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A US judge has granted a temporary restraining order that allows a talented 15-year-old player who already trains with professionals to sign with a National Women’s Soccer League team. The order issued on Monday by Judge Karin J Immergut comes in a lawsuit filed on behalf of Olivia Moultrie that is challenging the league’s rule […]
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Patients who suffer from REM sleep behavior disorder have altered blood flow in the brain, which can lead to a lack of oxygen in the brain tissue. In the long term, this may cause symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. This is shown by research from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital. Do you sleep restlessly and […]
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The bosses of British Airways and London’s Heathrow Airport urged the UK government on Monday to open up more routes for travel, including to the United States, and to simplify the testing hurdles needed to fly. Britain lifted a ban on international movement on Monday but the government has designated only 12 countries and territories […]
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For months during the union drive, Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, felt like they were being watched. There were cameras around BHM1, the 855,000-square-foot warehouse where workers sorted, scanned, and packed boxes. A uniformed police officer patrolled the parking lot all hours of the day and night. Managers came up to peoples’ workstations to […]
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Hundreds of Black people were killed or injured by a White mob during the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. An estimated 200 businesses that were part of Black Wall Street were also destroyed during the two-day rampage. Now, 100 years later, the legacy of Black Wall Street continues digitally, thanks to tech industry veteran and Tulsa native […]
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There is a tendency in international football to focus not on who is in the team but who is out of it. There is little thought for how an XI might function and a lot of outrage about the supposedly disgraceful treatment of those who have been left out, a tendency that reached fresh heights […]
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Some of the brightest minds in dermatology and surgery are in agreement on the first clinical practice guidelines for reconstructive procedures following skin cancer resection. Dr. Andrew Chen, UConn Health’s chief of plastic surgery, is the lead author of the guidelines, published concurrently in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a journal of the American Society of […]
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Gutiérrez-Orrantia, 49, has been at Citi for 17 years and will replace Philip Drury, who is moving to San Francisco to lead the bank’s global technology and communications advisory unit. Gutiérrez-Orrantia will join Citi’s EMEA operating committee and BCMA senior leadership committees globally while also becoming the senior manager responsible for BCMA for the bank’s […]
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A great scholar once noted that “there’s an app for that.” Pregnancy is no exception. I use my phone to manage just about everything else in my life, so when I found out I was pregnant, it was a natural next step to go looking for an app to hold my hand through the experience. […]
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A woman was mortified after her hairdresser posted an embarrassing “before” picture of her hair on social media. Gabbi Watkinson shared the before and after transformation on TikTok, which saw her tangled, brunette ‘do have a makeover. In the video, which has since been viewed more than one million times, Gabbi shared a screen recording […]
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