PARIS ― It’s easy to focus on the teams that will play deep into the 2019 Women’s World Cup, which kicked off Friday afternoon in France as the hosts defeated South Korea. But each squad has a story ― even the ones with a scant chance of advancing past the group stage. Like most female […]
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Views on the death penalty What Ms. Harris Said “I am, in my entire life, have been opposed and personally opposed to the death penalty. I believe it be a very flawed system. DNA has proven that there have been people who have been convicted and sentenced to the death penalty who turned out to
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“Mr. Xi and the party will be seen as unable to defend China’s economic future” if the confrontation with the United States does major damage to Huawei and throws off China’s rollout of the next generation of wireless technology, called 5G, Mr. Triolo added. More broadly, the warnings also seemed to be an attempt to
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The climate change activists who vaulted the Green New Deal to prominence in the 2020 presidential campaign got what they wanted this week: a Democratic front-runner moving straight in their direction. Now they have to figure out what’s next. In less than a half-year, the Green New Deal has become a rallying cry for liberal
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: GETTING GOING, PART I Dallas Keuchel says he doesn’t expect to need much time tuning up in the minors before he joins his new team, the Atlanta Braves. The club confirmed Friday night that the 2015 American League Cy Young Award winner had agreed to a
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With 23 candidates in the Democratic presidential race, it can be hard to keep track of their policy proposals. This week alone, we’ve covered Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s climate change plan, Cory Booker’s housing plan and Elizabeth Warren’s economic plan in depth. But we’re also trying a new approach: a weekly roundup of proposals you
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The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4:00 p.m. Stocks are rising for a third straight day as investors hope U.S. and Mexican officials can reach a deal that avoids tariffs on goods from Mexico. One report said the U.S. could delay the tariffs, set for June 10, but there was no
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Lyon’s rampant form in the Champions League immediately carried over into France‘s first game of the Women’s World Cup. Friday’s 4-0 home win against South Korea saw the blue shirts of France run riot, just like many of them had done last month when Lyon crushed Barcelona 4-1 to win the Champions League for the
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Some people have switched to private policies, though that is unlikely to account for much of the change, according to Carolyn Kousky, executive director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Risk Center and an expert on flood insurance. Last fall, Dr. Kousky convened FEMA staff, along with insurance representatives and state officials, to talk about
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To President Trump, tariff “is a beautiful word indeed.” Just in the last few weeks, he increased tariffs on billions of Chinese imports and threatened Mexico with big new tariffs. His enthusiasm as trade-warrior-in-chief, though, has not been mirrored by the public. At least that is the conclusion to draw from opinion polling, which shows
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