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Oldest living ex-MLB player dies at 100

Art Schallock, a little-known New York Yankees left-hander who treasured his late-in-life fame as the oldest living former major-league ballplayer, died Wednesday at age 100. Schallock pitched a few dozen games for the Yankees from 1951-54, long enough to leave him with charming and oft-told tales of friends like Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle. Schallock […]

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Slimming World boss’s weight loss legacy with 700k members

Samantha Noble BBC News, Derby Steve Beech BBC News, Derby Slimming World Margaret Miles-Bramwell’s funeral will take place on Monday “I bet we are reaching way into the millions now for the reach of the people’s lives she has affected in a positive way.” Slimming World boss Margaret Miles-Bramwell OBE, 76, died surrounded by her […]

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Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Affects Iran’s Nuclear Inspectors

Starting in late January, President Trump suspended two programs that provide American aid to international nuclear inspectors, potentially undermining his own goal of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear arsenal. Though one of the programs has since been restored, the outcome of the actions has been to weaken confidence in an effort that for decades […]

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A Political Reporter Takes Her Scoops to YouTube

After a few years of writing what she called a “niche newsletter for Washington insiders,” the political journalist Tara Palmeri decided she wanted to reach a wider audience. A much wider audience. She’s taking her reporting to YouTube. Ms. Palmeri said she is leaving the start-up Puck to strike out on her own, focusing much […]

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How a Classic French Dish Is Squeezed by Lingering Inflation

At Le Bouillon Chartier in Paris, the recipe for a perfect beef Bourguignon involves beef, carrots, wine, butter and “coquillettes,” a tiny macaroni-shaped pasta. It is cooked for at least three hours. And it must be affordable, so the price cannot be more than 10 euros a dish. Since 1896, the belle epoque eatery has […]

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