SAN FRANCISCO — Senator Bernie Sanders has long promised to run a different kind of campaign and be a different kind of president. On Saturday night, what was billed as his first “grass-roots fund-raiser” of the 2020 campaign was certainly different, as donor events go. It was at a nightclub, for one thing. The D.J. […]
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Andy Ruiz Jr. could have passed for any New Yorker, just a roly-poly guy in a too-tight Knicks jersey and sideways baseball cap weaving his way through a crowded sidewalk on his way back to the hotel. But those people were there cheering for Ruiz, outstretched arms for selfies, pats on the back, asking for
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The US ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, has told the BBC’s Andrew Marr that the US is already considering trade deals post-Brexit. He said that all areas of the economy, including the NHS and agriculture, would be “on the table” in any future US-UK negotiations. Questioned over concerns regarding US food standards, Mr Johnson
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Newer drugs are substantially improving the chances of survival for some people with hard-to-treat forms of lung, breast and prostate cancer, doctors reported at the world’s largest cancer conference. Among those who have benefited is Roszell Mack Jr., who at age 87 is still able to work at a Lexington, Kentucky, horse farm, nine years
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The next in a long line of talented left-handed players from the Czech Republic is making a run at the French Open. Teenager Marketa Vondrousova reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal by beating 12th-seeded Anastasija Sevastova 6-2, 6-0 Sunday in just 59 minutes. The 19-year-old Vondrousova has not dropped a set in four matches. “I’m
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Senator Elizabeth Warren bounded onto stage before a crowd of more than 6,000 here — “the biggest one so far,” she announced excitedly — and stayed for nearly two extra hours, past 11 p.m., until everyone who wanted a picture with her had gotten one. At the same time on Friday night,
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ROME — A colossal cruise liner plowed into a smaller tour ship and a wharf on a canal in Venice on Sunday morning, injuring four people and reigniting arguments about the dangers of allowing the huge vessels to pass through the fragile lagoon city. Footage of the crash showed the cruise liner, the approximately 900-foot-long
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Danilo Petrucci of Italy held off Marc Marquez to gain an emotional first ever MotoGP victory on Sunday in the Italian Grand Prix. Titleholder Marquez briefly took the lead on the last lap but Petrucci managed to edge out the five-time champion by 0.043 seconds, much to the home fans’ delight. The 28-year-old Petrucci could
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The home secretary, Sajid Javid, has told the BBC’s Andrew Marr that if he became the next prime minster he would renegotiate the UK’s withdrawal agreement with the EU. He insisted it was possible to get a different deal and a different arrangement over the Northern Irish backstop, in spite of contradictory statements from politicians
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Image copyright PA Image caption British Airways suspended flights to Pakistan after a fatal hotel bombing in 2008 British Airways will resume flights to Pakistan on Sunday, more than 10 years after a hotel bombing led to the route being suspended. BA stopped flying to the country after a bombing in the capital city of
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