Christian Pulisic thinks about all the talented young American players and thinks they could go far in next year’s Olympic men’s soccer tournament, perhaps himself included. “I would never completely count that out because it’s a huge honor to play for your country in the Olympics,” the 20-year-old Chelsea midfielder said Wednesday, two days before […]
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Julián Castro.CreditTom Brenner for The New York Times Julián Castro, the first 2020 Democratic presidential candidate at the CNN climate town hall, set the tone early in the night by giving a shout out to Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington, the self-professed “climate candidate” whose six-part plan has been adopted by several other candidates since
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Union Pacific expects to haul less freight in the second half of the year than it previously predicted, which isn’t a good sign for the economy. The Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad said Wednesday that the volume of cars, construction materials, grain and imported goods it will haul in the second half of the year will likely
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A study that tracked over 1,000 Ebola survivors found they had a higher than usual chance of dying in the year after their recovery. Some health officials said the results suggest more should be done to monitor the health of survivors amid the ongoing outbreak in Congo. Researchers at the World Health Organization and elsewhere
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A newly released trailer for “Just Mercy” shows actor Michael B. Jordan portraying an attorney fighting for justice for an inmate played by Jamie Foxx who is on death row despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence. In the upcoming Warner Bros. biographical drama, Jordan stars as lawyer and social justice activist Bryan Stevenson, a Harvard Law
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“All these things have an effect on how people perceive a destination,” said Christopher Heywood, a spokesman for New York City’s tourism organization, NYC & Company. “Perception is everything.” Has gun violence had an effect? U.S. State Department advisories and warnings can have a powerful effect on travel. In the wake of violent events overseas,
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SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook, Google, Twitter and Microsoft met with government officials in Silicon Valley on Wednesday to discuss and coordinate on how best to help secure the 2020 American presidential election, according to a person briefed on the event. The daylong meeting, held at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., included security teams from
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As the second NFL season following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling clearing the way for legal sports betting begins, the industry is growing larger and ever-more mobile. Some unmistakable trends have emerged. The extra money that taxing sports bets generates has not exactly been a gusher, and the major professional sports leagues still have not
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Andrew Neil challenges Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak on whether the government can stick to both its spending pledges and its fiscal rules, in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Earlier, Chancellor Sajid Javid had outlined £13.8bn of investment in areas including health, education and the police in what he said was the
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Beloved fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh, who helped launch the careers of iconic supermodels Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell, died on Tuesday. His immediately recognizable photos, however, live on forever. Tributes to the iconic photographer began pouring in on social media Wednesday, but those looking to feel Lindbergh’s impact needn’t go much further than
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