U.S. measles cases in 2019 have climbed to their highest level in 25 years in a resurgence largely attributed to misinformation that is turning parents against vaccines. New York City health officials on Wednesday reported 61 new cases since late last week, pushing this year’s nationwide tally past the 667 cases reported for all of […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Director Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma won three Oscars for Netflix’s Roma this year Film streaming services could see continued awards success after the body behind the Oscars voted down calls to tighten its submission process. Figures including Steven Spielberg have said films that are given only brief cinema runs shouldn’t
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Since mid-February, managers at Anchor Brewing Co., the San Francisco icon that industry insiders consider the birthplace of American craft beer, have promised to remain neutral as 70 workers decide whether to unionize with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. But in that time, the company has conducted an escalating campaign of anti-union tactics, from
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A rough landing by a German government plane at one of Berlin’s airports brought flights to a standstill for more than two hours on Tuesday, adding to a long list of embarrassing mishaps for the military-operated fleet. The German air force, which operates the aircraft, said both wings of the Bombardier Global 5000 jet touched
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Borrowing from the way cockroaches skitter along walls, scientists have created a robotic device that safely guides itself through the delicate chambers of a pig’s heart as it’s beating. It is one of the first times researchers have shown that a truly autonomous surgical robot can navigate inside the heart, not controlled by a doctor
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The former men’s tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin pleaded guilty Wednesday to accepting a $100,000 bribe in the widespread college admissions bribery scheme and will cooperate with authorities. Michael Center, 55, is the third coach to plead guilty in the high-profile case that has also ensnared wealthy parents, including executives and
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FRANKFURT — President Trump’s trade war was supposed to make Europeans feel so much pain they would beg for mercy at the negotiating table. But it’s not working very well, according to a new study by the European Central Bank. Almost a year after the White House imposed tariffs on European steel and aluminum, the
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A bidding war is breaking out over Anadarko Petroleum, with Occidental making an offer that it says is about a 20% premium to Chevron’s deal announced earlier this month, a rare move not often seen in the U.S. oil industry. Houston-based Occidental Petroleum Corp. said the proposed combination would bolster its position in the Permian
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How much screen time is too much for babies and young children? The World Health Organization has advised parents that under-twos should not spend any time passively watching screens. Children aged two to four should not spend more than an hour a day watching programmes or playing computer games, it also says. But are such
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The 1975 and Jorja Smith both won Brit Awards earlier this year Socially-conscious songs by Ghetts, The 1975 and Jorja Smith lead the nominees for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards. All three are up for best contemporary song, with lyrics that address issues from stop and search to sexual
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