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Haeran Ryu beats Brooke Henderson in playoff to win Evian Championship for 2nd straight major title
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (473+ words) EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — A second major title in a three-week stretch. The lowest round — an 11-under 60 — in an LPGA major. It was quite the weekend at the Evian Championship for Haeran Ryu, the latest South Korean sensation in women’s golf. Ryu,…...
Innovation, data fixes fuel Native American graduation gains at federally funded schools
5+ hour, 36+ min ago (1062+ words) During his senior year of high school on the Puyallup Reservation, Gerald Dillon traded much of his academic coursework for career training. When he walked into the second grade classroom where he worked as a teaching assistant, students would rush…...
American 16-year-old Jordan Lee wins Wimbledon juniors tournament as a qualifier
4+ hour, 47+ min ago (196+ words) LONDON — American 16-year-old Jordan Lee became only the second qualifier to win the Wimbledon boys' title after rallying to beat Cruz Hewitt 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 on Sunday. Lee is the first qualifier to win any Grand Slam boys' tournament since Noah Rubin did…...
14 nations and the EU reaffirm 2016 ruling invalidating China's claims in South China Sea
15+ hour, 7+ min ago (697+ words) MANILA, Philippines — The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted on Sunday that China's expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal based on a 2016 arbitration ruling. A joint statement issued by…...
US attacks Iran over ship being hit in Strait of Hormuz; Tehran lashes out again at Gulf Arab states
15+ hour, 8+ min ago (1038+ words) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States attacked Iran early Sunday morning over an Iranian strike on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz that set the container ship ablaze and forced its crew to abandon it. Iran responded with…...
Democrat announces whistleblower allegations of construction problems at Kennedy Center
23+ hour, 5+ min ago (218+ words) A Democratic senator on Saturday alleged that whistleblowers have detailed several problems stemming from rushed or improper reconstruction of the Kennedy Center, adding a new layer to the travails of the arts complex as President Donald Trump tried to seize…...
Noskova's glimpse of Wimbledon trophies on bathroom break helped her regroup to claim 1st Grand Slam
22+ hour, 34+ min ago (931+ words) LONDON — Linda Noskova placed fingers in both of her ears to drown out the noise from the Centre Court crowd. She draped one of Wimbledon's strawberry-red towels over her head. And eventually — after she had wasted five match points and…...
Trump suggests a standing order to attack Iran if it assassinates him. But Vance would make the call
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (846+ words) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is suggesting he has left standing orders for the U.S. military to destroy Iran " at levels they've never seen before " if Tehran follows through on its long-standing threats to kill him. But the U.S. government has…...
America In Focus: Fed officials divided on US inflation views; US home prices hit all-time high
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (811+ words) The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store or gas station are more painful than they were last year, and rising costs…...
Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (548+ words) Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the machine, her sister said. She was 78. McVey attributes her…...