In family and basketball, sister protects sister. After a man rushed at the Los Angeles Sparks’ Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike during a postgame interview on their home court Sunday, Chiney jumped in front of her older sibling to fend off the intruder. The Sparks had just routed Seattle in a WNBA playoff game at the […]
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Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street in afternoon trading Monday after an attack on Saudi Arabia’s biggest oil processing facility sent crude prices soaring. The attack, which Yemeni rebels said they were behind, raised worries about the risk of more disruptions for oil at a time when the global economy’s strength is already seen as
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The Pew Research Center projects that by 2020, 32 million Latinx Americans will be eligible to vote, making it the largest ethnic minority electorate in the United States. Although there have been significant wins and firsts with Latinas winning seats in Congress and in state and local elections, the number of Latinas representing these eligible
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Lizzo reached out to a fan on Twitter about how to undo the “years of internalized programming from external influences” that fuel “self-hate.” On Sunday night, the “Truth Hurts” singer responded to a tweet from someone who wrote that despite listening to Lizzo extoll the importance of self-love, “i still somehow hate myself like that’s
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Image copyright Siemens/ PA Image caption The first phase of HS2 could open as late as 2031 The clearing of ancient woodland to make way for the HS2 high-speed rail line is to be delayed while the project is reviewed, the government says. The project has already been put back five years and could run
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For children with pulmonary or cardiac problems, Dr. Rotta said, the atmosphere in an airplane can be stressful, dry and with a lower than usual oxygen concentration. There were also four lap infants — children under 2 traveling without seats of their own — without any known medical problems who died in flight, and Dr.
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Few scenes Sunday seemed more incongruous than Drew Brees and Ben Roethlisberger on the sideline watching their teams trying to score without them. Even odder is the news Monday that Big Ben is done for the year with an elbow injury, and Brees is having hand surgery that will sideline him for a long period.
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Over the weekend, Mr. Trump tweeted that “killing 12 people, including one great American soldier, was not a good idea. There are much better ways to set up a negotiation. The Taliban knows they made a big mistake, and they have no idea how to recover!” The death of the American Special Forces soldier on
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NAIROBI, Sept 15 (Reuters) – This Sunday in South Africa, an accountant, an entrepreneur and a boxing executive are among 20 friends running the Cape Town marathon – with saplings strapped to their backs. The group are promoting the planting of native trees amid a nationwide push to replace invasive species with indigenous one to
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Image copyright Family handout Image caption Oscar has been treated at Birmingham Children’s Hospital The family of a five-year-old boy with leukaemia has said his cancer has returned, after he underwent a stem cell transplant. Oscar Saxelby-Lee, from Worcester, had a transplant in May but tests have shown cancer present in his cells. His family
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