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‘Bloody Sunday’ Commemoration Draws Democratic Candidates to Selma

SELMA, Ala. — Presidential candidates and prominent social justice activists descended on Alabama on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the brutal attack on civil rights marchers here in 1965, one of the most violent episodes in the struggle for black participation in democracy. A who’s who of political figures, including five Democratic presidential candidates, […]

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A Virus Spreads, Stocks Fall, and Democrats See an Opening to Hit Trump

Finance / En Sound Media

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidates have seized on President Trump’s response to the spreading global coronavirus outbreak, and the growing threat it poses to America’s record-long economic expansion, to attack the president on what has been his greatest strength with voters: the economy. Until last week, the candidates had largely attacked Mr. Trump’s economic management

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Britain’s health service not for sale in US free-trade talks

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

The British government says any free-trade deal with the United States must protect the country’s national health service March 1, 2020, 10:00 PM 2 min read LONDON — Any free-trade deal with the United States must protect Britain’s cherished National Health Service, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government declared Sunday as it published an outline of

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Beatles guitar valued at £400,000 on Antiques Roadshow

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image caption The owner Ray (above) said he still plays the 1960s guitar A “strange” guitar formerly owned by Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison has been valued at up to £400,000 on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. The prototype fretless guitar, made in the 1960s, appeared in Sunday’s show. Its current owner recorded sessions for

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Flyers extend win streak to 6 with 5-3 win over Rangers

Sports / En Sound Media

Carter Hart made 23 saves and the surging Philadelphia Flyers extended their winning streak to a season-high six games with a 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Sports Writer March 1, 2020, 9:23 PM 5 min read NEW YORK — Carter Hart and a potent power play kept the Philadelphia

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Texas’s Lone G.O.P. Woman in Congress Faces a Stiff Challenge From the Right

Politics / En Sound Media

FORT WORTH — On the heated upstairs patio of a downtown bar on a recent Friday night, dozens of Republican voters drank beers, snacked on nachos and cheered and sang along to the chorus of a disparaging ode to a liberal RINO — Republican in name only — from the swamp, who, according to the

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Virus accelerates in Italy; US urges citizens to avoid north

Finance / En Sound Media

Coronavirus infections in Italy have risen 50% in just one day By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press March 1, 2020, 8:13 PM 4 min read MILAN — Coronavirus infections in Italy rose 50% Sunday and the U.S. government issued its strongest travel warning yet, advising Americans against any travel to two regions in northern Italy that

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Oprah Takes A Tumble While Talking About Balance

Entertainment / En Sound Media

As if it was directly lifted from an Alanis Morissette lyric, Oprah Winfrey was ironically talking about balance when she lost her own during the latest sold-out stop of her national tour. The media mogul has been criss-crossing the country on her star-studded 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus tour and experienced an onstage mishap when she

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Qatar MotoGP race canceled because of virus outbreak

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Organizers have canceled next weekend’s season-opening MotoGP race in Qatar because of “travel restrictions brought into force affecting passengers from Italy” due to the coronavirus outbreak March 1, 2020, 8:07 PM 2 min read DOHA, Qatar — Organizers have canceled next weekend’s season-opening MotoGP race in Qatar because of “travel restrictions brought into force affecting

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Officials seek to calm public as new US virus cases reported

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence sought Sunday to reassure the American public that the federal government is working to make sure state and local authorities are able to test for coronavirus, as the number of U.S. cases grew following reports of new infections in Illinois, Rhode Island and Washington state. Fanning out across the

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