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Banks are still closing branches at an 'alarming rate'
HSBC, Lloyds, Santander, the Co-Op Bank, TSB and Virgin Money have together closed more than 600 branches since protective measures were launched in 2017, according to Which?
(July 24 07:14) Dailymail.co.uk
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Kentucky African-American, Africana Studies Faculty Want Rupp Arena Name Change
The faculty of the African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky has requested that school rename Rupp Arena, its basketball facility...
(July 24 07:13) Bleacherreport.com
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My Escape to America Shows the Price of Dissent in South Sudan
The president ordered me abducted or killed. This isn’t the democracy the West bargained for in 2011.
(July 24 07:09) The Wall Street Journal
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Alaska's Election Initiative Is Rank
A Colorado-based PAC pushes reforms to confuse voters and depress turnout.
(July 24 07:09) The Wall Street Journal
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California Is Once Again at the Center of the Coronavirus Crisis
The state was the first to issue a stay-at-home order, helping to control an early outbreak. It has now surpassed New York for the most known cases of the virus. ...
(July 24 07:09) Nytimes.com
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Feds Sending Tactical Team to Seattle, Expanding Presence Beyond Portland
After outrage over the presence of federal agents in Portland, Ore., the Trump administration is sending a team to Seattle. Officials say they will be on standby.
(July 24 07:09) Nytimes.com
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Crossorads Hotel, the pub at the centre of Sydney's biggest coronavirus outbreak reopens
The Crossroads Hotel at Casula in Sydney's south-west will reopen on Friday, despite 56 cases of the coronavirus which have since been linked to the hotel.
(July 24 07:09) Dailymail.co.uk
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Play Ball! Major League Baseball opens its pandemic-delayed season in Washington
Four months delayed, and dramatically curtailed by the ongoing pandemic, the 2020 Major League Baseball season finally opened in Washington on Thursday as the Nationals hosted the Yankees.
(July 24 07:09) Dailymail.co.uk
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Yankees' Aaron Boone Says MLB Players Facing 'Unavoidable Risk' Amid Pandemic
The New York Yankees are scheduled to start the 2020 Major League Baseball season Thursday against the Washington Nationals , and manager Aaron Boone isn't ...
(July 24 07:09) Bleacherreport.com
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Turkey Retreats From Modernity
Hagia Sophia is a mosque again, and Atatürk’s secular experiment is over.
(July 24 07:07) The Wall Street Journal
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The Mnuchin Follies
With his help, Pelosi keeps outmaneuvering Republican senators on coronavirus bills.
(July 24 07:07) The Wall Street Journal
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Two respite homes for RAF veterans face closure after donations dry up amid the coronavirus pandemic
More than 1,100 ex-servicemen and women, go to the Wings Breaks homes in Northumberland and Weston-super-Mare every year. But the Royal Air Forces Association said it is short of funds. ...
(July 24 07:06) Dailymail.co.uk
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Britain's elderly spent £7.4 BILLION on care bills last year despite PM's vow to fix the crisis
Boris Johnson, who celebrates the first anniversary of his arrival in Downing Street today, promised exactly a year ago that no one would have to sell their home to fund ...
(July 24 07:05) Dailymail.co.uk
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Dame Jenni Murray quits Woman's Hour after 33 years
Dame Jenni Murray, 70, will step down from the role at the start of October. During her 33 years on Woman's Hour she has interviewed a host of famous women ...
(July 24 07:05) Dailymail.co.uk
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Coronavirus: Disney delays blockbuster films due to pandemic
The new Star Wars and Avatar movies are pushed back a year while Mulan is postponed indefinitely.
(July 24 07:04) BBC.com
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The Chicks' Natalie Maines Jokes She'd 'Make Out' With George W. Bush Over Trump
Speaking to Andy Cohen, the Texas-born singer-songwriter said she's reconsidered her opinion of Bush given the current president.
(July 24 07:03) Huffington Post
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NASA to send stadium-sized balloon skyward to study the cosmos - CNET
ASTHROS will use a telescope to observe wavelengths of light not visible from the ground.
(July 24 07:03) Cnet.com
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When Grandparents Are Estranged From Their Grandchildren
At heart, estrangement from grandchildren reflects estrangement from adult children, the gatekeeper middle generation that can promote or deny access.
(July 24 07:02) Nytimes.com
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Eight Artists on the Influence of Tom of Finland
Touko Valio Laaksonen, who would have been 100 this year, transformed depictions of queer eroticism in art through his hyper-real, hypermasculine style.
(July 24 07:02) Nytimes.com
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Report: NFL, NFLPA Could Delay Training Camp Start Without Financial Deal
Ongoing financial negotiations between the NFL and NFL Players Association may delay the opening of training camps leaguewide if a deal isn't reached...
(July 24 07:02) Bleacherreport.com