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Once a Star of College Basketball, Kevin Ollie Is Now Disrupting It
“I’m in a great place,” said Kevin Ollie, his voice clear and firm as we spoke recently in a telephone…
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Louise Tobin, Jazz Vocalist Who Put Her Career on Hold, Dies at 104
With the big band era in full swing in 1939, Louise Tobin, a jazz vocalist with Benny Goodman’s orchestra, was…
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Germany Meets the Moment and Keeps Its World Cup Hopes Alive
AL KHOR, Qatar — This is how fine the margins can be: Had Nico Schlotterbeck not raced back, his jaw…
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What We Learned From Week 12 in the N.F.L.
The A.F.C. playoff race only gets more and more contentious with each passing week, and teams are adjusting to make…
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Iran Calls for U.S. to Be Expelled From World Cup
A representative of Iran’s soccer federation on Sunday called for the United States to be expelled from soccer’s World Cup…
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Idle Crypto Is the Devil’s Workshop
The newest monetary system in the world may be undone by the oldest problem there is. A few weeks ago,…
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Mexico’s view from last place: ‘We still have some hope.’
Entering the World Cup, there were many questions about the Mexican national team. How good was the squad, really? Was…
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Long Stretches of the Mississippi River Have Run Dry. What’s Next?
Last month, record low water levels in the Mississippi River backed up nearly 3,000 barges — the equivalent of 210,000…
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‘Our Schools Have Become Battlefields’: Teachers Consider Arming Themselves in the Classroom
The text message was brief: “I’m hearing there is an active shooter near the school and the kids are on…
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He Says His Landlord Is Harassing Him to Leave a $450-a-Month Apartment
For months, an unknown green liquid seeped through the cracks of the kitchen ceiling in Francis Roberts’s basement apartment. Music…