A cruise ship has anchored off Cambodia after being turned away by four Asian governments over fears that admitting those on board could spread a dangerous new virus By SOPHENG CHEANG AND GRANT PECK Associated Press February 13, 2020, 2:27 AM 3 min read SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia — A cruise ship turned away by four Asian […]
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Authorities in North Carolina say a former college football player was arrested after receiving a parcel that contained about $160,000 worth of marijuana and THC edibles February 13, 2020, 2:19 AM 2 min read RALEIGH, N.C. — A former college player was arrested after receiving a parcel in North Carolina that contained about $160,000 worth
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WASHINGTON — On a day when President Trump congratulated the attorney general for overruling career prosecutors in favor of the lighter prison sentence he sought for a longtime friend, Senate Republicans agreed on one thing: Reining in a president emboldened by the impeachment acquittal they orchestrated is not on their to-do list. “Kind of immaterial,”
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WASHINGTON — At the height of the 2008 economic collapse, then-New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the elimination of a discriminatory housing practice known as “redlining” was responsible for instigating the meltdown. “It all started back when there was a lot of pressure on banks to make loans to everyone,” Bloomberg, now a Democratic presidential
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A second case of novel coronavirus has been confirmed in the U.S. among evacuees from China February 13, 2020, 1:18 AM 2 min read SAN DIEGO — A second case of novel coronavirus has been confirmed in the U.S. among evacuees from China, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday. The person
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When a spinal cord injury meant Vickie Simmonds had to start using a wheelchair, she rediscovered her love for dancing. With the help of her best friend Amanda, who is able-bodied, she spent a year in the dance studio choreographing routines that could be danced in a wheelchair. The pair then decided to establish their
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Image copyright F Hinds Image caption Andrew Hinds fears for the future of smaller town centres if there is no change For one national chain of jewellers, the government’s business rates system is having a devastating effect on retail outside big cities and shopping malls. Andrew Hinds, a director at family-run firm F Hinds, says
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Mookie Betts and David Price have been introduced as Los Angeles Dodgers, completing their journey from Boston as part of a trade that dragged out for over a week before being finalized By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer February 12, 2020, 11:25 PM 2 min read LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts and David Price finally
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MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Democratic presidential primary is entering an intensely tumultuous phase, after two early contests that have left former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. reeling and elevated Senator Bernie Sanders but failed to make any candidate a dominant force in the battle for the party’s nomination. Within the Democratic establishment, the results
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Image caption A message written in the snow alongside the Tonghui river reads “Goodbye Li Wenliang!” On a cold Beijing morning, on an uninspiring, urban stretch of the Tonghui river, a lone figure could be seen writing giant Chinese characters in the snow. The message taking shape on the sloping concrete embankment was to a
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