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Interior Dept. Loosens Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules Dating From Deepwater Horizon

Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation, significantly weakening an Obama-era rule that was put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 […]

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Manufacturing Can’t Create Enough Jobs. Infrastructure Can.

Finance / En Sound Media

Manufacturing is not shrinking in the United States. Quite the contrary, production is growing, and it appears that corporate America — and corporate Europe and corporate China for that matter — intends to put even more factories in this country. But jobs in manufacturing are another matter. Unlike big infrastructure projects, which are under discussion

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With Trump rollback, school lunch could get more white bread

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Is white bread about to make a comeback on school lunch menus? After complaints about taste and costs, the Trump administration rolled back a rule that required foods like pasta and bread be made with whole grains. The cafeteria directors who lobbied for the change say they just want greater flexibility to serve foods like

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Leonardo da Vinci portrait marks 500th anniversary of his death

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright Royal Collection Trust This portrait, newly identified as Leonardo da Vinci, is going on display in London as the world marks the 500th anniversary of the death of the artist and inventor. Only one other portrait has survived from the artist’s lifetime, aside from self-portraits. Martin Clayton was researching an exhibition for The

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Stagecoach ‘asked to take on £1.6bn pensions risk’

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright PA Image caption Stagecoach currently runs the West Coast franchise jointly with Virgin Trains Stagecoach has said it refused to accept pensions risks that could have been “well in excess of £1bn” for three rail franchises it was disqualified from bidding for in April. Under one scenario the company estimated it could have

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Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones for hate speech

Technology / En Sound Media

Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and other extremists, saying they violated its ban against hate and violence. Interested in Facebook? Add Facebook as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Facebook news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The company said Thursday that it has also banned right-wing leaders Paul

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Berrios, Castro carry AL-leading Twins past Astros 8-2

Sports / En Sound Media

Jose Berrios won his fourth straight start, Jason Castro homered off former battery mate Brad Peacock and drove in four runs, and the AL-leading Minnesota Twins beat the Houston Astros 8-2 on Thursday afternoon. Backed by a six-run fourth from the Twins against Peacock, Berrios (5-1) finished seven smooth innings with seven hits and two

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PMQs: Tugendhat and May on Huawei role in UK 5G network

Politics / En Sound Media

The PM was asked about the “extraordinary” decision to allow Huawei to work on the network and why she was “ignoring two of our closest intelligence allies”. Tom Tugendhat, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, said the UK would be “nesting a dragon” by allowing the Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei to build the cyber

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Technology companies help pull US stocks broadly lower

Finance / En Sound Media

Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street in afternoon trading Thursday, putting the market on track for its second straight loss. Technology and communications companies accounted for much of the sell-off. Energy stocks took the heaviest losses as the price of crude oil slumped. Financial, health care and real estate companies notched modest gains. Investors were

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Dementia: The greatest health challenge of our time

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ageing is the biggest risk factor for developing dementia. Dementia is the greatest health challenge of our time, the charity Alzheimer’s Research UK has warned. Dementia was first described by the German doctor Alois Alzheimer in 1906 after he performed an autopsy on a woman with profound memory loss.

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