The first super-tough 2,000-meter (6,500-foot) climb of the Tour de France proved to be no obstacle for Julian Alaphilippe, the race leader who kept his yellow jersey while defending champion Geraint Thomas struggled up the Tourmalet pass and lost time on Saturday. Thibaut Pinot won Stage 14 up the legendary ascent in the Pyrenees, making […]
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Protesters fighting the construction of a giant telescope on a mountain some Native Hawaiians consider sacred say the standoff is about more than the project. Longtime Native Hawaiian activist Walter Ritte says he’s opposing the telescope for the same reasons he fought military bombing practice on a small island decades ago. Ritte and other activists
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With a game-time temperature of 94 degrees on a humid, muggy evening, starting pitchers Jake Odorizzi and Chris Bassitt had to fight dripping sweat as much as opposing batters. Oakland’s leadoff hitter, Marcus Semien, got out of the heat quickly in the first inning and then continued to give the Athletics reason to feel good.
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Mr. Trump, in turn, has made more explicit that he leads the party defending white status. What’s most curious isn’t how voters have reacted to that, said Daniel Hopkins, a political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, but that Republican Party elites and commentators have so swiftly shifted their rhetoric on racial and ethnic diversity,
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The government is trying to sort out how to handle health risks from a group of widely used nonstick and stain-resistant compounds. But scientists say there are many steps people can take to minimize their exposure to the manmade industrial compounds known as PFAS. Some changes are easier than others, such as checking on the
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A former Marine who deployed twice to Afghanistan. A patent law professor. A woman who’s blind. Two Rhodes scholars. They’re among the lawyers starting work this summer as law clerks at the Supreme Court. The group of 16 women and 23 men hired by the justices were already on paths to become leading judges, professors
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WASHINGTON — House Republicans have tried to chip away at the credibility of Robert S. Mueller III’s inquiry into Russia’s 2016 election interference since shortly after it began, savaging members of his investigative team as “angry Democrats,” and calling into question his impartiality. But as they prepare to meet Mr. Mueller, the former special counsel,
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Recent seizures and attacks aimed at oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz will raise insurance rates for shipping companies and, if unchecked, reduce tanker traffic in the vital waterway, according to energy experts. Britain’s foreign secretary said Iranian authorities on Friday seized two ships, one flying under the British flag, the other registered in
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LONDON — The Rialto Bridge in Venice, the oldest of the four structures spanning the Grand Canal in the Italian city, has seen it all. But the sight of two German backpackers setting up a travel stove to make their morning coffee on the steps of the 400-year-old monument was too much for a local
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The Arizona Diamondbacks fell into an early hole against a team ahead of them in the NL wild-card standings. Once they cycled through the third inning, the hits kept coming. Christian Walker hit a two-run homer to cap the first natural cycle by consecutive batters in Arizona’s history, lifting the Diamondbacks to a 10-7 victory
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