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Cornyn Hits Castro With A Prime Middle School Comeback

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) came back at Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) with the Twitter equivalent of “I can’t hear you!”...




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High blood pressure: Studies show adding this drink to your diet will lower your reading



HIGH blood pressure is often referred to as the "silent killer" due to its non-obvious symptoms, which when they do appear are often too late. Adding this drink to your diet will lower your reading and reduce your risk of serious health complications.




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Apartment owners fear for 'suicidal' neighbours as combustible cladding crisis takes its toll

Owners of apartments affected by the combustible cladding crisis in Victoria tell researchers of the emotional and financial toll it has taken on them and their neighbours.




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Sudden stratospheric warming is the unusual climate variation affecting ozone, heat and wind

Sudden stratospheric warming it's great for the ozone layer at the South Pole, but not so great for heat and rain levels over the next few months.




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Fear, loneliness, love and kangaroo cuddles what it's like to have a premature baby

The first time I saw my baby Billie was in a photo she'd been born 11 weeks early. The next few months brought agony, loneliness and love and sparked lasting friendships with other mums in the intensive care unit.




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Aged care royal commission has had a third of the coverage of banks' bad behaviour. It doesn't add up

The theory in media circles is that the banking royal commission was big news because "everyone has a bank account". There seems to be no corresponding extrapolation for aged care, writes Anne Connolly.




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ASUS adds new Intel chips to its Zephyrus gaming laptops

ASUS has refreshed its line of gaming laptops with new 10th Generation Intel Core processors, NVIDIA RTX 2070/2080 Super graphics and a bunch of other features designed to make gaming and content creation slicker and smoother. First up, the new Zephyrus S17 (pictured), which comes with a 17.3-inch display with super narrow bezels in an 18.7-millimeter-thin chassis. A 300 Hz refresh rate and 3ms grey-to-grey response time means the display is lightning fast, and it comes with Pantone-validated color accuracy as well.




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Acer gaming laptops add RTX Super graphics and 10th-gen Intel CPUs

Acer is joining a flurry of PC makers in adopting the next wave of NVIDIA and Intel chips inside its laptops. It's updating its 15.6-inch Predator Triton 500 (above) and Nitro 5 (below) gaming portables to use NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX Super laptop GPUs as well as Intel's 10th-generation Core H-series processors. As you might guess, the premium Predator series is the highlight. It comes with up to a GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q to deliver speedier and more efficient graphics, and mates that with a 300Hz, 3ms response IPS display and per-key RGB keyboard lighting.




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Eddie Murphy Headlines Comedy Fest For Charity



“Laughter is often the best medicine.”




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Brooklyn Couple Have The Most Beautiful At-Home Wedding



Thanks to Zoom, 50 of their friends were able to attend.




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Jeannie Mai Has One Non-Negotiable For Her Wedding To Jeezy



'The Real' co-host has a vision of her special day.




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Daddy-Daughter Duo's Cheerleading Stunts Go Viral



This 4-year-old girl seems fearless.




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Google Duo adds a 'family mode' and web-based group calls

Google isn’t done making Duo video calls more accommodating in the pandemic era. It’s introducing a handful of updates that make chats livelier, including a family mode. Fire it up and you can add cute AR effects or doodle while you keep in touch. Th...




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'Apex Legends' season five will add PvE hunts to the mix

Like every other free-to-play battle royale game out there, Apex Legends is constantly refreshing the game with new content and modes. Season five “Fortune’s Favor” kicks off next week, and along with the newly-revealed character Loba, Respawn is als...




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Ant Middleton faces Ofcom probe for Anthea Turner grandma jibe on Who Dares Wins

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins host Ant Middleton sparked outrage as he dubbed struggling Anthea Turner a 'grandma'




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Stacey Solomon brands Paddy McGuinness 'Eminem' as he debuts blond hair

The Take Me Out presenter made a surprise appearance on today's Loose Women and proudly revealed his striking bleach blond hair to the presenters




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Bride's mum has brutal reaction to daughter's wedding dress picked to please her

Jenny and her mum Jacky have very different ideas about what she should wear on her big day - so they turn to Gok Wan for help




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Tony Bellew calls Ant Middleton a 'c***' & nearly punches him in Who Dares Wins

Boxer Tony Bellew flies off the handle in an angry meltdown in scenes due to be shown in the next episode of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins




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Benthos in the Antarctic Weddell Sea in decline

Over the past quarter-century, changes in Antarctic sea-ice cover have had profound impacts on life on the ocean floor.




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Protein shredder regulates fat metabolism in the brain

A protein shredder that occurs in cell membranes of brain cells apparently also indirectly regulates the fat metabolism. This is shown by a recent study by the University of Bonn. The shredder, known as gamma-secretase, is considered a possible target for drugs against cancer and Alzheimer's disease. However, the results suggest that such agents may have long-range effects that need to be watched closely. The study has now been published in "Life Science Alliance".




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Neighborhood and cognitive performance in middle-age: Does racial residential segregation matter?

A study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that black subjects who were exposed to highly segregated neighborhoods in young adulthood exhibited worse performance in cognitive skills in mid-life. This outcome may explain black-white disparities in dementia risk at older age.




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Duchess of Cambridge calls on budding photographers to capture life under coronavirus lockdown

The Duchess of Cambridge has teamed up with the National Portrait Gallery to launch the Hold Still project.




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Queen’s televised addresses just weeks apart

The monarch will speak to the nation on Friday to mark 75 years since VE Day.




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Jacinda Ardern adds toilet training to the mix at home amidst coronavirus lockdown

As if the pandemic wasn't enough to deal with, the New Zealand Prime Minister is helping toilet train her toddler.




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COVID-19 is global but so is recovery from addiction

The pandemic isn't stopping the meetings at the heart of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs - they are just going digital.




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COVID-19 is global but so is recovery from addiction

The pandemic isn't stopping the meetings at the heart of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs - they are just going digital.




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Offspring's Asher Keddie shares steamy sex scene with husband Vincent Fantauzzo

Offspring's budget for extras has either evaporated or the show's creators just pulled off one of the most ingenious headline-grabbing stunts on Australian television.




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Response from Eddie, AFL not nearly enough

THERE'S so much wrong about the Eddie McGuire-James-Brayshaw-Danny Frawley pack mentality attack of Caroline Wilson. As was the AFL's insipid response on Monday.




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Hazlewood, Starc replace Harris, Siddle

Australia name their side for the second Test against India, with Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle replaced.




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Daniel Andrews addressing the media



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Netflix adds 15 million subscribers but warns coronavirus lockdown boom won't last

The hit show Tiger King and self-isolation measures boost the world's largest streaming service, which has added millions of new customers so far this year.




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Holiday homes turned long-term rentals add to surge in listings

The major online platforms say rental listings are up 8-10 per cent compared to last year, as thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to move to the long-term market as coronavirus halts travel.




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In the middle of an economic crisis, one sector is experiencing a surprise 'COVID surge' in jobs

While the economic tsunami of coronavirus shutdowns hammers most sectors, WA's resources industry has jobs created on mine sites where providers of support services like catering, cleaning and maintenance are in high demand to keep mine sites safe.




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Women bearing brunt of COVID-19 job losses 'suddenly' stripped of financial independence

New data shows how hard the impact of the coronavirus has been on women's jobs as a leading economist worries about the long-term impact for women in the workforce.




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In the middle of a global pandemic, a new live-export company emerges

A new player emerges in Australia's live-export industry, with its maiden voyage due to leave Townsville port tonight.




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COVID-19 is global but so is recovery from addiction

The pandemic isn't stopping the meetings at the heart of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs - they are just going digital.




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YouTuber CarryMinati’s Roast Destroys TikToker Amir Siddiqui & Desi Twitter Says ‘Boht Hard’




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Add some va-va-voom to your Zoom call with these tips from Hollywood sound and lighting pros


Hollywood pros share user-friendly video chatting tips to make your video conferencing look and sound its best.




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The Queen shows her support for Kate Middleton in the sweetest way

The Duchess of Cambridge made an exciting announcement on Thursday as she revealed details...




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Prince William and Kate Middleton just made a big change to their social media accounts

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made a sweet update to their social media accounts on...




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Prince William and Kate Middleton's sweet phone call with war veterans revealed

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge joined VE Day celebrations at an East Sussex care home by...




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Kate Middleton is patriotic in red dress she makes touching Zoom call to war veterans

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have marked VE Day in a very special way - by making a...




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Strictly Come Dancing star Graziano di Prima announces decision to postpone wedding

Strictly's Graziano di Prima has revealed he and fiancée Giada Lini have been...




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Kate Middleton reveals what Prince George and Princess Charlotte are learning at school

The Duchess of Cambridge revealed that her eldest children, Prince George and Princess...




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Kate Middleton celebrates happy baby news – details

The Duchess of Cambridge has been keeping a secret – there's another baby in her...




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Legendary music executive who discovered Diddy dies aged 59 - reports

Andre Harrell, the legendary music executive who discovered Sean "Puffy/Diddy" Combs and Mary J Blige, has reportedly died.




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UFC 249 odds and best bets for Ferguson vs Gaethje and Cejudo vs Cruz

Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje clash for the interim lightweight title tonight in Florida while Dominick Cruz takes on bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo in the co-main event




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‘Smoke-Filled Zoom’: Handicapping Trump vs. Biden in the Middle of a Lockdown

Four veteran GOP campaign managers gathered—virtually—to predict an unprecedented race that’s been blindsided by a pandemic and an economic collapse.




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Middle-aged women are turning to bodybuilding — and they've got the edge on their younger rivals

The transformative nature of bodybuilding is particularly appealing to those already going through a transition period: middle-aged women.




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NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg steps down

Todd Greenberg resigns with immediate effect after four years leading the NRL, in a decision the sporting body says was mutually agreed.