It wasn’t just the fans who were looking forward to a quarterfinal clash between France and the defending champion United States at the Women’s World Cup. Megan Rapinoe clearly was, too. “I hope it’s huge and crazy. That’s what it should be,” Rapinoe said just after the match was set. “This is the best game, […]
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WASHINGTON — The House pressed forward on Tuesday with plans to vote on an emergency $4.5 billion humanitarian aid bill to address the plight of migrants at the border, as Democratic leaders worked to quell a rebellion in their ranks over the measure by adding new health and safety requirements for children and adults held
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The U.S. government is investigating price-fixing charges against the country’s biggest poultry companies. The Department of Justice tipped its hand last week when it requested a temporary halt to discovery proceedings in a 2016 class-action lawsuit filed by food service distributor Maplevale Farms. Falconer, New York-based Maplevale Farms accuses Tyson Foods Inc., Perdue Farms Inc.,
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Imagine rolling into work on a Monday morning only to find your usual parking spot occupied by a commercial airliner. Such is the life of employees at Boeing manufacturing facilities in the Seattle area, where undelivered 737 Max jets sit awaiting a software fix ― and the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval ― before they can retake
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The Blues signed coach Craig Berube to a three-year contract extension Tuesday after he led St. Louis to its first Stanley Cup championship in his first season in charge. The Blues were in last place at the start of the year, but Berube led them on an 11-game win streak in January and February to
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WASHINGTON — Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump’s loyal and sometimes combative communications director, will replace Sarah Huckabee Sanders as White House press secretary, the first lady announced on Tuesday. She will also take on the added role of communications director, a job that has been vacant since the departure of Bill Shine in March, and will
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Image caption Johnny Kingdom’s first series on BBC2, A Year On Exmoor, was watched by more than three million people Wildlife television presenter Johnny Kingdom was killed when a digger he was driving toppled over, an inquest heard. The 79-year-old died on his land near South Molton, Devon, on 6 September 2018. An inquest at
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Image copyright Getty Images Some people go to extraordinary lengths to stop colleagues stealing their food and milk from the office fridge. Doncaster Council recently tweeted a picture – now since deleted – of a padlocked milk bottle found during a fridge clear-out. We asked readers if they had had similar experiences and many said
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But Noma, which held the top spot in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014, ended up this year in the No. 2 spot. That’s because having moved, been redesigned, reconceived and reopened last year, Noma 2.0 was considered to be a “new” restaurant, the organization said. (Eleven Madison Park, in New York, is not on this
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Researchers say they may have identified a new kind of plastic pollution in the sea and they’re calling it “plasticrust.” Scientists working in Madeira, a volcanic Portuguese island off northwest Africa, have found small patches of what looks like melted plastic encrusted on rocks along the shoreline. They first spotted the mostly blue and gray
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