SAO PAULO — For little Kobe Bryant growing up in Italy, the player that amazed him as a child was a skinny and half bald Brazilian guard who often beat his father’s teams with long distance shots. Oscar Schmidt, one of basketball‘s all-time leading scorers with almost 50,000 points, played with Italian teams between 1982 […]
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Representative Adam B. Schiff, the lead impeachment manager, walking into the Senate chamber.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times Pushing back on President Trump’s defense team’s expansive view of his presidential prerogatives, Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and the lead impeachment manager, accused Mr. Trump of being “a president
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WASHINGTON — President Trump signed the revised North American Free Trade Agreement into law on Wednesday, fulfilling a key campaign promise and bringing more than two years of tumultuous negotiations over the continent’s trade rules to a close. The trade deal, now called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, updates the quarter-century-old NAFTA, with stronger protections for
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Image copyright Getty Images Your lungs have an almost “magical” ability to repair the cancerous mutations caused by smoking – but only if you stop, say scientists. The mutations that lead to lung cancer had been considered to be permanent, and to persist even after quitting. But the surprise findings, published in Nature, show the
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The 100 Club is a 350 capacity venue on Oxford Street in London One of London’s oldest music venues has been granted special status under a move to protect grassroots venues. The 100 Club, on Oxford Street, was at risk of closure after more than 75 years, due to
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Norton bikes are used in the Isle of Man TT to this day The famous British motorbike company Norton Motorcycles has gone into administration. The Leicestershire firm was reportedly struggling to pay a tax bill and faced a winding-up order from HMRC. Founded in 1898, Norton is one of
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Online subscriptions sure sound cheap, but what do a few bucks a month to watch TV shows, store photos online and stream music add up to? Quite a lot, it turns out. In 2019, we each spent $640 on digital subscriptions like streaming video and music services, cloud storage, dating apps and online productivity tools,
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stopped short of saying the Rooney Rule is not working By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer January 29, 2020, 8:31 PM 3 min read MIAMI — Stopping short of saying the Rooney Rule is not working, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell noted Wednesday the league needs change to its minority hiring
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The BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg has been speaking to Michael Gove – the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, also considered to be one of the most important ministers in the cabinet. He spoke about how frustrations in government shaped his opinion on the EU. “I would occasionally say ‘I’m not sure this is
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged at a low level Wednesday amid an economy that looks solid but faces potential global threats, including from China’s viral outbreak. The Fed sketched a mostly bright picture of the U.S. economy in the statement it released after its latest policy meeting. Yet it
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