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Motorcycling: Rossi will try to race in Spain with a broken leg
LONDON (Reuters) – Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi will try to make a race return in Spain this weekend, three weeks after breaking his leg in an off-road training accident, if MotoGP doctors give him the green light. The 38-year-old Italian great was back on track in testing on Monday, 18 days after suffering a double fracture, and did another 20 laps on a road bike at Italy’s Misano circuit on Tuesday. He underwent a medical in Italy on Wednesday and decided that while his leg had not fully healed, the result
Read MoreScott Peterson says his wife Laci went missing on Christmas Eve: Part 2 Video
Transcript for Scott Peterson says his wife Laci went missing on Christmas Eve: Part 2 ??? Modesto is a small city made famous by George Lucas in “American graffiti.” It had that kind of feel to it where a lot of people know each other. You see people waving at each other and greeting each other. It’s a nice little slice of America. It’s only about an hour away from the San Francisco bay area, but it feels more like a small town in maybe Oklahoma or Kansas. It’s rural,
Read MoreACA Medicaid expansion tied to earlier cancer care for the poor
(Reuters Health) – After the Affordable Care Act (ACA) helped reduce the number of uninsured Americans, more low-income adults got cancer diagnosed when it was less advanced and potentially easier to treat, a recent study suggests. Researchers examined data on 1.7 million adults under age 65, of all income levels, who were newly diagnosed with cancer between 2011 and 2014. About 907,000 participants lived in states that expanded Medicaid, the government-sponsored insurance for the poor, under the ACA. Another 811,000 people lived in states that didn’t expand Medicaid. The effect
Read MoreUK’s Prince George starts school, pregnant mum Kate too ill to go
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince George, the great-grandson of Queen Elizabeth and third-in-line to the throne, started school on Thursday but without his pregnant mother Kate to support him because she is suffering from severe morning sickness. George, 4, was taken by his father, Prince William, from their Kensington Palace home to Thomas’s Battersea school in southwest London, which says its most important rule is to “Be Kind” and charges almost 18,000 pounds ($23,490) per pupil per year. “We expect our pupils to make impressive progress as a result of
Read MoreTrump call for immigration legislation sparks Republican interest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s call to the U.S. Congress to pass protections for some undocumented immigrants is stirring interest among his fellow Republicans in Congress, despite the party’s longstanding divisions over immigration that were on display on Wednesday. Trump, who fashioned his 2016 presidential campaign around a pledge to clamp down on illegal immigration, has now turned the political landscape on its head. On Tuesday, he angered business groups and Democrats with his announcement that he was terminating former President Barack Obama’s executive order protecting from deportation nearly
Read MoreNorway and China launch free-trade talks
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway and China have resumed talks on a bilateral free trade deal, Norway’s Industry Ministry said on Thursday, in another sign that their relationship was thawing after a row over the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to dissident Liu Xiaobo. Beijing suspended discussions immediately after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the prize to Liu in 2010. The dissident was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for “inciting subversion of state power” after he helped write a petition known as “Charter 08” calling for sweeping political reforms.
Read MoreMedtronic misses revenue estimates, shares dip
(Reuters) – Medical device maker Medtronic Plc on Tuesday reported quarterly revenue fell short of analysts’ estimates, hurt by lower sales in its diabetes-related device business. Shares of the company fell 2.7 percent to $81.24 in premarket trading. Sales in Medtronic’s diabetes business, which sells artificial pancreases, glucose sensors and insulin pumps, fell about 1 percent to $449 million in the first quarter ended July 28. Sales, which were hurt by a temporary supply issue related to the company’s glucose monitor sensors, lagged Wall Street analysts’ average estimate of $471.3
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