House conservatives negotiating with GOP leaders over how to avert a government shutdown brought a fresh demand to the last-minute talks: release classified information they say raises questions about the origins of the FBI’s probe into President Donald Trump’s possible connections to Russia.  A Republican lawmaker said they tried to pressure Speaker Paul Ryan to allow…

Australia v England: Second ODI, Brisbane – text & radio commentary – Live – BBC Sport ]]> ]]> Summary England slip from 119-1 to 157-4 Hales 57, Bairstow 60 – stand of 117 Debutant Richardson strikes twice Morgan 21 – plays on off Starc Aus 271-9: Finch 106; Root 2-31 England lead 1-0 in five-match…

Image copyright Getty Images Scientists have taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine – a universal blood test for cancer. A team at Johns Hopkins University has trialled a method that detects eight common forms of the disease. Their vision is an annual test designed to catch cancer early and save…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly-divided Congress hurtled toward a government shutdown this weekend in a partisan stare-down over demands by Democrats for a solution on politically fraught legislation to protect about 700,000 younger immigrants from being deported. Democrats in the Senate have served notice they will filibuster a four-week, government-wide funding bill that passed the…

Microsoft has released a major Office update for Mac. Update 16.9.0 finally brings long-anticipated real-time collaboration features and automatic cloud saving. Notably, the Mac version of this software is now built from the same codebase as the Windows version, which means that Office shares a codebase across all platforms for the first time in 20…

The latest congressional testimony about an infamous opposition-research dossier on Donald Trump is full of explosive allegations and suggestions about the real estate magnate-turned-president’s potential dealings with organized crime figures, the sources of his often-bragged-about wealth and potential entanglement between Russia and the National Rifle Association. In the November testimony that was released Thursday, Glenn…

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COLIN COWHERD: They’re saying here the Patriots Super Bowl path is the easiest in modern NFL history. Oh, is it really? No they’ve just handled all their major problems. By the way, Seattle had some injuries, it totally overwhelmed Pete Carroll. Dallas had issues, couldn’t make the playoffs. Giants had issues, Ben McAdoo lost the…