Quotation of the Day: Tears, Laughter and Allusions to a Man Who Wasn’t Invited

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Yankees, With Strongest Home Run Muscles, Are Outdone by a Weakling

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Caroline Wozniacki Becomes Latest Giant to Fall at Armstrong

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Nick Kyrgios Was Struggling. The Chair Umpire Stepped Down and Stepped In.

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Corrections: August 31, 2018

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Works With Kids

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Ronan Farrow’s Ex-Producer Says NBC Impeded Weinstein Reporting

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Germany, Vanilla Beans, Riz Ahmed: Your Friday Briefing

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Rumba, the Dance of Love

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U.S. Coast Guard responding to oil spill near Corpus Christi, Texas

The U.S. Coast Guard said about 1,176 gallons of oil was spilled from an overloaded barge moored at Flint Hills east dock near Corpus Christi, Texas Thursday evening.

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Trump vows to fight censorship of conservatives by social media firms

President Donald Trump told a campaign-style rally in Indiana on Thursday that his administration is standing up for free-speech rights, warning that large social media companies could not be allowed to "control what we can and cannot see."

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Seven dead in New Mexico after bus collides with truck

Seven people were killed in New Mexico on Thursday after a Greyhound passenger bus collided head-on with a semi-trailer truck that jumped a highway median strip, state police said.

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California looks to adopt Obama-style net neutrality rules

California lawmakers moved on Thursday toward imposing the nation's strictest net neutrality laws on internet providers, flying in the face of sweeping new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules seen as a win for the companies.

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U.S. man charged in 'enemy of the people' threats to Boston Globe

Federal authorities have charged a California man with threatening to kill Boston Globe employees for the newspaper's role leading this month's defense of press freedoms by hundreds of U.S. news organizations against attacks by President Donald Trump.

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U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones loses bid to stop defamation lawsuit

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones lost a bid to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought against him by the parents of a boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre, according to court documents released on Thursday.

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First Yellowstone-area grizzly hunt in 40 years blocked by federal judge

A federal judge in Montana on Thursday issued a court order temporarily blocking the first trophy hunts of Yellowstone-area grizzly bears in more than 40 years, siding with native American groups and environmentalists seeking to restore the animals' protected status.

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Colorado man sentenced to 11 years for aiding Uzbek militants

A Colorado man convicted of providing material support to a U.S.-designated terrorist group in his native Uzbekistan was sentenced on Thursday to 11 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver said.

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New Mexico prosecutor vows charges after compound members released

A New Mexico district attorney vowed on Thursday to reinstate child abuse charges against three defendants from a remote compound after a procedural fumble by his team led to their release, sparking a public outcry.

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U.S. argues Harvard admissions policies harm Asian-Americans

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday backed a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian-American applicants, throwing its support behind a case that could impact the use of race-based college admissions.

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California set to serve healthy, 'ethical' food to prisoners

California lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill requiring hospitals, healthcare facilities and prisons to offer plant-based meals, saying that even inmates deserve to have healthy and "ethical" meal choices.

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