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Gatwick’s second runway has been given the go-ahead by the government. The northern runway already exists parallel to Gatwick‘s main one, but cannot be used at the same time, as it is too close. It is currently limited to being a taxiway and is only used for take-offs and landings if the main one has…
MILANΒ βΒ Brittany Bowe will not leave her last 1,000-meter race on Olympic ice with a medal. Sheβll take something more valuable. βWhat makes this more special than anything is having my mom, my dad, my sister, up there in the stands cheering for me,β said Bowe, who finished fourth in her strongest speedskating event Monday at…
SACRAMENTOΒ βΒ A federal judge appears willing to block a $6.2-billion merger of two large TV station groups as he evaluates whether Nexstar Media Groupβs takeover of a rival violates U.S. antitrust laws. At the conclusion of a two-hour hearing in Sacramento on Tuesday, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley signaled he was preparing to…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran entered its ninth day Sunday with no clear path toward de-escalation, as the U.S. announced a seventh American service member had been killed and Iranian state TV reported the selection of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameneiβs son as his successor. Meanwhile, the price of oil surpassed $100 a…
A Labour councillor said far-right protesters should have their throats slit and drew his finger across his throat at an anti-racism protest following the Southport murders, a court has heard. Ricky Jones, 58, who is on trial for encouraging violent disorder, called demonstrators “disgusting Nazi fascists” at the protest in east London, last August. Jones,…
Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, one of the top Democrats running for California governor, on Friday blasted USC and the ABC affiliate in Los Angeles for hosting a debate that he argues purposely excludes all candidates of color. Becerra said and the other candidates were excluded from the televised debate unfairly,…
Former UCLA football star Myles Jack was arrested on suspicion of deadly conduct Tuesday after an incident in which Texas police say he fell from a second-story window. The former Jacksonville Jaguars and Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker faces charges of deadly conduct, including the third-degree felony of discharge of a firearm and the Class-A misdemeanor of…
Supporters of Proposition 50, California Democratsβ ballot measure to redraw the stateβs congressional districts to help the partyβs effort to take power in the U.S. House of Representatives, raised more than four times the amount that rivals raised in recent weeks, according to campaign finance reports filed with the state by the three main committees…
The prime minister has insisted his party’s decision to not allow Andy Burnham to run in an upcoming by-election is correct, because doing so would “divert our resources”. An election is set to be held in the Greater Manchester seat of Gorton and Denton, after Andrew Gwynne made a deal to allow him to stand…
SAN FRANCISCOΒ βΒ A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Wednesday from firing thousands of government workers based on the ongoing federal shutdown, granting a request from employee unions in California. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston issued the temporary restraining order after concluding that the unions βwill demonstrate ultimately that whatβs being done here is both illegal…
