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Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, Downing Street have confirmed. A statement from Number 10 said: "over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the Prime Minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital. "The PM has asked Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, who is the First Secretary of State, to deputise for him where necessary. "The PM is receiving excellent care, and thanks all NHS staff for their hard work and dedication."

Un troisième cas de coronavirus a été confirmé en France vendredi soir par le ministère de la Santé. (Translation) A third case of the coronavirus has been confirmed in France Friday evening, per the Health Minister.

Below is the list of things Clinton could not recall in the FBI interview: * When she received security clearance * Being briefed on how to handle classified material * How many times she used her authority to designate items classified * Any briefing on how to handle very top-secret "Special Access Program" material * How to select a target for a drone strike * How the data from her mobile devices was destroyed when she switched devices * The number of times her staff was given a secure phone * Why she didn’t get a secure Blackberry * Receiving...

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is bypassing his chance to lay out a vision for California in his annual State of the State address. In remarks prepared ahead of his speech Thursday, the governor says California is in a state of emergency. He says the financial situation is too grim for him to talk about education, infrastructure, water or health care reform. California faces a $42 billion budget deficit over the next year-and-a-half. So far, Schwarzenegger has been unable to broker a deal with Democrats and Republicans over how to solve it. He's also calling on lawmakers and the governor to go...

Both houses of the California legislature have approved the measure to raise income and sales taxes and replace the gas tax with a "gas fee."

ESPN announced that Paul Dana died during practice at Homestead, FL.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington on Friday condemned caricatures in European newspapers of Islam's Prophet Mohammad, siding with Muslims who are outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion. "These cartoons are indeed offensive to the belief of Muslims," State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper said in answer to a question. "We all fully recognize and respect freedom of the press and expression but it must be coupled with press responsibility. Inciting religious or ethnic hatreds in this manner is not acceptable."

DUARTE, Calif. -- Employees at the Santa Teresita Hospital in Duarte say they were given no warning that the facility is being forced to shut down. The news was very emotional for the patients and the employees at the hospital. The hospital on Buena Vista Avenue has served serving its patients for 73 years -- but now it is being forced to shut down. Hospital administrators are saying simply that they have no other choice -- they can't afford to stay in business. More than 100 employees will lose their jobs. The hospital administrators say changing health care has forced...

LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have found the remains of a man who died of tuberculosis more than 2,200 years ago, shattering theories the deadly disease was brought to England by the conquering armies of ancient Rome. The Iron Age skeleton was found in a pit in the tiny village of Tarrant Hinton in southwest England. His damaged spine led scientists to suspect he was a tuberculosis victim and DNA tests confirmed it. Carbon dating shows he lived between 400 and 230 BC, long before Julius Caesar launched Rome's first tentative invasion of Britain in 55 BC. "It's tremendously important,"...

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - St. Louis Rams wide receiver Eric Crouch, who won the Heisman Trophy as a quarterback at the University of Nebraska, has decided to retire. "I have given this a lot of thought," said Crouch in a statement Thursday. "This decision was tough and not something I took lightly." Crouch was selected in the third round of the 2002 draft by the Rams, who switched him to wide receiver. He suffered a deep thigh bruise in the only preseason game he played. Crouch, 23, who won the Heisman Trophy as the most outstanding collegiate player in 2001,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. embassies or consulates in Germany, Denmark, Italy and Luxembourg received letters containing white powder on Wednesday, sparking fears of a fresh anthrax attack, a State Department official told Reuters. "Unidentified white powder was received in local mail deliveries," the official said, citing official information received from the embassies in Copenhagen, Luxembourg and Rome and consulates in Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig and Munich. "In each case when the white powder was discovered by mission employees, staff notified local authorities who responded immediately and are now evaluating the substance," he said.

Wed Feb 27,10:42 AM ET BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal authorities Wednesday began rounding up as many as 20 workers at Logan International airport, where the two planes that crashed into the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11 took off, a spokeswoman said. "We are seeking the arrest of 20 employees of various companies that work at Logan," Boston's main commercial airport, said Samantha Martin, a spokeswoman at the office of U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan. Martin declined comment on why law enforcement was arresting the workers. She also declined comment on a local radio report that said ...

Two U.S. Troopers Rescued From Chopper -Report Thu Feb 21, 7:30 PM ET MANILA (Reuters) - Two men were rescued from the wreckage of a crashed U.S. military helicopter which went down in the southern Philippines early on Friday, a radio report said. The dzRH radio station said the wreckage was found by fishermen and that two men were rescued. It did not give details and officials could not immediately confirm the report. At least 12 U.S. troops were on the special forces helicopter, which was flying from the island of Basilan to the central city of Cebu, U.S. officials ...

SOLDIER HOLLOW, Utah (Reuters) - Russia's team at the Winter Olympics (news - web sites) is considering pulling out of the Games after they withdrew their cross-country relay team on Thursday following "abnormal" blood tests," the team spokesman said. "It has been discussed with Moscow," Gennady Shvets told Reuters. "This was the last straw." Shvets said discussions were still going on with International Olympic Committee (news - web sites) president Jacques Rogge and the team is due to hold a news conference imminently. Russia has had a disappointing Games and was upset by the furor over the judging of the ...

The city has failed to rein in workers' compensation costs that likely will reach a record $113 million this year, according to a newspaper report. The Los Angeles Daily News reported Monday that workers' compensation costs have increased more than 50 percent since 1997 and reform efforts have fared so poorly that as many as 10 percent of city employees are receiving benefits at any given time. With up to 4,000 of the city's 40,000 person work force getting workers' compensation benefits, work is either ignored or the city has to hire more employees to make up for those not ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American Airlines said on Monday it had completed the Airbus A300 tail and rudder inspections ordered by aviation regulators after the crash of Flight 587 last week in New York and found no safety problems. The checks were ordered on Friday by the Federal Aviation Administration (news - web sites) after the ill-fated American A300-600 lost its vertical tail fin and other parts and crashed shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport last Monday. All 260 people aboard the plane and at least five on the ground were killed. The order to inspect the tail ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has information the Taliban may intend to poison food sent through overseas humanitarian aid to Afghan civilians and then blame it on America, a Pentagon (news - web sites) official said on Wednesday. ``We would never poison any food stuffs. We are humane people, we want to provide humanitarian assistance to those in need,'' said Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem, deputy director for operations of the military's Joint Staff. ``It's just beyond our comprehension that we would consider poisoning a food source,'' he told reporters. ``But we have obtained information ... that the Taliban might ...