The saga of Castle Hot Springs resort sounds like a Carl Hiaasen novel if he swapped South Florida for Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. The history of the hard-to-access oasis an hour’s drive north of Phoenix has involved a quail-hunting, self-made mogul, Native Americans, new age crystal worshipers, scheming hoteliers and a gun-toting, toothless caretaker who had […]
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LONDON — Amazon is taking a big step into the international restaurant delivery business — and taking a shot at one of Uber’s most promising markets in the process. The e-commerce giant said on Friday that it would lead a $575 million investment in Deliveroo, becoming one of the London-based start-up’s biggest backers. The cash
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The Latest on the Preakness (all times local): 12:10 p.m. The music is blaring, the beer is flowing and the crowd in the infield at Pimlico Race Course for the Preakness is … smaller than usual. Maybe it’s the $89 price tag for tickets, and in some cases, an additional $30 charge. It could be
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Now that several states have passed bills that effectively ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, the new laws are raising a lot of questions about early pregnancy and miscarriage treatments. The fetal heartbeat can typically be seen on an ultrasound at around six weeks into pregnancy, but many women have no idea
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Image copyright Cumbria Police Image caption Zholia Alemi was found guilty of four theft and fraud charges after a week-long trial last year A bogus psychiatrist who treated hundreds of patients in Scotland may have referred some for needless electro-convulsive therapy, Scotland’s chief medical officer has warned. Dr Catherine Calderwood said others may have been
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Image copyright Getty Images TV and radio presenter Nicki Chapman has been praised for speaking out about her recent brain tumour diagnosis and subsequent recovery from surgery. The 52-year-old, who was found to have a tumour “the size of a golf ball”, told the Daily Mail she was “petrified” but tried to “stay positive”. The
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Image copyright VLSA Image caption The VLSA stand at Business Show 2019 Whether it’s effective, inappropriate or both, some firms still use women in skimpy dresses to market their wares. Visitors to this week’s Business Show 2019 have expressed surprise and dismay that an exhibitor used “booth babes” to attract attention to their stand. The
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Amar was brought to the UK from Iraq as an orphaned child with terrible burns, following a napalm attack by Saddam Hussein’s forces. When the spotlight faded he settled into a quiet life without his family in Devon, but then years later, he received a mysterious message from a stranger, saying his mother was looking
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Rates Starting at $195 The Basics Richard Branson likes to party, and so do you! Opened in February, this is the second property in the Virgin Hotels portfolio — the first opened in Chicago in 2015, with Mr. Branson twisting and shouting on a “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”-inspired float to celebrate. Both are paving the
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The best polls put the far-right Alternative for Germany at less than 15 percent of the vote one week before European elections . But with their relentless Facebook messages, tweets and other social media posts, they’re dominating the other parties online. Like other right-wing parties in Europe, the party known as AfD is taking a
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