Image copyright Heidi Levine In the Orthodox Jewish community, there is a sacred space for women: the mikveh. Now it has also become a place where they can spot signs of breast cancer and domestic violence, and guide one another towards help. It is a religious requirement for all married Orthodox women to go to […]
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You can count on a royal appearance at Wimbledon just like you can count on Princess Charlotte making a face when she sees a camera. Kate Middleton graced the All England Club with her presence on Tuesday to support Harriet Dart, a 22-year-old British tennis player, before later making her way to Centre Court. The
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Moe Moskowitz, the co-founder of Moe’s Books in Berkeley, was known for a lot of things: his omnipresent cigars; his appalling dancing (sometimes to Cab Calloway on the store’s turntable); his political activism; and especially the way he held court at the cash register, riffing like Jackie Mason at a Friars Club podium. The more
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: SWING KINGS Major League Baseball is set to announce the participants for next week’s Home Run Derby. Six of the eight players are already known — Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Christian Yelich, Ronald Acuña Jr., Pete Alonso, Josh Bell and Carlos Santana. The 20-year-old Guerrero will be
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“I don’t think she can win. And I’m sorry to have to say that. She is a woman and she is black,” said Shantell Smith, 32, from Greenville, S.C., who is supporting Ms. Harris. “As a black woman myself, I think that as much as we would like to believe there’s been this huge shift
As with picking, trucking may be fully automated one day. In the meantime, said Karen Levy, a sociologist at Cornell University who has studied the trucking industry, “what you end up doing is making people better cogs.” Upsides, and Acts of Resistance Few of the workers said they were nostalgic for their old employers. Mr.
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Here’s something cat lovers and dog lovers can agree on: These engagement photos taken at an animal shelter are doggone cute. Inspired by their love of animals, Brazilian couple Karina Setani and Renato Fernandes decided to shoot their engagement pics at Luisa Mell Institute, a São Paulo-based organization that provides shelter and adoption services to
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Braun’s company, Ithaca Holdings, recently acquired Big Machine Label Group, the record label Swift belonged to from her debut album to 2017’s “Reputation.” The acquisition prompted Swift to pen a blog on Tumblr about how upset she was over Braun having control over her music catalog. The “You Need To Calm Down” singer said Braun “stripped her of
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Giancarlo Stanton knows from his own heart-wrenching experience what the Los Angeles Angels are feeling, and will experience moving forward after the death of a teammate during the season. The slugger’s message to the Angels, playing with heavy hearts after the death of 27-year-old pitcher Tyler Skaggs, is to “hug each other, laugh, cry, lift
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked an order by Attorney General William P. Barr that would have kept thousands of migrants detained indefinitely while waiting for their asylum cases to be decided. Judge Marsha J. Pechman of United States District Court for the Western District of Washington described the order, which
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