30 h. ago US winter storm leaves seven people dead as more than 1 million lose power

Snow, sleet and perilously cold temperatures sweep eastern two-thirds of country as thousands of flights groundedSnowstorms strike the US: in picturesAt least seven people are dead as the result of a monster winter storm in the US that has brought heavy snowfall and ice from the Gulf coast to the north-east, leaving more than one million in the south without power and cancelling more than 10,000 flights.The Louisiana department of health confirmed two deaths related to the winter storm in Caddo parish. According to the agency, two men of unknown ages died of hypothermia. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Martin Lewis's advice on O2 shut down as millions could lose internet during network upgrades

As O2 retires its 3G services this year, Martin Lewis gives advice for those impacted

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4 d. ago UN warns of 'catastrophic' hunger crisis in Nigeria as food aid funding runs out

The U.N. World Food Program warns that over a million people in northeast Nigeria could lose emergency food aid soon without new funding

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6 d. ago Theory predicts exact date Earth will 'lose gravity leaving millions dead' as NASA responds

NASA has stepped in and debunked a conspiracy theory that suggests the Earth will lose gravity in August with the space agency using science to explain its reasoning

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1 week ago Nigel Farage in legal bid to block election delays that risk turning Britain into a 'banana republic' where FIVE MILLION people will lose their vote

Ministers announced last month that they were inviting councils in areas undergoing local government reorganisation to postpone their elections.

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1 week ago Broadband provider with 25,000 customers plunges into administration

G Network was founded in 2016 and provides internet services to around 25,000 customers in the London area

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1 week ago West Ham stars set to lose MILLIONS in event of relegation to Championship

West Ham are staring at the prospect of losing their place in the Premier League and the club’s current stars will see their bank balances hit should the Londoners slip into the second tier

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2 w. ago Man United could lose millions on Marcus Rashford transfer after agent meeting

Marcus Rashford is spending the season on loan at Barcelona from Manchester United which includes an option to make the move permanent

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2 w. ago Drivers lost £3.6m in unused Dart Charge payments in two years

One-off payments that are not used within 12 months will automatically expire and the Department for Transport will absorb these costs to spend on other projects, it said.

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2 w. ago North Carolina may lose $50M in federal funds over flawed immigrant trucker licenses

The U.S. Transportation Department says North Carolina could lose nearly $50 million in federal funding if the state doesn’t revoke commercial driver’s licenses from immigrants who aren't qualify to hold them

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2 w. ago California loses $160M for delaying revocation of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants

U.S. transportation officials have announced that California will lose $160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants

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2 w. ago We study glaciers. ‘Artificial glaciers’ and other tech may halt their total collapse | Brent Minchew and Colin Meyer

How might we prevent sea-level rise? Satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines and lab-based ‘artificial glaciers’ could all play a roleSea levels are rising faster than at any point in human history, and for every foot that waters rise, 100 million people lose their homes. At current projections, that means about 300 million people will be forced to move in the decades to come, along with the social and political conflict as people migrate inland. Despite this looming crisis, the world still lacks specific, reliable forecasts for when and where the seas will rise – and we have invested almost nothing in understanding whether and how we can slow it down.Societies must continue to focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but it’s increasingly clear that the world needs to do more: we need to predict the future of the world’s ice with precision, and to explore safe, science-backed methods to keep it from melting away. Continue reading...

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