘I won’t be grabbed without consent’

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Image copyright Getty Images Miley Cyrus has responded angrily online after apparently being grabbed by a stranger in Barcelona. The singer, writing on Twitter, said: “She CAN’T be grabbed without her consent.” A video posted online appears to show a fan grabbing the singer by the neck before trying to kiss her. Miley’s reaction seems

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