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Oscar Predictions: “Green Book” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Bold predictions for six top Oscar categories, including best picture, went off as predicted in the past. On Oscar night, it is possible to make bold and ambitious predictions about the winning films, and...
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The Los Angeles Police Shooting Was Justified by Self Defense
State clears LAPD officers in the fatal shooting of man on Hollywood Boulevard Share this: LAPD has cleared all officers involved in this week’s shooting incident on Hollywood Boulevard. The man who was killed...
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The Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan
Nadia Nadim on women's football in Afghanistan one year on from Taliban takeover The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan's governing council in July 2009 ended the era of "pink-cheeked boys" in Afghanistan. However, Nadia Nadim,...
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FIFA’s first female president
Euro 2022 winner Alessia Russo on making history, inspiring a generation and that viral backheel goal Alessia Russo, a student at the University of Manchester who graduated 10th in her class, is not one...
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Why the Nuclear Weapons Taboo Is Still a Major Issue
Op-Ed: How the nuclear weapons taboo is fading This is the 10th in a series about the nuclear weapons taboo. To see the first four, click here. Since the start of the nuclear arms...
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Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan says he will not visit the World Cup opening ceremony in Brazil
World Cup ambassador from Qatar denounces homosexuality The United Arab Emirates's Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan has said he will not visit the World Cup opening ceremony in Brazil after receiving...
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Toronto Hospitals Are Responding to a Crisis in the Health-Care Sector
‘It’s going to bankrupt health care’: Spending on temp agency nurses up more than 550% since pre-pandemic at one Toronto hospital network, report says. The Canadian Press Published Tuesday, March 23, 2020, 12:00AM EDT...
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The Road Warrior: A Perfect Book
Cormac McCarthy, 89, has a new novel — two, actually. And they're almost perfect: The world of The Road Warrior is the kind of world you want to see. A world where two guys...
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Oakland Police Chief Introduces Ordinance Allowing Officers to Carry Guns
Oakland police are doubling down on a tough-on-crime plan. Some activists are skeptical. The Oakland police chief is set to introduce an ordinance that would allow officers to carry guns, which could lead to...
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The Santa Fe Rockers: A Lifelong Amateur of Physics
Touring Atomic New Mexico and the State’s Surrounding Attractions This story was written in December 1991. At that time, I was a high school junior, living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, working for the...
