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Aug222017 by adminNo Comments

The Latest: Car strikes 2 women watching eclipse, 1 dies

Technology

The Latest on the total solar eclipse crossing the U.S., from Oregon to South Carolina (all times EDT): 7:45 p.m. Authorities say two women watching the eclipse while standing on a sidewalk in Kentucky were struck by a car, and one has died. State Police Trooper Jody Sims says the car crossed the center line and hit a utility pole and the pedestrians Monday in Hyden, about 120 miles (190 kilometers) southeast of Lexington. Sims says 23-year-old Mackenzie P. Hays was pronounced dead, and 41-year-old Rhonda Belcher was flown to the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. Thirty-eight-year-old motorist Alyssa Noble was taken to a medical center. The condition of Wooton and Noble weren't immediately known. State Police Capt. Jennifer Sandlin confirmed the pedestrians were viewing the pa...

Jul262017 by adminNo Comments

The Latest: Senate rejects proposal for 'Obamacare' repeal

Health

The Latest on the effort by congressional Republicans to pass a health care bill (all times local): 4:20 p.m. The Republican-run Senate has rejected a GOP proposal to scuttle President Barack Obama's health care law and give Congress two years to devise a replacement. Seven Republicans joined all Democrats Wednesday in a 45-55 vote defeating the plan. It was the second self-inflicted setback the GOP has suffered this week in trying to roll back Obama's 2010 statute. Conservatives have embraced the effort to repeal the law without an immediate replacement. GOP moderates have worried it would anger voters nervous that Congress would fail to enact a replacement. Late Tuesday, nine Republicans joined Democrats in blocking a proposal by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to dismantle Obama...

Jul212017 by adminNo Comments

Baby Charlie Gard's latest brain scan is 'sad reading'

Health

The British parents of critically ill baby Charlie Gard have been told by a hospital lawyer that the results of their son's latest brain scans make for "sad reading." Great Ormond Street Hospital lawyer Katie Gollop broke the bad news to Charlie's parents at a pre-court hearing Friday in London. Charlie's father, Chris Gard, yelled "Evil!" at Gollop as his mother, Connie Yates, began to cry. The parents said at the hearing it was the first time they were being told about the latest results in the crucial test of Charlie's brain function. The hospital believes that 11-month-old Charlie has suffered irreversible brain damage that treatment cannot repair. His parents disagree. Earlier this week, Charlie underwent brain scans in an attempt to determine whether his brain damage is irreversible...

Jul192017 by adminNo Comments

Bill Miller, Josh Brown are the latest Wall Street pros to test the bitcoin waters

Finance

Some well-known names in the financial industry are buying bitcoin, and more could come.First, investing legend Bill Miller put 1 percent of his net worth into bitcoin in 2014, according to a Forbes report Tuesday. The digital currency is one of the top holdings in Miller's $ 120 million hedge fund, the article said.Reflecting its volatility, bitcoin in 2014 fell from a high of $ 1,023 in Jan. 2014 to a low near $ 287 in October of that year, according to CoinDesk.That puts Miller's bitcoin return anywhere from 126 percent to 707 percent, based on bitcoin's $ 2,315 price Wednesday.Miller left Legg Mason in August 2016 after 35 years and has since founded Miller Value Partners. The legendary investor's Opportunity Trust Fund Class C shares are up 23 percent this year, more than twice the re...

Jul22017 by adminNo Comments

The Latest: Senate Intel Committee has deal on Comey memos

Technology

The Latest on investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election (all times local): 6:15 p.m. The Senate Intelligence Committee has a deal to get former FBI Director James Comey's memos of his conversations with President Donald Trump. That's the word from Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the panel. He told reporters on Wednesday of the agreement. Comey prepared multiple memos documenting conversations with Trump that made him uneasy in the weeks before his May 9 firing. One memo recounts a February request from Trump, during a private meeting in the Oval Office, that Comey end an investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Details from some memos were made public in news media accounts in the days after he was fired, and Comey himself detail...