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Month: February 2020

Pelicans’ Jaxson Hayes apologizes for vulgar language toward NBA, after being snubbed for Rising Stars game

New Orleans Pelicans rookie Jaxson Hayes apologized Friday evening after his choice words about the NBA went viral. Hayes, the eighth overall pick in last year’s draft, posted the video earlier Friday, expressing his disappointment over not being selected for the 2020 NBA Rising Stars Challenge. The challenge, part of the NBA All-Star Weekend, is

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Razor blades discovered in pack of gum

Click here for updates on this story     HARDEMAN COUNTY, TN (WREG) — The Hardeman County Sheriff’s Office issued a warning after razor blades were discovered inside a pack of gum. Investigators told WREG that a student at Bolivar Central High School opened the package of gum and found three razor blades inside. The student notified

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A traditional Chinese remedy said to help fight Wuhan coronavirus sparks skepticism — and panic buying

Could a traditional Chinese medicine help fight the Wuhan coronavirus, or is one of the country’s most influential state media outlets promoting pseudoscience and false hope? Those were the questions dominating Chinese social media after the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday that the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica and the Wuhan Institute of Virology

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A man beat a transgender woman for using the correct bathroom — the women’s. Now he’s guilty of a hate crime

A man who beat a transgender woman for using the women’s restroom was found guilty of a hate crime. Fred Constanza was convicted in an Oregon court for first-degree bias crime, second-degree assault and harassment for the August attack on Lauren Jackson, a transgender woman. Jackson was visiting Agate State Beach Park near Newport, Oregon,

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Britain needs a big trade deal with Europe and wants one with America. It may end 2020 with neither

After nearly four years of profound uncertainty that hobbled the economy and unnerved investors, Britain finally left the European Union. What happens next is vital for many businesses, yet the outlook isn’t great. The United Kingdom is entering an 11-month transition period during which Prime Minister Boris Johnson must race to strike new trade deals

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