U.S. Soccer and players for the women’s national team have tentatively agreed to mediate a lawsuit that accuses the federation of gender discrimination and seeks equitable pay. The federation and representatives for the players confirmed the agreement, first reported in the Wall Street Journal, to pursue mediation following the Women’s World Cup. “Here to win […]
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These differences would affect how redistricting lines are drawn, in ways political scientists have not yet thoroughly modeled. Daryl Deford, a postdoctoral associate at M.I.T., has generated 50,000 possible redistricting plans for the Texas State Senate. The results using only the citizen voting-age population produced on average some districts that were 50 percent larger than
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Valtteri Bottas finished ahead of Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in third and final practice for the French Grand Prix ahead of qualifying later Saturday. Bottas was 0.041 seconds quicker than Hamilton, the defending world champion who leads the standings this season. Charles Leclerc was third best ahead of his teammate Sebastian Vettel as Ferrari struggled
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We’re trying something new in our 2020 presidential campaign coverage. Every Saturday morning, we’re publishing “This Week in the 2020 Race,” bringing you the key moments — from speeches and surprises among the candidates to new policies and polls that are influencing the campaign. It’s a quick way to follow the presidential race and the
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Gary Sánchez and Gleyber Torres each homered for the third game in a row, providing a pair of two-run shots that sent the New York Yankees past the skidding Houston Astros 4-1 on Friday night for their seventh straight victory. Aaron Judge was hitless in his return to the lineup — batting leadoff — but
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Joseph R. Biden Jr. was addressing an elite audience, describing how as a young senator he had learned to work with Jesse Helms, the right-wing North Carolinian known for his fierce opposition to civil rights and his open loathing of gay people. He once believed Mr. Helms had “no redeeming social value,” Mr. Biden said,
Biden Has Not Changed. The Politics, Culture and Mood of His Party Have. Read More »
The Polish city of Krakow has been confirmed as the host of the 2023 European Games. It was the only bidder after a Russian plan to hold the games in Kazan fizzled out. It will continue the European Games’ run of being hosted in Eastern European countries after Azerbaijan held the inaugural event in 2015
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At times, candidates flashed revealing glimpses of their interior lives. When we asked, for instance, where they would travel on their first foreign trip as president, it was immediately apparent which Democrats had spent time envisioning that trip in their heads. Former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas instantly named Mexico, while Senator Cory Booker of
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On a cool, partly cloudy day in October 2017, Malaya Fletcher was about to go hiking near a cabin in Pennsylvania. The only thing left to do was to get her cat, Copurrnicus, into his harness. When Ms. Fletcher secured the harness, the feline went immobile, and thudded on the ground. Ms. Fletcher had recently
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Mallex Smith knows his role as Seattle’s leadoff hitter and he played it to perfection in the Mariners’ latest win. Smith reached base five times, stole two bases and scored four runs, and Kyle Seager, Dylan Moore and Mac Williamson all homered to help the Mariners take a big lead and hold on for a
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