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Serena Williams wins 10th Grand Slam title in 14 months
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Serena Williams wins 10th Grand Slam title in 14 months

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'Just Serena': Williams' upset win at US Open keeps the legend advancing in final days of her storied career NEW YORK -- Serena Williams has been on a tear at the U.S. Open. Serena...

The Fyre Festival that was never made
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The Fyre Festival that was never made

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‘It was an absolute Fyre Festival.’ Before Miami contestants were enlisted to save the world, another group signed up in Montreal. But where were the cameras? When we first asked for help for our...

Trump is attacking the climate movement and the Republicans in Congress
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Trump is attacking the climate movement and the Republicans in Congress

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States with poor climate policy 'overlap' with those seeking to limit rights, Kamala Harris says, despite denial By Michael Dimock 24 April 2019 The United States is awash in climate denialism and is pushing...

Disabled People Are Not Concerned About Disability Rights
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Disabled People Are Not Concerned About Disability Rights

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These Doctors Admit They Don’t Want Patients With Disabilities to Vote It was an issue that dominated the final weekend of the primaries. As Dr. Lisa Bardack, a professor of surgery at Yale University,...

Sober Living Is Not "Live Sober"
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Sober Living Is Not “Live Sober”

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Abcarian: Is "California sober" a real thing, or just an excuse to keep getting high? The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has a whole page dedicated to the subject of "sober living": Sober...

Usain Bolt Wins Olympic Gold in 400m Men's Race
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Usain Bolt Wins Olympic Gold in 400m Men’s Race

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Freestyle football great makes history with ninth world title on his home ground Jamaican-born world record holder and five-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt, is now in his ninth career Olympic Games and he has...

Newspapers Close in the Recession
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Newspapers Close in the Recession

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The Times' downtown L.A. printing facility will shut down in 2024 "as a result of the city's declining tax base and declining population." It's a statement of fact, not theory. The Times is expected...

Huntington Beach City Attorney Mike Barnett’s boss told him to shove it
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Huntington Beach City Attorney Mike Barnett’s boss told him to shove it

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City attorney with right-wing agenda fights for survival in increasingly blue Huntington Beach By Steve Rubenstein 28 December 2008 During his first week on the job, Huntington Beach city attorney Mike Barnett found himself...

Workers’ Rights in Ontario
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Workers’ Rights in Ontario

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They made doors, gum and jerry cans. Ontario’s ‘essential’ workers in manufacturing accounted for more workplace COVID deaths than any other sector — even health care. On April 13, Health Minister Christine Elliott ordered...

Obama’s Wedding Was Held at Sunnylands
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Obama’s Wedding Was Held at Sunnylands

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Biden's South Lawn wedding is one White House tradition all can celebrate. It’s been done. It’s been done for decades. President Barack Obama got his own White House ceremony while in the White House....