MIAMI — In his months on the campaign trail, Beto O’Rourke has wanted to make one thing explicitly clear: He is not a pendejo. Never mind whether anyone in the audience understands the Spanish slang for idiot, it is now a standard part of his stump speech: “We don’t want our kids looking back at […]
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Prince George may only be five, but he’s already playing tennis with one of the greats. Kate Middleton revealed earlier this week during an appearance at Wimbledon that Roger Federer is her eldest son’s favorite tennis player. The information got back to a delighted Federer on Thursday after his match against Jay Clarke. “That’s very big,”
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Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt, as its tourism ministry is always keen to point out, and in the ancient royal burial site of Nuri many Nubian pharaohs were laid to rest. There’s only one problem with this incredible site: the rising groundwater is making it hard to get into many of the pyramids. Pearce
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Television is over the moon about the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. NASA’s moon landing was seen live on TV in July 1969. Networks and cable channels are airing documentaries and programs to mark the anniversary. The programs include a marathon repeat of HBO’s 1998 miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon” on
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New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia will be honored by Major League Baseball at Tuesday night’s All-Star Game in Cleveland, Ohio. Sabathia is in the final season of his 19-year career. He’ll be recognized for his contributions to the game and his longtime service to the community. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he’s glad Sabathia
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WASHINGTON — Senator Kamala Harris of California raised nearly $12 million in the past three months, her campaign said on Friday, a total that leaves her well behind her top rivals in the Democratic presidential primary’s money race. Ms. Harris’s total for the second quarter of the year, which ended on Sunday, was padded by
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When my first Wealth Matters column ran in December 2008, I wrote that I wanted to examine the strategies the wealthy used to manage their money and their lives in a way that people with far less money could learn from. Having spent the last week going through 499 columns in preparation for No. 500,
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Long weekends are the perfect opportunity to get out and about. So, to spend them in front of the television would be almost criminal. “If we don’t plan our weekends, they just kind of go by,” Phoenix-based productivity expert Nicole Bandes told HuffPost. “Be intentional with the time you’re going to have for the three
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Black Eyed Peas (L-R): Apl.de.ap, Taboo and will.i.am The Black Eyed Peas won best international group at the Silver Clef Awards on Thursday, and they had a special reason for being there. The awards support music therapy charity Nordoff Robins, and rapper Taboo, told the BBC he had
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Since its economic crash nearly a decade ago, Greece has had the highest youth unemployment in the EU. With Greek elections this weekend, politicians are now trying to win them over but their efforts might come too late. BBC Scotland’s Europe correspondent Jean Mackenzie spent a weekend in Athens with those who were fresh out
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