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On Politics: Images of Missiles Prompted Debate Over Iran Threat

• The White House rejected another round of document requests from the House, expanding on its assertions that Democrats in Congress lacked a legitimate legislative purpose for the demands and were inappropriately replicating the work of the special counsel. • The president issued an order to ban American telecommunications firms from installing foreign-made equipment that […]

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Judge orders FDA to speed up review of e-cigarettes

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

A federal judge is siding with public health groups suing the Food and Drug Administration to begin reviewing thousands of e-cigarettes on the U.S. market. The ruling handed down Wednesday in district court states that the agency shirked its legal duty when it postponed reviewing all U.S. vaping products by several years. The American Academy

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Rave on: Gary Clarke’s Wasteland turns rave moves into contemporary dance

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image caption Gary Clarke on the set of Wasteland In the early 1990s, the illegal rave scene in Britain was on the rise and heavy industry was on the decline. Choreographer Gary Clarke connects the two in a new dance show. Gary Clarke was too young to go to raves during the acid house explosion.

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What has happened to energy since privatisation?

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images The first parts of the energy sector were privatised in late 1990, when Margaret Thatcher was no longer prime minister, although the legislation had been passed under her leadership. At that time, the 12 regional electricity companies in England and Wales were sold. Later, the Scottish industry was sold, as were

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The TWA Hotel Takes Flight at J.F.K.

Travel / En Sound Media

The last time the Trans World Airlines terminal at Kennedy International Airport saw a weary traveler was 2001, when the beleaguered airline ended operations and the Eero Saarinen-designed, national-landmarked flight center was closed to passenger service. On Wednesday, those weary travelers will finally get some rest, with the terminal reopened and transformed into the lobby

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Trump issues order apparently aimed at China’s Huawei

Technology / En Sound Media

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday apparently aimed at banning equipment from Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei from U.S. networks. It declares a national economic emergency that empowers the government to ban the technology and services of “foreign adversaries” deemed to pose unacceptable risks to national security — including from cyberespionage and sabotage. While

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Edwin Jackson Sets MLB Record By Playing For 14th Team

Sports / En Sound Media

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Edwin Jackson became the first player in major league history to play for 14 teams when he made his Toronto Blue Jays debut. The 35-year-old right-hander threw an 88 mph cutter that San Francisco leadoff hitter Joe Panik took for a called strike leading off the bottom of the first inning

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Richard Lugar Is Remembered as a ‘True American Statesman’

Politics / En Sound Media

Mr. Lugar built a résumé that seemed preordained for politics. An Eagle Scout, he was the co-president of his class at Denison University in Ohio (his soon-to-be wife, Charlene, was the other president), then became a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. While in Britain, he enlisted in the Navy and after returning to the United States,

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Tariffs force businesses to strategize to preserve profits

Finance / En Sound Media

Faced with the Trump administration’s 25% tariff on imports from China, Ruth Rau is looking to other countries to manufacture baby and toddler toys. “No one domestically can produce the quality we want, and with the cost of shipping and the proposed new regulations, it’s not going to be cost-effective to produce them in China

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Spinal muscular atrophy: Spinraza approval delights family

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Image copyright Katie Prescott Image caption Heidi Prescott-Booth was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy when she was three The mother of a girl with a muscle-wasting disease is delighted a drug that may slow her daughter’s condition has been approved for use on the NHS. NHS England said it has agreed the use of Spinraza

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