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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been accused of inadvertently breaking coronavirus rules after being pictured with Prince Edward and his family at a public attraction. William and Kate took their children Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, two, to the festive Luminate woodland walk at the Queen’s estate of Sandringham. […]
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The NFL playoff picture is taking shape. Here’s how it looks after the latest slate of games: AFC Chiefs (13-1) Clear path to home-field advantage. Bills (11-3) Clinched the AFC East, owns head-to-head tiebreaker over Steelers. Steelers (11-3) Clinched playoff berth. Titans (10-4) Owns the division record tiebreaker over Indianapolis. Colts (10-4) Still a chance […]
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When Eileen Carroll’s daughter tested positive for the coronavirus, Rhode Island health officials called with the results, then told her to notify anyone her daughter might have been around. Contact tracers, she was told, were simply too overwhelmed to do it. That’s also why tracers didn’t call to warn the family that it had been […]
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JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Friday that Lee Raymond had notified the bank of his intention to step down as a member of the its board at the end of the year. The bank in September had appointed Stephen Burke to take over Raymond’s role as the lead independent director effective Jan. 1. Raymond, […]
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Riot has released gameplay of Ruined King, the single-player League of Legends spin-off. Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, to give it its full title, is developed by Airship Syndicate (Battle Chasers: Nightwar, Darksiders Genesis), and published under Riot’s Forge label. It’s due out on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, […]
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Here’s a real gem of a gift – eco-friendly diamonds “made entirely from the sky”. Sky Diamonds are created by sucking carbon out of the atmosphere which gets turned into eye-catching stones. And they’re proving a huge hit with shoppers looking for green gifts because they have zero impact on the planet – unlike the […]
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The Rams were 17-point favorites heading into Sunday’s game against the Jets and teams usually win in that position. According to Pro Football Reference, teams in the Rams’ spot were 58-4 straight up since the start of the 1978 season. They are now 58-5. The Rams got off to a dreadful start and couldn’t pull […]
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Scientists in protective clothing work in a high-tech laboratory at a pharmaceutical plant in Singapore, whose coronavirus-hit economy has received a shot in the arm from robust global drug demand. The city-state is on course for its worst ever recession this year but factory activity has held up, thanks partly to countries rushing to stockpile […]
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Germany’s Volkswagen said on Friday it faced a shortage in the supply of semiconductors and would adjust production at facilities in China, North America and Europe. Semiconductor manufacturers earlier in the coronavirus crisis shifted their output away from the hard-hit auto sector to serve other areas, like consumer electronics, Volkswagen said. But a recovery in […]
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Nintendo knows about the constant demand for the Ring Fit Adventure, and have decided to match that with a brand new bundle for prospective Switch buyers – a Nintendo Switch console that comes with a discounted Ring Fit game. The Ring Fit has been the game of choice for many this year, as it doubles […]
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