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The British sportsbook operator William Hill began taking odds on the possibility President Donald Trump disobeys the U.S. Constitution and runs for a third term. As part of the Constiution's 22nd ...

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A specialist vacuum is being used to collect smaller plastic nurdles strewn across Norfolk's beaches. A "retrieval operation" is under way following the crash on 10 March, the coastguard says.