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U.S. Women’s Soccer Players Will Continue to Struggle for Equal Rights
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U.S. Women’s Soccer Players Will Continue to Struggle for Equal Rights

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Hope Solo to object to U.S. Soccer equal pay deal FIFA president Sepp Blatter has repeatedly denied that the U.S. women’s team would receive special treatment with a deal he negotiated with the players’...

The Los Angeles City Council Devolved into a Circus
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The Los Angeles City Council Devolved into a Circus

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Editorial: What L.A. needs from Mayor Karen Bass This weekend, the Los Angeles City Council held it last-ever meeting of its current session in an attempt to bring some semblance of order to the...

The history of Brazil's Olympic and world champions
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The history of Brazil’s Olympic and world champions

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How a yellow jersey is dividing Brazilians Share The 2015 World Cup was the most watched sports event on the planet. Its success in generating interest in Brazil has gone beyond the sporting world....

The city of Anaheim now owns and rents the El Sereno apartment complex
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The city of Anaheim now owns and rents the El Sereno apartment complex

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They seized vacant El Sereno homes at the start of the pandemic. Now, they face eviction orders. There is a lot of construction in front of the small bungalow-style unit at the rear of...

UC Students Go on Strike to Defeat Higher Faculty Fees
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UC Students Go on Strike to Defeat Higher Faculty Fees

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Low pay, rising costs push 48,000 University of California academic workers to the picket line The University of California is fighting back against the growing tide of protest coming from its academic units. On...

Three of the Best Food Stories I Read from the New York Times Food Festival
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Three of the Best Food Stories I Read from the New York Times Food Festival

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Highlights From The New York Times Food Festival You've got to give it to the New York Times food festival. The Times Magazine editors have turned their biannual party into a celebration of food,...

Trump’s Plan to Abrogate the Paris Agreement
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Trump’s Plan to Abrogate the Paris Agreement

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Climate Pledges Are Falling Short, and a Chaotic Future Looks More Like Reality By the end of March, there were only 15 months left to prevent the most catastrophic climate change. The Earth can...

Roger Federer to retire from tennis at 33
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Roger Federer to retire from tennis at 33

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World of sport reacts to Roger Federer's retirement World of Sport's Roger Federer: Roger Federer has announced that he will retire from tennis in 2012 at the age of 33. Roger Federer told the...

Carter's new publisher is working on a memoir without him
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Carter’s new publisher is working on a memoir without him

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Aaron Carter memoir delayed amid pushback from singer's publicist and Hilary Duff It's been a tumultuous time for the singer/actor/comedian, who had a book deal with Little, Brown and Company after a 2016 deal...

Phil Spector: I don't think it's bad to love somebody badly
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Phil Spector: I don’t think it’s bad to love somebody badly

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Phil Spector killed her. The press tarred her. Her mother wants to 'set the story straight' by revealing the truth about her son. But can she handle it? Cheryl Platten: Spector's first album, with...