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Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83Sep 30, 2024 9:27 pm - Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.
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Book Review: Louise Erdrich writes about love and loss in North Dakota in ‘The Mighty Red’Sep 30, 2024 6:27 pm - Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Louise Erdrich returns with a story close to her heart, “The Mighty Red.” Set in the author’s native North Dakota, the title refers to the river that serves as a metaphor for life in the Red River Valley. It also carries a secret central to the story’s plot.
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Book Review: ‘The Last Dream,’ short stories scattered with the seeds of Pedro Almodovar filmsSep 30, 2024 6:18 pm - The seeds of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar’s later cinematic work are scattered throughout the pages of “The Last Dream,” his newly published collection of short writings.
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US port strike by 45,000 dockworkers is all but certain to begin at midnightSep 30, 2024 2:50 pm - NEW YORK — The union representing U.S. dockworkers signaled that 45,000 members will walk off the job at midnight, kicking off a massive strike likely to shut down ports ...
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A dockworkers strike could shut down East and Gulf ports. Will it affect holiday shopping?Sep 30, 2024 12:58 pm - NEW YORK — U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down Tuesday if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a threatened strike. A lengthy shu...
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Donald Trump suggests ‘one rough hour’ of policing will end theftSep 30, 2024 11:35 am - Donald Trump has suggested that “one rough hour” of law enforcement action would tamp down retail theft, an echo of his long-standing support for more aggressive and potentially violent policing.
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Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancerSep 30, 2024 10:27 am - Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday after a battle with brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58.
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Satellite service DirecTV buys rival Dish as it fights the onslaught of streaming servicesSep 30, 2024 9:51 am - DirecTV is buying Dish and Sling, a deal it has sought to complete for years, as the company seeks to better compete against streaming services that have become domin...
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FBI to pay $22M to settle claims of sexual discrimination at training academySep 30, 2024 9:38 am - WASHINGTON — The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and rout...
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What to watch as JD Vance and Tim Walz meet for a vice presidential debateSep 30, 2024 7:13 am - Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet Tuesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, bringing together undercards who have spent two months going after each other and the opposing nominees who top the major-party tickets.