WASHINGTON — As Iran and the United States face off in the Gulf of Oman, the risk may not be just at sea, but in Tehran and Washington, where both Iranian and American hard-liners are seizing on the moment for political advantage. The attacks this week on two tankers in the gulf, instantly attributed to […]
Proposals for a controversial extradition law have been suspended, say Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam. Some critics are unhappy with the decision, calling for a complete removal, not suspension of the law. The decision follows mass protests in the city, and a previous refusal to halt the proposed law which would have allowed extradition
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Passengers on a Turkish Airlines jetliner flying to Sudan had to subdue a man who started screaming a few minutes after takeoff and began smashing an oxygen mask box and then a cabin window before pushing flight attendants aside and rushing toward the cockpit. Associated Press photographer Hussein Malla was on the flight Friday and
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Carli Lloyd is not accepting her new role. Not at all. Lloyd was the star of the 2015 Women’s World Cup four years ago in Canada, scoring three goals in the first 16 minutes of the final to help the U.S. national team win its third World Cup title. The hat trick earned Lloyd the
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The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 10 a.m. Tiger Woods was on the putting green in tennis shoes a few hours before his third round at the U.S. Open, and for good reason. Woods took 32 putts in the second round and made only one putt longer than 5 feet. That was
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BALTIMORE — Mary Donnelly, the principal of John Ruhrah Elementary/Middle School, has watched with pride for 18 years as new languages proliferated in the hallways, different countries were added to her social studies work sheets and the student population nearly quadrupled. The influx of poor immigrant families brought a flood of resources as the school’s
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Gary Woodland has the 36-hole lead in the U.S. Open, the second time in his last four majors he’s been ahead at the halfway point. It’s really no lead at all. This U.S. Open is just getting started. Woodland was two shots ahead of Justin Rose going into the third round, with the leaders not
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Maggie Haberman has become an indispensable part of The Times’s political coverage since joining the newspaper in 2015, a go-to reporter for breaking news moments and Pulitzer Prize-winning peeks behind the White House curtain. But the handful of major stories she has a hand in on any given day are published in an environment where
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Patrick Maroon lifting the Stanley Cup above his head in a St. Louis Blues uniform fulfilled a lifelong dream. The moment didn’t compare to holding the Cup just low enough for his son to kiss it. Maroon will be hailed as a hometown hero for signing with the Blues and helping them win their first
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Those conversations keep coming. Rick Plowman 66, complained bitterly about how despite having Medicare, he had to pay nearly $500 for inhalers to treat his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Still, he was skeptical. “I just don’t know what it’s going to look like down the road,” Mr. Plowman said. “Even Social Security for kids, you
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