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No.9 seed Marketa Vondrousova picked up another win in her breakthrough summer, dispatching No.22 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 6-1 to reach the Round of 16 at the US Open. Six weeks removed from winning her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, Vondrousova needed only 56 minutes to prevail in the late-night clash on Louis Armstrong […]

The superintendent of Tulsa, Okla., announced on Tuesday that she planned to step down, in an 11th-hour attempt to stop the state from taking over the largest school district in Oklahoma. The superintendent, Deborah A. Gist, and the school system in Tulsa, one of Oklahoma’s rare Democratic footholds, had become targets of Ryan Walters, the […]

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old aspiring industrial designer, ventured to Paris as a student at California State University, Long Beach on a study-abroad program. She lost her cellphone, so one day in November 2015 she let her mother Beatriz know she was well with a one-word message on Facebook: “Mommy.” Beatriz […]

Secretary of State Tony Blinken meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Photo: Majdi Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images Secretary of State Tony Blinken is trying to broker a deal with Israel and the Palestinian Authority that would prevent a vote at the UN Security Council on a resolution against the

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is scrambling to avert a diplomatic crisis over Israeli settlement activity this week at the United Nations that threatens to overshadow and perhaps derail what the U.S. hopes will be a solid five days of focus on condemning Russia’s war with Ukraine. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made two emergency […]

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AP FILE 2007 — Minnesota returns three interceptions by Eli Manning for touchdowns in a 41-17 win over the New York Giants. Darren Sharper scores on a 20-yard return, Dwight Smith rumbles 93 yards and Chad Greenway follows from 37 yards just a few plays later. Minnesota Vikings safety Darren Sharper (42) crosses the goal […]

WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Republican Herschel Walker’s bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia comes to a head on Friday when they meet for their sole televised debate in a contentious race that could help determine which party controls the Senate. The battle between Walker, a one-time football star and political […]

The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is seen as the sun sets on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate aims to vote next week on raising Washington’s borrowing authority and keeping the government funded, the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat said on […]


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