Miranda Haskie sits amid the glow of candles at her kitchen table as the sun sinks into a deep blue horizon silhouetting juniper trees and a nearby mesa. Her husband, Jimmie Long, Jr., fishes for the wick to light a kerosene lamp as the couple and their 13-year-old son prepare to spend a final night […]
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After losing in the semifinals of three straight clay-court tournaments, Rafael Nadal looked more like his old, dominant self when he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Italian Open final on Saturday. It was a measure of revenge for Nadal after losing to Tsitsipas in three sets at this stage in Madrid last
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PHILADELPHIA — Joseph R. Biden Jr., sometimes known to Democrats in this city as Pennsylvania’s “third senator,” returned to the state of his birth on Saturday to deliver a forceful call for national unity, looking past the Democratic presidential primary to directly appeal to the voters who helped power President Trump’s victory in this state
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Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street Friday as investor jitters over the heated trade war between the world’s two biggest economies overshadowed encouraging developments in conflicts between the U.S. and other key trading partners. The sell-off gained strength in the last hour of trading, handing the benchmark S&P 500 index its second straight weekly loss.
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For more than two decades, Nancy Mace did not speak publicly about her rape. In April, when she finally broke her silence, she chose the most public of forums — before her colleagues in South Carolina’s legislature. A bill was being debated that would ban all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected; Mace, a
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Image copyright Getty Images Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have named their fourth child Psalm. In a Twitter post with a picture of their new son, Kim wrote: “We are blessed beyond measure. We have everything we need.” Psalm or the book of Psalms appears in the old testament of the Bible and means “song”.
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Image copyright Reuters EasyJet’s chief executive, Johan Lundgren, has defended his airline’s high ticket prices to fly to Madrid for the Champions League final between Tottenham and Liverpool on 1 June. Football fans complained to BBC Radio 5 live that flights around that date cost £1,000 instead of £250 normally. But Mr Lundgren said the
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The saga of Castle Hot Springs resort sounds like a Carl Hiaasen novel if he swapped South Florida for Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. The history of the hard-to-access oasis an hour’s drive north of Phoenix has involved a quail-hunting, self-made mogul, Native Americans, new age crystal worshipers, scheming hoteliers and a gun-toting, toothless caretaker who had
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LONDON — Amazon is taking a big step into the international restaurant delivery business — and taking a shot at one of Uber’s most promising markets in the process. The e-commerce giant said on Friday that it would lead a $575 million investment in Deliveroo, becoming one of the London-based start-up’s biggest backers. The cash
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The Latest on the Preakness (all times local): 12:10 p.m. The music is blaring, the beer is flowing and the crowd in the infield at Pimlico Race Course for the Preakness is … smaller than usual. Maybe it’s the $89 price tag for tickets, and in some cases, an additional $30 charge. It could be
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