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Trump targets farm subsidies in budget cuts
Meat packers, which are required to have a USDA inspector present at all times, would be charged $5.9 billion over 10 years to support that requirement. Ag groups and Congressional lawmakers warned the budget would put rural communities at risk, citing the need to protect the farm safety net as producers face a 50 percent decline in farm revenue since 2013. [Full Article...]
Chocolate may lower risk for common heart condition: Harvard study
Abnormal heart rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation , affects up to 900,000 patients in England and causes the heart to beat very fast and irregularly, greatly increasing the risk of stroke and early death. "But moderate intake of chocolate with high cocoa content may be a healthy choice", she said. Information on heart disease risk factors, diet, and lifestyle-roughly one in three smok... [Full Article...]
Manchester locals offer support to concert-goers caught up in blast
She is missing following the explosion at Manchester Arena last night! "I did nothing that nobody else would do", she told Rolling Stone. "A number of other Holiday Inn hotels in the wider area also offered those impacted a place to stay - as the wider Manchester community did - through social channels". [Full Article...]
Len McCluskey 'confident' that opinion polls will start to turn for Labour
The statement follows Tuesday's remarks that a seat total of 200 - almost 30 fewer than the number won under Ed Miliband in 2015 - would be a "successful" result for Corbyn . The respected Institute for Fiscal Studies said it was "uncertain" whether Labour's plan to lower the 45p rate income tax threshold to £80,000 and bring back the 50p tax rate would raise the expected £6.4bn a year and warned... [Full Article...]
Imran's party warns of protests as activists held for anti
Among those named in the list include some social media activists of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf. We stand with our social media activists, and even with those from across the aisle, he said further. Parliament passed the cybercrime law last August, despite opposition from rights activists which said its wording was overly broad and would curb... [Full Article...]
Gonzaga's Pagdanganan wraps season up with 73 at the NCAA Championships
Freshman Kristen Gillman tied for 17th at 10-over par. The format begins with a 72-hole championship that crowns the NCAA individual champion and determines the eight teams which move on to the team match-play tournament to figure out the national champions. [Full Article...]
Obama-era rule on financial advisers to go forward, for now
The DOL delayed portions of the Obama administration's regulatory package that aimed to reduce the allegedly conflicted investment advice given to retirement savers until June 9. "We have carefully considered the record in this case, and the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act, and have found no principled legal basis to change the June 9 date while we seek public input", Acosta ... [Full Article...]
Theresa May refuses to admit u-turn on Tory social care plans
In a major BBC interview she blamed Mr Corbyn for "scaremongering" about the social care policy which formed the centrepiece of last week's manifesto launch. The Prime Minister - who repeated her "strong and stable leadership" mantra despite the criticism over the U-turn - tried to make Brexit the central issue in voters' minds. [Full Article...]