No team has drawn more attention, positive and negative, heading into the NFL’s 100th season than the Cleveland Browns. The Raiders are close for drama in their final year in Oakland, but Baker Mayfield and crew take the headline honors. Beginning Sunday when they host Tennessee, we’ll find out if the new and improved Browns […]
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The 1994 election year crime bill presented a new opportunity to pursue a ban on select assault-style weapons, and the cause was taken up by Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California. At a party retreat, she encouraged Mr. Clinton to pursue the legislation as part of the crime bill. That prospect was unsettling to powerful
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Marcelo Crivella, a former bishop, has previously decried homosexuality as “evil behaviour” A Brazilian judge has blocked attempts by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro to ban a Marvel comic showing two men kissing. Mayor Marcelo Crivella, a former bishop, had demanded the comic be withdrawn from a book fair,
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Duke says an investigation has found no evidence that former basketball star Zion Williamson received improper benefits. School spokesman Michael Schoenfeld said in a statement Saturday that a “thorough and objective” probe led by investigators outside the athletic department found “no evidence to support any allegation” that would have jeopardized Williamson’s eligibility. Duke athletic director
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WASHINGTON — At a table in the lobby bar of the Trump International Hotel this week, the final details of a black-tie, 40th anniversary gala for the Concerned Women for America were being worked out by the conservative group’s staff. There was the contract with the president’s hotel to be reviewed. And there was also
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The Netflix Highlight: “The Spy,” miniseries What’s up: Based on real events, “The Spy” focuses on Mossad agent Eli Cohen as he leaves his life (and wife) in Israel to go undercover in Syria during the 1960s. The show opens with a man exiting a propeller plane and heading toward a car (and the camera)
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There was a time when NFL games played in August were called exactly what they are: exhibitions. In recent years, the league has stuck to describing them as being part of the preseason. What they need to be is extinct. Well, that might be a bit overstated: There actually are reasons to play some practice
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MANCHESTER, N.H. — Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s backers roared supportive slogans and banged on drums as they camped outside Southern New Hampshire University Arena. Backers of Senator Elizabeth Warren formed a whole band. A fan of Senator Amy Klobuchar admonished passers-by to consider electability, and a banner associated with Senator Bernie Sanders that highlighted his
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As the sky cleared and floodwaters receded Saturday, residents of North Carolina’s Outer Banks began to assess the damage wrought by Hurricane Dorian. Steve Harris has lived on Ocracoke Island for most of the last 19 years. He’s ridden out eight hurricanes, but he said he’d never seen a storm bring such devastation to his
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Kemba Walker scored 15 points, Donovan Mitchell scored 10 on his 23rd birthday and the U.S. contained NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, defeating Greece 69-53 in a second-round game at the World Cup on Saturday. Harrison Barnes and Derrick White each scored nine for the U.S. (4-0), which can clinch a quarterfinal berth Monday in multiple
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