The Phoenix Suns are looking for stability after their previous coach lasted just one season. They hope Monty Williams is the man to lead their turnaround. The Suns announced Friday that they had come to terms with Williams, a former head coach and a current assistant in Philadelphia. He will take over as Phoenix’s fifth […]
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“Since these materials are publicly cited and described in the Mueller report, there can be no question about the committee’s need for and right to this underlying evidence in order to independently evaluate the facts that Special Counsel Mueller uncovered and fulfill our constitutional duties,” Mr. Nadler wrote. “As the Mueller report makes clear, this
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Move over, Internal Revenue Service. Criminals now prefer the Social Security Administration as their cover agency when they try to swindle Americans over the phone. The I.R.S. has long been a popular choice for telephone scammers, who call pretending to be federal tax representatives to extract money, personal information, or both, from consumers. But federal
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Advancing his anti-abortion agenda, President Donald Trump moved Thursday to protect health care workers who object to procedures like abortion on moral or religious grounds. Trump chose the National Day of Prayer to announce the new regulation. “Just today we finalized new protections of conscience rights for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, teachers, students and faith-based charities,”
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Image copyright Alamy Image caption Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn’s Death Becomes Her is among the films on the bill The British Film Institute (BFI) is facing accusations of misogyny over a season dedicated to “fierce females”. The programme includes films featuring “some of the most wickedly compelling female characters on screen”. In December, more
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Image copyright Getty Images The voice records of five million taxpayers are being deleted by the UK’s tax authority, as the way they were collected broke privacy rules. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) failed to gain explicit consent from individuals before signing them up to the voice ID system for telephone enquiries. Campaigners accused HMRC
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Carbon Beach is a beguiling and exclusive crescent of sand along the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, famous — infamous might be a better word — for the long and mostly losing battle conducted by its wealthy homeowners to keep the public off this stunning mile of coastline. It is also known as Billionaire’s Beach, a
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The idea that people experience certain scents differently is not new. Scientists have known for a while that for some people cilantro tastes like soap and beets taste like dirt for reasons likely connected to smell. They’ve also known that only some people can detect the chemical that makes urine smell differently after someone has
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Serena Williams is set to return from injury at the upcoming Italian Open. Tournament director Sergio Palmieri told The Associated Press on Friday that he spoke with Williams’ agent and that Williams “has already reserved her rooms and should be here a few days early” for the May 13-19 event. Williams has not played since
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Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable has called his party’s local election results the “big success story of the night”. The party saw gains across the country, taking seats from both Conservative and Labour-run councils. Speaking in Chelmsford, where the Lib Dems took control of the local council from the Conservatives, Mr Cable said the result
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