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sport
The Weekly’s John Schoenfeld Smears
Abcarian: That foul stench out of Santa Monica? A local weekly spreading malicious lies about Paul Pelosi? A bunch of nutcases in the media who need to go take a deep breath? All of...

europe
Bolsonaro’s campaign is riding a wave of momentum as the country faces the biggest political crisis in four decades
Bolsonaro speeds up payments to the poor as election looms Brazilians in dire need of money will come out in force for a far-right candidate hoping to lead the country for the next five...

sport
San Francisco’s Levee System Is Defeating
Building with nature: Can reviving a marsh save this California town from sea level rise? by The Sacramento Bee, Published April 22, 2017 This story is part of a series on how climate change...

technology
Serena Williams: “It’s really inspiring to be around him. It’s really…
Serena Williams hails Tiger Woods' influence as she continues her US Open run Serena Williams said it was “inspiring” to be in such a great company, adding it “puts a new meaning” to the...

health
The Muslim ban is a religious system that’s banned in the United States
EXPLAINER: Islam’s ban on alcohol and how it’s applied in practice An American pastor who has been jailed for six months for refusing to obey a Dutch-Moroccan ban on alcohol in his church was...

politics
The LA Times’s Argument for a Mega-Flood
Letters to the Editor: Concrete channels won't save L.A. in a mega-flood. What was paved over might be a nice park: "You are too young to know the significance of L.A. as a flood...

us
The British Empire in Iraq
Opinion: The British Empire: A legacy of violence? Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the United Kingdom’s overseas empire has been exposed as a brutal and exploitative enterprise. The British government itself has...

us
Argentine-based private security firm allegedly tried to extort former Barcelona player’s brother out of $3,000.
Soccer star Paul Pogba's brother arrested in connection with alleged extortion attempt Pogba's brother was arrested in connection with an alleged extortion attempt by an Argentine-based private security firm The incident comes after the...

travel
The Fires of Southern California
Nearly a third of southern Sierra forests killed by drought and wildfire in last decade By Jim Urquhart and Mark Monken 14 March 2020 The fire-ravaged forests of southern California in the summer of...

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The New Dem-Senate Race: A Clinton-Obama-Corker Coalition
Op-Ed: A midterm elections threat assessment — high and getting higher On the eve of this November’s midterms, the U.S. Senate has become a potential flash point in the fight for congressional control. In...