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Recreational use of the illicit drug methamphetamine has long been associated with increases in overall impatient and risky behavior. Now, a new study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers affirms that meth use increases not only sexual desire but also, specifically and measurably, the risk of casual sex without a condom for those who have an […]
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Ryanair RYA.I is prioritising getting a current order of up to 210 of Boeing’s troubled 737 MAX aircraft in the sky next year, the chief executive of its main airlines business said on Friday in response to a report that it was looking to buy more planes. The Irish Independent newspaper reported that Ryanair, one […]
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TikTok has been granted a temporary reprieve against a ban that would have seen it removed from US Android and iOS stores. The app filed for a preliminary injunction last week, following a similar successful move by WeChat.Judge Carl Nichols of United States District Court for the District of Columbia temporarily blocked the TikTok ban […]
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A widow who found love after her husband killed himself was served a second dose of tragedy when her fiancé was killed before her very eyes. In the space of four years Elizabeth Sim lost both her partners plunging her into ‘very dark places’ for a while. Now she is disarmingly positive as she talks […]
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Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa missed Wednesday’s practice with triceps and ankle injuries. He returned Thursday. Bosa was limited. He has dealt with the triceps issue since Week One. The ankle injury was new. Tyrod Taylor (ribs/chest) remains out of practice and is expected to miss another game. Besides Bosa, the Chargers had three other […]
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Important strides have been made in recent years in uncovering children’s knowledge about hierarchical social relationships. Much of these have focused on dominance, a hierarchy in which individuals defer to others out of fear or intimidation. In a new study published in Child Development researchers from Central European University and Bar-Ilan University begin to explore […]
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The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it was appealing a judge’s decision to block the government from barring Apple Inc AAPL.O and Alphabet Inc’s GOOGL.O Google from offering Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat for download in U.S. app stores. The government said it was appealing the Sept. 19 preliminary junction issued by U.S. Magistrate Judge […]
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Google is working on a feature that will let its Messages app detect one-time passwords (OTPs) messages piling up your SMS inbox and automatically delete them after 24 hours.With the average user regularly accessing dozens of online services and accounts, using multi-factor authentication (MFA) means they’ll often have lots of expired OTP messages clogging their […]
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A woman has died and two people are fighting for their lives after a car crashed into a tree late last night. The fatal smash happened on the A194 in Washington on Saturday at around 10.30pm. It is believed that a silver Audi S3 was travelling westbound when it left the road and hit a […]
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Receiver Emmanuel Sanders hadn’t done much for the New Orleans offense in his first two games with the team. In his third game, the switch flipped. Appearing on Uninterrupted’s 17 Weeks podcast of SiriusXM/Pandora, Sanders explained that his touchdown reception from Drew Brees just before halftime on Sunday night provided the spark for pass and […]
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