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A man who stabbed a landlord 11 times while he was on the phone to the police has been found guilty of murder. Lee Abbott, 35, was convicted of murdering father-of-three Christian Thornton, 49, at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday, a spokeswoman for Cheshire Police said. Abbott, who ‘believed he was Jesus’, had been barred […]
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Roger Federer will be out three months, through the French Open, following surgery after right knee pain. “My right knee has been bothering me for a little while,” was posted Thursday on his social media. “I hoped it would go away, but after an examination, and discussion with my team, I decided to have arthroscopic […]
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A Michigan State University researcher is adding new evidence to the argument that the fat around our arteries may play an important role in keeping those blood vessels healthy. The finding could affect how researchers test for treatments related to plaque buildup in our arteries, or atherosclerosis, an issue that can often lead to a […]
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The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, suggesting sustained labor market strength that could help to support the economy amid risks from the coronavirus and weak business investment. There was encouraging news on the struggling manufacturing sector, with other data on Thursday showing factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region accelerated […]
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Nvidia has announced that CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 will be landing in the GeForce Now library the same day of its release. Nvidia’s cloud gaming platform is currently compatible with Windows, macOS, Android, and Shield TV. The company also notes that users will be able to take advantage of GeForce Now’s RTX On ray-tracing […]
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A woman who battered her ‘untidy, hoarding’ neighbour after a long-running feud was today found guilty of murder. Debby Foxwell, 41, had a ‘visceral hatred’ for former Liberal Democrat councillor Louise Lotz, 64, and blamed her for her inability to sell her own home in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. It was said that the ‘neighbours’ […]
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Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev overcame a poor start to beat Jannik Sinner 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 and reach the Open 13 quarterfinals on Thursday. The U.S. Open runner-up, who lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open last month, dropped his serve twice but broke the 18-year-old Italian’s serve four times at the indoor tournament in […]
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Before hitting the track to compete in an officially sanctioned race, some elite Paralympic sprinters must do something most runners would find incredibly unsettling: remove their legs and swap them out with ones that make them shorter. The unusual mandate results from a recent International Paralympic Committee rule change that lowered the Maximum Allowable Standing […]
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Ralph Hamers made his mark as a tech-savvy chief executive who led Dutch bank ING (INGA.AS) back to profitability after cementing its position as a no-frills lender in Germany and simplifying its product portfolio. It was this record which likely appealed to Switzerland’s UBS (UBSG.S), which has named him CEO in a surprise move, rather […]
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From what we can gather in the nearly three-minute-long clip, Dolores is seeking to partner up with Caleb, a construction worker played by Aaron Paul. “You and I are a lot alike. They put you in a cage. Decided what your life would be,” Dolores notes, perhaps as a clever callback to Paul’s character in […]
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