General election: What you need to…

The UK looks set to have a general election on 8 June. Here’s what you need to know.What has happened?The UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she wants to hold a general election on 8 June – three years earlier than scheduled.What is a general election?A general election is how the British public decides who they want to represent them in Parliament, and ultimately run the country. Everyone who is eligible – and registered – gets to vote for one candidate to represent their local area – which is known in Parliament as a constituency.The candidates standing for election are usually drawn from political parties, but can also stand as independents. The person with the most votes in…
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Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks April 22…

The time of the year to watch the skies for the Lyrid meteor shower has come. It meteor shower on a low key note on April 16 and will last until April 25. For the 2017 edition, the peak will happen on the night of April 22 and the morning of April 23 and theoretically it will be through April 24. The dazzling spectacle of shooting stars playing out in the night sky is an enthralling delight stargazers look forward to every April. Skywatchers may get to see at least 20 meteors in an hour during peak hours. Those in the Northern Hemisphere, especially Europe, will see the light show vividly. Watching away from light pollution and when the sky is…
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Scientists don’t know what caused a…

There’s a huge crack in one of Greenland’s biggest glaciers, and NASA just took the first photos of it. Scientists noticed the rift while looking at satellite images. Normally, cracks in a glacier wouldn’t be much cause for concern, but this one’s location is troubling. The split opened in the center of the glacier’s ice shelf rather than at the edge of the glacier where cracks usually start — and scientists don’t really know how it formed. SEE MORE: An Iceberg The Size Of Delaware Is Ready To Break Off Antarctica Plus, the new rift is on track to merge with a preexisting crack that started on the glacier’s flank. If that happens, it could lead to a massive break…
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What Windows users should know about…

People walk past a Microsoft office in New York City in October 2015.  (Jewel Samad/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) Microsoft had already fixed a number of Windows security vulnerabilities before they were revealed last week by the Shadow Brokers — a group that has released several leaks about the inner workings of the National Security Agency. For consumers, that means you should not be at risk as long as you’ve downloaded the latest security updates. In a company blog post, Microsoft said that it had addressed all of the vulnerabilities either on or before March 14. Desktop users who allow auto-updates or who regularly check for updates on their computers should be covered. [Hackers have just dumped a treasure trove of…
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What we know so far about…

New York Daily NewsWhat we know so far about Facebook murder suspect Steve StephensNew York Daily NewsThe fugitive suspected of gunning down a random grandfather in Cleveland Sunday worked almost 10 years at a northeast Ohio mental health agency and had no prior criminal record. Steve Stephens, 37, is the subject of a five-state manhunt after he filmed …Multistate manhunt underway for suspect in Facebook homicide videoWashington PostCell-phone ping of Cleveland Facebook murder suspect detected in Erie, Pa.WLS-TVCleveland Facebook Killing Suspect Likely Sought ‘Attention’: CriminologistsNBCNews.comCNN -NJ.com -KABC-TV -CBS Newsall 786 news articles »
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Diabetes is on the rise in…

Sean Rossman , WTSP 7:57 AM. CDT April 17, 2017 The rate at which America’s kids are diagnosed with diabetes is climbing and researchers don’t know why. (Photo: AndreyPopov, Getty Images/iStockphoto) The rate at which America’s kids are diagnosed with diabetes is climbing and researchers don’t know why.A first-ever study of new diabetes diagnoses of U.S. youth under age 20 found both Types 1 and 2 diabetes surged from 2002-2012.The diagnosis of new cases of Type 2 diabetes, associated with obesity, increased about 5% each year from 2002 to 2012, the study said, while new cases of Type 1, the most common form for young people, went up about 2% every year.The National Institutes of Health, which funded the study…
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LOOK: Here are 10 things we…

Even though the NFL Draft is less than two weeks away, that’s not what most NFL fans are thinking about right now. Most fans around the league just want to know one thing: When’s the schedule coming out? To be honest, it would be nice if the NFL would just tell us when it’s going to be released so this woman could plan her kids’ 10th birthday party.  When does the NFL schedule come out? I’m trying to plan my kiddo’s 10th birthday party— Miss February 19th (@imjustbri) March 28, 2017 I’d also like to see the schedule released so the bride-to-be below can’t start planning for what’s going to happen after her wedding on Oct. 22! Hey @Browns, when does…
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About…

U.S. News & World Report10 Things You Didn’t Know About Jared KushnerU.S. News & World ReportJared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, and his wife Ivanka Trump attend a news conference with the president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo). 1.Giving lobbyists expansive power, Trump tries filling the swampMSNBCDC’s Dueling Echo Chambers on FireHuffington PostThe White House Will Keep Its Visitor Logs SecretTIMEObama White House Archives -Washington Post -Politicoall 1,040 news articles »
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17 things you need to know…

With the first weekend of the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the rearview mirror, here’s a look the hits and misses of the event watched by tens of thousands at the Empire Polo Club in Indio and even more online via YouTube. Coachella returns to the desert with Radiohead, Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar for another sold out weekend beginning Friday, April 21. 1. Coolest stage set: Kendrick Lamar The Sunday night headliner had a new production design that included a video screen that was sort of a movable ceiling that could be lowered up and down and have images project down from it. As a bonus, he also had three video segments throughout that were done like…
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‘I just didn’t know what was…

Britain’s Princess Diana, left, sits next to her younger son Prince Harry during V-J Day celebrations in London in 1995. (AP/Alastair Grant) Prince Harry was 12 years old when the car carrying his mother, Princess Diana Spencer, crashed in a Paris tunnel on Aug. 31, 1997. He spent much of the following two decades — through the conspiracy theories, endless investigations and royal family turmoil — remaining mostly silent about her death. He went to war in Afghanistan and watched his older brother marry. Then in his late 20s, Harry crumbled, the prince told the Daily Telegraph in a recent, revealing interview that lent “unprecedented insight into his past.” At royal engagements, Harry found himself overcome by a “flight or fight” sensation. The…
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