LOS ANGELES — The six passengers traveling with Kobe Bryant and his daughter in the helicopter that crashed into a Southern California mountainside last month were joined by their love of basketball. Among them, two teammates of Bryant’s 13-old-daughter, a coach with a rising profile in girls’ basketball and three parents of basketball-crazed children. Their […]
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It has long been seen as one of the flukes of American political history: For three decades after the American Revolution, the women of New Jersey had equal voting rights with men. The state was the first — and for a long time, the only — to explicitly enfranchise women, in laws passed more than
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Evacuees from the Diamond Princess cruise ship were taken to Arrowe Park Hospital on Saturday The UK is “well prepared” to deal with coronavirus cases and the risk to individuals “remains low”, the government has said. Downing Street said 99% of those tested in the UK had come back
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Image caption Stevie Loft, Jim Oldham and David Odell said the “Four Candles” sketch is often mentioned by customers A classic Two Ronnies sketch has been recreated by residents of a town who wanted to “shine a light” on a 280-year-old shop. Odell & Co has been trading in the same spot on Stony Stratford
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MADRID — Winds from the Sahara continued to send streams of sand drifting over the Canary Islands on Monday, creating chaos as the swirling sands forced planes to be grounded, disrupted traffic and exacerbated wildfires. Ángel Víctor Torres, the regional president of the islands, which are a Spanish archipelago, told Spanish national television that it
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Thousands of mourners will gather in Staples Center on Monday to say farewell to Kobe and Gianna Bryant By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer February 24, 2020, 7:19 AM 2 min read LOS ANGELES — Thousands of mourners will gather in Staples Center on Monday to say farewell to Kobe and Gianna Bryant. The basketball
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When he became prime minister in the spring of 2014, the travel ban was lifted, and later that year, Mr. Modi made his first triumphant visit to the United States, where he had a private dinner with President Obama. Mr. Trump is popular in India, where 2019 polling by the Pew Research Center found 56
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China’s Huawei has unveiled its latest folding smartphone, its first such device to be available internationally February 24, 2020, 1:39 PM 2 min read LONDON — China’s Huawei unveiled its latest folding smartphone Monday and its first such device to be available internationally, competing in a niche category with new models from Samsung and Motorola.
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On the heels of fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris, it’s likely that if you follow fashion creators on Instagram, you saw stories of runway shows, posts of street style and maybe even vlog-style videos recapping the weeks on IGTV. The relevance of fashion week has been in question for some time
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Image copyright Getty Images Samira Ahmed has reached a settlement with the BBC after winning her employment tribunal over equal pay. The corporation announced on Monday it would continue to work with the “highly valued” presenter, but did not reveal the settlement figure. Last month, it was judged the BBC had failed to prove the
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