1,060 Earthquakes Have Hit Southern California in a Month and Hardly Anyone Noticed. Here’s Why
More than 1,000 tiny earthquakes have rumbled through an area of Southern California for nearly a month––but few people actually noticed. "Swarmageddon," as it's been dubbed, started May 25 and lasted through at least June 19, according to the Southern California Seismic Network, a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey and the California Institute of Technology...
3m Jun 27, 2019
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An ‘Unprecedented’ Early Summer Heatwave Grips Europe as Scientists Warn More Are on the Way
Europeans are bracing for an intense early-summer heatwave, with record-breaking temperatures forecast in parts of France and Germany before the weekend — less than a year after the region's last extreme heatwave. Temperatures are expected to break 104°F in much of western Europe, far outstripping the comfortable weather normally enjoyed in the region at this time of ye...
5m Jun 27, 2019
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Here’s How Much British Taxpayers Pay for the Royal Family’s Travel
The latest royal accounts have revealed that taxpayers in the UK paid £2.4 million towards the renovation of Frogmore House, which has become the official residence of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The 18th century house near Windsor castle was a gift from the Queen but it required extensive renovation to make it habitable for Prince Harry and Meghan, along with their ne...
1m Jun 27, 2019
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Barbados Police Searching for New Jersey Couple Who Disappeared on Jet Ski
Police in Barbados are searching for a New Jersey couple who went out to sea on a jet ski and never returned. Oscar Suarez, 32 and Magdalena Devil, 25, were staying at the Discovery Bay Hotel about nine miles from the capital of Bridgetown, according to the Royal Barbados Police Force. Police said that on Monday afternoon, the couple rented a jet ski from an operator...
1m Jun 27, 2019
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Even the Internet Hasn’t Really Changed How Being Famous Works. Here’s Why
The man known for his flamboyant headgear and his public boasts about sleeping with other men’s wives was an unlikely candidate for political office. He dismissed his critics as vermin, insisting that only he could set the record straight. He brushed off people who mocked his lapses in grammar and spelling, then wrote a best-selling autobiography, using collaborators to he...
9m Jun 27, 2019
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Inside the Journey to Reinvent One of the World’s Greatest Restaurants
For more than 13 years, Noma was a mecca for foodies. The Michelin-starred Copenhagen restaurant boasted glowing reviews and frequently topped best-of-year lists, making it nearly impossible to score a reservation. Specializing in food with a Nordic flair, it inspired eateries around the globe and made a star of chef René Redzepi.
3m Jun 27, 2019
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Trump Says It’s Inappropriate for U.S. Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe to Protest During the National Anthem
President Donald Trump thinks it's inappropriate for Megan Rapinoe, the U.S. women's soccer team co-captain, to protest during the national anthem. At the FIFA Women's World Cup in France, where the U.S. team advanced to the quarterfinals with a win against Spain on Monday, Rapinoe has stood motionless when "The Star Spangled Banner" is sung at pre-game ceremonies. ...
3m Jun 27, 2019
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Review: Yesterday Is a Rom-Com That’s Perfectly Charming If You Don’t Look Too Closely
What if, sometime between yesterday and today, the electricity were to suddenly go out all around when the world, and when it comes back, practically all human memory of the Beatles is suddenly erased? That’s the premise of Danny Boyle’s hardworking charmer Yesterday, a fantasy that works well enough as a Beatles love letter but falls short in the love-story department. ...
7m Jun 27, 2019
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Young Americans Are Increasingly ‘Uncomfortable’ With LGBTQ Community, GLAAD Study Shows
GLAAD, the organization dedicated to LGBTQ advocacy in media and culture, released its fifth annual Accelerating Acceptance Index on Monday. The index is a national survey of nearly 1,800 American adults who were asked to rate their position, on a scale of very uncomfortable to comfortable, to prompted situations like "having LGBT members at my place of worship," "learning...
6m Jun 26, 2019
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Wayfair Employees Plan Walkout to Protest the Company Selling Beds to Border Detention Facilities
Wayfair employees have planned a walkout on Wednesday to protest furniture sales by the online home goods store to a detention facility based along the U.S.-Mexico border. The planned protest comes after more than 500 employees signed a letter asking company leadership to cancel an order that would provide bedroom furniture to a border detention site in Texas, a Wayfair...
5m Jun 26, 2019
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Doctors in Rome Are Warning of Health Hazards from the City’s Overflowing Garbage
ROME (AP) — Doctors in Rome are warning of possible health hazards caused by overflowing trash bins in the city's streets, as the Italian capital struggles with a renewed garbage emergency aggravated by the summer heat.Trash disposal is a decades-long problem for the Eternal City. Rome was left with no major site to treat the 1.7 million metric tons of trash it produces ev...
3m Jun 26, 2019
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Robert Mueller Will Testify Publicly About His Investigation
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller will publicly testify before Congress, under an agreement reached after two committee chairs issued a subpoena compelling him to do so. Mueller will testify on July 17 in an open session before the House Judiciary Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The two chairs of those committees, Reps. Jerrold Na...
4m Jun 26, 2019
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Alec Benjamin Is a Pop Storyteller for the Next Generation
Alec Benjamin has worn the same outfit multiple days in a row, he admits when we sit down to chat at New York’s buzzing Soho House one afternoon this spring. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter isn't overly concerned with fashion; he just likes what he likes, and when he figures out something that works, he sticks with it. “I’m a very OCD person,” he says. “I’ll do one thing...
6m Jun 26, 2019
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Chuck Schumer Is Trying to Clear the Iowa Senate Primary
At a time when Democrats are largely focused on the presidential primary, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is trying to clear the way for a woman challenging Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst. A source familiar with the situation told TIME that Schumer flew J.D. Scholten, the Democrat who gained a national profile when he came close to beating Iowa Rep. Steve King, to Washingto...
3m Jun 26, 2019
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‘Outrageous and Idiotic.’ Iran Sharply Criticizes New U.S. Sanctions
(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran on Tuesday sharply criticized new U.S. sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic's supreme leader and other top officials, saying the measures spell the "permanent closure" for diplomacy between the two nations. For his part, Iran's president described the White House as "afflicted by mental retardation.
6m Jun 26, 2019
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What Is VAR? Soccer’s Video Review Is Making a Mess of the Women’s World Cup
When an acronym for instant replay is overshadowing the World Cup, the beautiful game can get ugly, fast. Unfortunately, that's exactly what's happening in France, where every Women's World Cup match, it seems, is marred by some controversy surrounding VAR, or "video assistant referee.
9m Jun 26, 2019
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President Trump Says Woman Who Accused Him of Sexual Assault Not His ‘Type’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says a New York-based advice columnist who has accused him of sexually assaulting her in a New York City department store in the mid-1990s is not his "type." The president said in an interview with The Hill on Monday that writer E. Jean Carroll is "totally lying." Trump says: "I'll say it with great respect: Number one, she's not m...
51s Jun 26, 2019
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This Medal of Honor Recipient Single-Handedly Cleared a House of Iraqi Insurgents. TIME Was There
Former Army Staff Sgt. David G. Bellavia is set to become the first living serviceman to receive the Medal of Honor for his service in the Iraq War. And TIME readers had a close-up view on the heroic actions 15 years ago that earned Bellavia the nation's highest military honor. TIME featured Bellavia on the cover in November 2004 with a first-person account of Bellavia'...
6m Jun 26, 2019
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Why a Venezuelan Oil Program Is Fueling Massive Street Protests in Haiti
For more than four months, Haitians have been taking to the streets to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse amid allegations he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars of government funds earmarked for badly needed social programs. A damning report on government corruption, delivered to the Haitian senate by official auditors on May 31, has triggered fre...
8m Jun 26, 2019
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Chicago Police Release More Than 1,000 Files From the Jussie Smollett Probe
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police on Monday released more than 1,000 files from the investigation into Jussie Smollett's claim he was attacked by two men, including video footage that for the first time shows the "Empire" actor with a thin, white rope wrapped around his neck that he told detectives was a noose. The footage from body cameras worn by police officers who respo...
5m Jun 25, 2019
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2 Infants, a Toddler and a Woman Found Dead Near Border in Texas
(MISSION, Texas) — Four people, including three children, found dead in South Texas near the border with Mexico likely died of dehydration and heat exposure after crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S., authorities said Monday. A law enforcement official close to the investigation told The Associated Press the four were overcome by the heat and foul play is not suspected...
2m Jun 25, 2019
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The White House Threatens to Veto an Aid Bill for Migrant Families Detained After Crossing the Border
(WASHINGTON) — The White House is threatening to veto a $4.5 billion House bill aimed at improving the treatment of migrant families detained after crossing the U.S. southern border, saying the measure would hamstring the administration's border security efforts and raising fresh questions about the legislation's fate.
5m Jun 25, 2019
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Opposition Win in Istanbul’s Mayoral Election Deals a Blow to Turkey’s Erdogan
(ISTANBUL) — The opposition candidate for mayor of Istanbul celebrated a landmark win Sunday in a closely watched repeat election that ended weeks of political tension and broke the long hold President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party had on leading Turkey's largest city. "Thank you, Istanbul," Ekrem Imamoglu, 49, said to the tens of thousands of people who gathered to mark...
5m Jun 24, 2019
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Prince Wrote These Songs for Other Stars. Now Listen to Him Sing Them
Prince's career had milestones in every direction. He released a slew of world-altering singles, from the smoldering "Little Red Corvette" to the lighters-up title track to Purple Rain. His live performances were the stuff of legend, whether they were unbridled jam sessions that stretched into the wee hours or stripped-down showcases where he put the sturdy bones of his so...
4m Jun 24, 2019
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President Trump Announces New Iran Sanctions, Days After Calling Off Airstrikes
President Donald Trump said the U.S. will impose major new sanctions on Iran Monday, days after he abruptly called off a plan for airstrikes against the Islamic Republic after Iran shot down a U.S. Navy drone. The sanctions move, announced on Twitter with no additional detail, came as Trump spent the day at the Camp David presidential retreat having meetings and phone c...
6m Jun 24, 2019
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The U.S. and China Will Resume Talks Amid Ongoing Trade War
U.S. officials and some outside experts say they expect this week's meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to head off an escalating trade war and restart trade negotiations between the world's two largest economic powers. The two leaders are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the June 28 and 29 G20 economic summit in Osaka, Japan, amid sign...
7m Jun 24, 2019
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Female Friendships Are the Best, Until They Aren’t
Friendships between women--especially among groups of women, where tendrils of energy and intuition entwine and collide like the offshoots of willful plants--seem to come with so many attendant complications. Ideally, everyone is growing toward and reaching for the same sun.
9m Jun 24, 2019
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Bernie Sanders and Other Progressives Are Unveiling a Bill to Cancel Student Debt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before the first Democratic presidential debates, Sen. Bernie Sanders and House progressives are unveiling legislation cancelling all student debt, going further than a signature proposal by Sen. Elizabeth Warren as the two jockey for support from the party's liberal base. By canceling all student loans, Sanders says the proposal addresses an econ...
4m Jun 24, 2019
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Rom-Com Master Richard Curtis Is Still Trying to Prove That All We Need Is Love
Richard Curtis, the Typhoid Mary of incurable romantics, is not surprised that even though it is 9 a.m. on a weekday, Strawberry Fields, the memorial to John Lennon in New York City's Central Park, is crowded. And he's not bothered that the obligatory rumpled guitar-playing guy is doggedly torturing the Beatles' oeuvre for tips.
9m Jun 24, 2019
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How A Nurse With a Hole in Her Skull Changed The Medical History of Migraines
The following is adapted from an excerpt from social and medical historian Katherine Foxhall’s new book, Migraine: A History, published by Johns Hopkins University Press, and out June 18, 2019. In 1936, Alfred Goltman, a physician from Tennessee, reported on one of his cases in the prominent medical journal Allergy. The patient was a 26-year-old woman with a history of...
12m Jun 24, 2019
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Dolphins Are Washing Up Dead at a Disturbing Rate This Year— And Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
Nearly 300 dead bottlenose dolphins — three times as many as normal — have washed up along the beaches of the Gulf Coast this year. While scientists can't explain the sudden surge, some at least have theories. Since February, 282 bottlenose dolphins have been found across four states in varying degrees of death and decay, according to Erin Fougeres, a Marine Mammal Scie...
4m Jun 24, 2019
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More and More Countries Agree on This Climate Change Goal. But Will It Work?
As lawmakers around the world debate how best to fight climate change, one goal is rapidly becoming standard: net-zero emissions by 2050. That means that greenhouse gases would be dramatically reduced — most likely by using a combination of switching from coal and gas to wind and solar, becoming more energy-efficient and putting taxes or fees on carbon — and whatever re...
6m Jun 24, 2019
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Toys ‘R’ Us, Back From the Dead, Will Reportedly Open U.S. Stores Just in Time for the Holidays
(Bloomberg) — Maybe American kids will only have to live through one Christmas without Toys 'R' Us. About a year after shuttering U.S. operations, the remnant of the defunct toy chain is set to return this holiday season by opening about a half dozen U.S. stores and an e-commerce site, according to people familiar with the matter. Richard Barry, a former Toys 'R' Us ...
3m Jun 24, 2019
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This Indian City Is Running Out of Water, Impacting 4.6 Million People
Chennai, the sixth-largest city in India is running out of water for its nearly 4.6 million residents as four of the city's reservoirs are nearly dry due to a heat wave and drought. Many people are reported to have been waiting hours in line for water being provided through government tankers.
2m Jun 24, 2019
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MTV Stares Into the Generation Gap With a Disorienting Real World Reboot
If MTV ever dies, The Real World will be in the first line of its obituary. After debuting in 1992, the pioneering reality series not only catalyzed the network's transformation into a youth lifestyle brand, but also managed to survive for 25 years. Even if the angsty, political Gen X seasons ended up giving way to fratty, drunken antics in the 2000s, the core concept--a d...
2m Jun 24, 2019
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Texans Are Very Upset About the Sale of Whataburger. Here’s Why That Reaction Makes Total Sense
In April 2001, a joint resolution passed the Texas House and Senate that declared Whataburger, the state’s beloved fast-food chain, to be a “Texas Treasure.” In the most Texan fashion imaginable, the bill honoring the burger institution was introduced by the state chair of the Texas Public Health Committee. "They deserve credit for capturing the hearts — and taste buds — o...
5m Jun 23, 2019
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Is Plastic Pollution Depriving Us of Oxygen?
The plastic debris floating in the world’s oceans entangles wildlife, kills birds that swallow it mistaking it for food, and seeps into the food chain, showing up in fish that humans eat. A major threat to the ocean, this plastic pollution is estimated to cause more than $13 billion in economic damage to marine ecosystems each year. Turns out, it also disturbs important oc...
4m Jun 23, 2019
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Europe’s Jews Are Resisting a Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism
The note jammed onto a windshield in Sweden in March last year was designed to terrify. WE ARE WATCHING YOU, YOU JEWISH SWINE, read the message to a retired professor, written on paper with the logo of the Nordic Resistance Movement, a Swedish neo-Nazi organization. In the bucolic university town of Lund, with its cobblestone streets and medieval buildings, the threat s...
18m Jun 23, 2019
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Should You Buy a PS4 or Xbox Now, or Wait for the New Models? How to Decide
With E3 wrapped up, you’re probably ecstatic about all the new games that were just announced. And there was plenty of console news, too. Sony’s already talking about its upcoming PlayStation 5, Microsoft is teasing its newest console — codenamed "Project Scarlett" — and rumors suggest Nintendo will soon debut an updated Nintendo Switch.
7m Jun 23, 2019
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Some People Think Stonewall Was Triggered by Judy Garland’s Funeral. Here’s Why Many Experts Disagree
It was June 22, 1969, that Oscar-nominated actor Judy Garland — star of The Wizard of Oz, (1939), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), and A Star Is Born (1954) — was found dead at 47 of an accidental overdose. A week later, thousands of her admirers turned out to pay their respects at her June 27 funeral.
6m Jun 23, 2019
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Rihanna and Seth Meyers' Day Drinking Adventures Are a Must-Watch
Whether it's creating an inclusive beauty line or trolling her fans' thirst for new music with her new fashion line, Rihanna always seems to be the ace at whatever she sets her mind to. Case in point: her day drinking adventure with Seth Meyers, which included some very inventive mixology inspired by Ri Ri's greatest hits (anyone care for a "Under my Rumbrella" or "Like...
1m Jun 23, 2019
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Why The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 List Is More Controversial Than Ever
Even now, five years on, René Redzepi’s face still lights up when he recalls the April night his restaurant Noma was named best restaurant in the world for the fourth time. After a difficult 2013, whose nadir came when the Copenhagen restaurant dropped one position on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, reclaiming the title the following year felt like redemption. ...
12m Jun 22, 2019
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The Story Behind President Donald Trump’s 29th TIME Cover
One of the many ironies of Donald Trump's presidency is that for all his vitriol toward journalists — language that has been dangerously echoed by autocrats around the world — he is intensely interested in the inner workings of the media. Trump is fluent in the language of TV ratings, thanks in part to his Apprentice days. He remembers and cites stories from years back. He...
3m Jun 22, 2019
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Can Over-the-Counter Birth Control Become a Bipartisan Issue?
Women in more than 100 countries can buy birth control pills without a prescription. Now, some members of Congress from both parties are arguing that the United States should allow it as well. Earlier this month, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz became the latest Republican to voice support for making birth control available over the counter, joining a group of Democratic women who ...
6m Jun 22, 2019
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Trump Says He ‘Never Met’ Author Who Has Accused Him of Sexual Assault
President Donald Trump said Friday that he "never met" a New York advice columnist and author who claims that he sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a high-end New York department store in the 1990s. In a statement, Trump said "there is zero evidence" to support longtime Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll's account of a chance meeting with Trump at Bergdorf Goodm...
3m Jun 22, 2019
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Joe Biden Keeps Stumbling. The Democratic Pile-On Is Just Getting Started.
The vinegar in the slaw will hardly be the most acrid item on Joe Biden's plate as he arrives at Rep. Jim Clyburn's legendary fish fry. The former Vice President had largely lucked out with news that Iran had shot down an American drone largely bumping from the headlines the Democratic frontrunner’s ill-advised comments about how he worked well with a segregationist sen...
9m Jun 22, 2019
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Publishers Plead With Trump Not to Impose a ‘Bible Tax’ With New China Tariffs
(Bloomberg) — Book publishers are imploring President Donald Trump not to impose “a Bible tax.’’ Proposed tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese goods would include printed materials, which would especially affect Bibles and children’s books predominantly produced in China because of the unique paper, printing technology and skills needed, company and trade group officials ...
2m Jun 22, 2019
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The New Head of the Smithsonian Thinks Americans Can Find a Middle Ground in Museums
The 14th secretary of the Smithsonian, Lonnie G. Bunch III, on his new job, the value of pandas and how to make the past personal You've said you can tell a lot about a place by what it deems worth preserving. What does the Smithsonian say about America? When I started in '89 at [the National Museum of] American History, the collections reflected a 1950s interpretati...
3m Jun 22, 2019
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Lawyers Say Migrant Children Are Living in ‘Traumatic and Dangerous’ Conditions at Border Detention Site
(EL PASO, Texas) — A legal team that recently interviewed over 60 children at a Border Patrol station in Texas says a traumatic and dangerous situation is unfolding for some 250 infants, children and teens locked up for up to 27 days without adequate food, water and sanitation.
5m Jun 22, 2019
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Apple Is Recalling Some MacBook Pro Models Because of Overheating Batteries
Apple on Thursday recalled some MacBook Pro laptops sold between September 2015 and February 2017 due to a "battery that may overheat and pose a safety risk." The Cupertino, California-based technology giant said in a statement that it is asking customers to stop using the computers. The problem affects the 15-inch version of the older MacBook Pro. The company said it w...
1m Jun 21, 2019
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