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Serena Williams Will Not Be The First Great Tennis Player
US Open: Serena Williams' last hurrah at home grand slam headlines fascinating two weeks of tennis – but what lies ahead? Photograph: John Storey/Action Images On Friday, Serena Williams will play her final match...
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California’s drought is causing farmers to go broke
'It's a disaster.' Drought dramatically shrinking California farmland, costing $1.7 billion a year. California is losing roughly 50 percent of its farmland to drought, and farmers are going broke trying to keep their fields...
politics
The US Women’s National Team Is Not As Lucky as the Men’s
Andy Scholes walks through US Soccer's landmark equal pay deal. Photo: David Gray/Getty Images When John McEnroe and Patrick McEnroe announced their decision to join the United States men’s national team this year, the...
asia
The city is suing the state for the mail-in ballots
More than 3,400 mail-in ballots in Philadelphia at risk of rejection because the local election board has not reviewed all of them, according to a leading election lawyer who submitted the thousands of pages...
politics
The Most Improbable Disaster Movie of the Year
How a director known for drama made 'White Noise,' the strangest disaster movie of the year John Travolta stars as the doomed New York advertising designer George Whitehead, whose idea for a revolutionary marketing...
world
Kenya’s Democratic Movement Is Changing
See the chaotic scenes as Kenya elects new president https://t.co/yC3hkD4J5v pic.twitter.com/Rc0pYvHXh4 — RT (@RT_com) August 19, 2016 The election of Barack Obama as the first black US president in 2008, followed closely by a...
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California’s Electricity Grid Is a Model of What Can Be Done
California repeatedly warned about spiking gas prices, fragile supply. But fixes never came. The only thing that California could do was sell its own production. California has done so with record vigor. It has...
world
Bruxy Cavey is facing charges of domestic violence
Her allegations brought down megachurch pastor Bruxy Cavey. Then the anonymous trolls came for her. This story is developing. The controversy over North Carolina's adoption law will likely end in a courtroom for Charlotte-area...
europe
The Most Important Congressmen Who Are Running for the Seats
What to watch in the high-stakes 2022 midterm elections in the House of Representatives Democrats want to retake the House of Representatives In 2018, Republicans won the House of Representatives by a huge margin,...
asia
The US Open is not a Slam
US Open: Why is it so difficult to win a second grand slam? This question is not as straightforward as "Why is it so hard to win a second Grand Slam?" But it's as...