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"Get Lucky" is one of the countless hits Pharrell Williams has helped to create over the course of his remarkable career. As a producer, rapper, and songwriter, there is not much the 12-time Grammy winner hasn’t done. Now, he is adding a music festival to the list. Gayle King joined Pharrell in Virginia Beach, his hometown that hosted the first Something in the Water music festival.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine has become the first state to ban single-use food and drink containers made from polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam.

Drew Pescaro, a student sportswriter at UNC Charlotte, was among those injured. He is in stable condition after surgery, the school's newspaper said.

US Navy sailors were instructed to “clap like we’re at a strip club” to greet Vice President Mike Pence aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, according to a report. The aircraft carrier’s senior enlisted sailor ordered the exotic welcome before Pence arrived Tuesday, the ship’s public information officer told CNN. “We can confirm that this...

Appeals (M. Hoad, J. O'Neill Jr) to be heard by the Disciplinary Panel on Thursday 2 May 2019

The president shared scores of messages from apparent supporters in a retweet spree Wednesday — but one account turned out to be not such a big fan.

Laura Ingraham was down another advertiser Tuesday night after the men’s wellness line Hims announced they would be dropping the show. The move came a day after Ingraham’s guest Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick mocked 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke as “light in the loafers.”

• President Trump early Wednesday retweeted scores of messages from supporters. 
• But after being retweeted by the president, one account promptly had its name changed to insult the him, and its picture switched to Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign logo. 
• Trump shared the messages after a major firefighters union declared its backing for Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. 
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BRDIGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The superintendent of schools for Connecticut's largest city is leaving her post sooner than expected.

An adorable clip of Aeko the super fluffy 1-month-old kitten getting his first blow-dry at his home in Bangkok. The footage, filmed April 2018, shows the cute kitten having a gentle blow-dry after his first wash. "He was very brave in the shower and even with the hair dryer noise," the filmer told Newsflare.

(BBC) Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for breaching his bail conditions. The 47-year-old was found guilty of breaching the Bail Act last month after his arrest at the Ecuadorian Embassy. He took refuge in the London embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations, […]

The AGM will be held at the Clubhouse & Grounds on Wednesday 8th May at 7pm.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday, in violation of recent understandings, decided to reduce the permitted fishing area in the besieged Gaza Strip to 6 nautical miles.

We've highlighted for years how flimsy (read: often nonexistent) privacy and security standards in the internet of things space is opening the door to all kinds of problems, from historically-massive DDOS attacks to your refrigerator leaking your Gmail login data. And while your your not-so-smart kettle exposing your network credentials is intimidating enough, the problem is far more worrisome in the "smart" automobile space, where a compromised system could prove decidedly more, oh, fatal.

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The light carrier will displace about 40,000 to 45,000 tons, according to TASS. That's less than half the displacement of a U.S. Ford-class carrier. It will be about 1,000-feet long, with a maximum speed of 28 knots using gas-turbine propulsion and an at-sea endurance of 60 days.

"Because of their relatively great length in relation to their width, a catamaran is able to travel at high speed and has excellent lateral stability."

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Washington has become the eighth state to greenlight the use of delivery robots on sidewalks and crosswalks. Governor Jay Inslee signed the bill yesterday, following support from Starship Technologies, which specializes in autonomous last-mile and lo...

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3. Pompeo claims Russia stopped Maduro leaving Venezuela for Cuba  CNN
4. U.S. vs Russia over Venezuela. Are we back in 1962? | Editorial  Miami Herald
5. Don’t call it a coup. Venezuelans have a right to replace an oppressive, toxic regime.  The Washington Post
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In the aftermath of February 14 Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel, US along with France and UK had moved a proposal for listing of Masood Azhar

Many businesses say their most valued assets are their people. But just about anyone who's had a job can tell you that's not always the case. A University of Kansas business professor has co-written a white paper examining one reason that businesses are reluctant to use human capital, or workforce data, in their decisions: Capital markets tend not to reward businesses for workforce excellence.

For the second time in a month, a member country of the European Union has NOT voted a populist into power. Could it be that the populist wave has broken? It would be a good time for that to happen, because elections to the EU’s parliament are next month. The hard-right populist parties that have […]

• I gave up meat for Lent which is 40 days, and it was hard after 23 years of all meat, all the time.
• I learned how my body reacts to such food and what I want it to feel like from now on.
• I expanded my food knowledge and learned to love new things, even if it's not conducive for me all the time or for everyone.
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• Warning: Major spoilers ahead for "Avengers: Endgame."
• Over the past decade, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has introduced a huge cast of superheroes with a wide array of abilities.
• Many fans debate the identity of the MCU's strongest character.
• The battles and surprises in "Endgame" give us more evidence to fuel the debate. Here's our official power ranking.
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Joe Clarke, 22, opened the batting for Nottinghamshire as Alex Hepburn started the first day of his five year jail sentence for raping a girl while she slept.

Jemima Jones and Lucy Carr-Ellison celebrate spring with peas fresh from the pod

"I think his statement is deliberately false and misleading and yes, most people would consider that to be a lie," said Schiff