The World Cup brought hordes of soccer fans to town, and locals flocked to watch parties. But did the games deliver on promises of an economic boon?
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Winder and Deivi Delfín dug every day for 26 days to find the bodies of their mother, brother and grandmother.
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People in Sandpoint, Idaho, don’t know how to characterize a woman’s brush with a transgender woman in a Y.M.C.A. locker room, but the emergency call that followed is still reverberating.
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Eighteen Americans were isolated for weeks in a Nebraska quarantine facility after being exposed to the deadly virus on a cruise ship. Many found the experience traumatic.
Arizona primary voters will chose nominees for governor, secretary of state and for key races that could determine control of the House.
Troy Jackson, who is expected to become his party’s nominee in the state’s marquee Senate race, has long been an economic populist, but his positions on social issues have changed markedly over time.
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Lots of men are geeking out over very expensive clothes — and I became one of them.
With anger high over the firing of the defense minister, the president’s office is signaling an openness to compromise.
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The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has declared a Red Sea blockade on Saudi Arabia, potentially opening up a new front in the war rippling across the Middle East.
Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, promised policies that would give average Britons financial “breathing space.” His opponents are already doling out criticism.
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