HANGZHOU, China — As China encourages people to return to work despite the coronavirus outbreak, it has begun a bold mass experiment in using data to regulate citizens’ lives — by requiring them to use software on their smartphones that dictates whether they should be quarantined or allowed into subways, malls and other public spaces. […]
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Lance McCullers struck out Paul Goldschmidt on curveball, then looked toward the Houston dugout. That was enough on this day. After being out of the game for more than a year, 16 pitches were plenty Sunday. Sidelined since having Tommy John surgery in November 2018, McCullers started in a spring training game against St. Louis
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The Democratic presidential campaign took a dramatic turn on Sunday as a top candidate, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg, quit the race and started clearing the way for moderate voters to coalesce around candidates better positioned to stop Senator Bernie Sanders, the liberal front-runner for the party’s nomination. Mr. Buttigieg made his decision after a devastating
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Image copyright Getty Images Boris Johnson has promised to “drive a hard bargain” as he set out the UK’s negotiating position for a post-Brexit free trade deal with the US. The government said a deal would boost the UK economy by £3.4bn and particularly benefit Scotland, England’s north-east and the Midlands. It pledged to maintain
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Dexter Dennis had a career-high 25 points as Wichita State edged SMU 66-62 March 2, 2020, 12:33 AM 1 min read DALLAS — Dexter Dennis had a career-high 25 points as Wichita State narrowly defeated SMU 66-62 on Sunday. Grant Sherfield made 4 of 5 from 3-point range and finished with 14 points and six
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As president, he said, “You have to have somebody that the public thinks, ‘Whether I like the guy or the woman or not, he is smart, well meaning and knows how to manage the process.’” As for the subject of his wealth, he said, “it’s tricky,” adding: “People in America fundamentally don’t want to take
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Since last spring, workers at Intel who turned on their corporate laptops or wall displays inside the company’s more than 1,000 conference rooms have seen a new tagline: “One Intel.” A plea for unity might seem surprising at a company that has long had a singular mission of making semiconductors. But
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Vanessa Bryant is “absolutely devastated” over reports that first responders shared graphic photos of the crash site where her husband and 13-year-old daughter and seven other people died in a helicopter accident, her lawyer said in a statement on Sunday. Bryant went personally to the sheriff’s office on Jan. 26, the day Kobe and Gianna
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SELMA, Ala. — Pete Buttigieg, the former small-city Indiana mayor and first openly gay major presidential candidate, has decided to quit the Democratic race, a person briefed on Mr. Buttigieg’s plans said on Sunday, following a crushing loss in the South Carolina primary where his poor performance with black Democrats signaled an inability to build
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A warm winter means this is the first time in years that German winemakers can’t make their prized ice wine from frozen grapes By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer March 1, 2020, 3:57 PM 2 min read FRANKFURT, Germany — A warm winter means that for the first time in years Germany’s vineyards will produce
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