Representative Tulsi Gabbard, one of 12 Democratic presidential candidates who have qualified for this week’s televised debate, said on Monday that she would participate in the forum after raising the possibility of boycotting it to protest what she sees as a “rigging” of the election. Ms. Gabbard had argued that the corporate news media and […]
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The Latest on the conviction of Catalan politicians and activists (all times local): 2:20 p.m. A Spanish Supreme Court judge has issued an international arrest warrant for fugitive ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont following the sentencing of 12 of his pro-Catalonia independence colleagues in Spain for their role in a 2017 secession push led by him.
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Image copyright Getty Images The K-pop star Sulli has died aged 25. Police told the BBC the singer’s manager found her dead at her home near Seoul, South Korea. They say they are investigating the cause of her death and are working on the assumption that she may have taken her own life. The star,
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Less than a week after rejoining his former team, Patrick Marleau is already making a big impact. Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Sunday night. Timo Meier and Kevin Labanc also scored as San Jose won their second straight after an
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BEHIND THE BYLINE Oct. 14, 2019 The Reader Center has started an interview series, Behind the Byline, to introduce you to Times journalists. Is there a reporter, photographer or editor whom you would like to get to know? Tell us in the form below. Over his 20 years at The New York Times, Marc Lacey
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No matter what weather service, station or app you rely on for your forecasts, there’s a good chance it relies on data from the National Weather Service. And as John Oliver pointed out on “Last Week Tonight,” that information is now under threat. President Donald Trump nominated ex-AccuWeather CEO Barry Myers to an under-secretary role that
Image copyright Getty Images This year’s Nobel prize for economics has been awarded to a trio of scientists for their research on alleviating global poverty. Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer’s work focuses on different ways to reduce poverty. Their work had “dramatically improved our ability to fight poverty in practice”, the Royal Swedish
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Step aside, goat yoga. The chic way to unwind now is fly fishing. That’s right. For some of the same reasons millennials recently flocked to bird-watching, this sport — long dominated by old white men — is gaining popularity with a younger set. For those who can afford the leisure time and some rudimentary equipment,
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The Yankees went to the bullpen early and kept a parade of relievers going to the mound — even CC Sabathia. But New York’s bullpen buckled in the 11th inning when Carlos Correa led off with a home run off J.A. Happ, the Yankees’ ninth pitcher, to give the Houston Astros a 3-2 win Sunday
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“In a way, it’s a twofold historical accident,” said Mr. Sandoval-Strausz, a professor at Penn State. Domestic demographic trends left cities in need of people (and businesses, and tax revenue), just as major new waves of immigrants began to enter the country after the immigration overhaul of 1965. In Chicago and Milwaukee, new Hispanic residents
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