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US women win World Cup on their own terms
Megan Rapinoe left early, her work done for the day. The celebration came early, too, for a U.S. team determined up until the final minute to win this Women’s World Cup on its own terms. […]
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Epstein’s legal woes pile up amid new charges
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Financier Jeffrey Epstein is entangled in two legal fights that span the East Coast, challenging his underage sexual abuse victims in a Florida court hours after he was indicted on sex […]
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It’s a new day in the NBA, and a welcomed change
LAS VEGAS — There is no favorite. This is what the NBA wanted. And needed. The biggest piece of valid criticism about the league in recent years has been it was predictable. Golden State got […]
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Murphy wins GOP congressional primary runoff
RALEIGH — A state legislator aided by conservatives on Capitol Hill won the Republican nomination Tuesday for the North Carolina congressional district seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Walter Jones Jr. Voters in […]
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GOP runoff voters pick between NC doctors in the House
RALEIGH — Voters in next week’s Republican primary runoff in eastern North Carolina will decide which doctor they’d like in the house — the U.S. House — to succeed the late. Rep. Walter Jones Jr. […]
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House GOP committee to discuss Medicaid expansion options
RALEIGH — Some members of the N.C. House GOP say it’s time to debate Medicaid legislation that would expand the federal program to more able-bodied adults in North Carolina, even as Senate counterparts remain against […]
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Syria-bound supertanker with Iranian oil detained
MADRID — Authorities in Gibraltar said they intercepted an Iranian supertanker Thursday that was believed to be breaching European Union sanctions by carrying a shipment of Tehran’s crude oil to war-ravaged Syria. A senior Spanish […]
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NC Redistricting hearing focuses on deceased map drawer
RALEIGH — Documents recovered from the house of a deceased Republican mapmaker that are part of a partisan gerrymandering lawsuit in North Carolina shouldn’t be used in this month’s scheduled trial because there’s no way […]
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UK Tory contenders vow to scrap Irish border Brexit policy
LONDON — The two contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister both say they will scrap a contentious Irish border provision that has hamstrung efforts to approve a divorce agreement with the European Union. Jeremy […]
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EU leaders battle to end embarrassing top jobs impasse
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders huddled yet again Tuesday in an effort to overcome an embarrassing deadlock over nominating candidates to hold the bloc’s key posts for at least the next five years. In one […]