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Spain outlasts England 1-0 to win its first Women's World Cup title

Spain's victory over England came less than a year after a near-mutiny by its players last year. Its win made it the first European team to win the Women's World Cup since Germany in 2007.

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Why this chaplain sees her atheism as a gift

Vanessa Zoltan describes herself as a Jewish atheist whose outlook on the world and her spiritual life is defined by the Holocaust.

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The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon

Russia's unmanned robot lander crashed after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country's space agency Roscosmos reported.

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A wildfire in eastern Washington has killed one and destroyed 185 structures

A wind-driven wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one person dead, authorities said Saturday.

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Netflix extra DVD offer ahead of service shutdown confuses some customers

Fans of the streamer's 25-year-old hard-copy delivery service are welcoming the promotion ahead of its shutdown at the end of September. But the terms are vague.

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Yellowknife residents wonder if wildfires are the new normal as western Canada burns

Nearly all 20,000 residents of Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories, have evacuated, while thousands more in neighboring British Columbia have fled, too.

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Lolita, oldest orca held in captivity, dies before chance to return to the ocean

After years of pressure to set the Miami Seaquarium orca free, Lolita was scheduled to spend her final days in her natural habitat sometime next year. On Friday, she died of a "renal condition."

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Why are the Republican candidates meeting in Milwaukee? No, it's not for the beer

Milwaukee has often had visits from presidents of both parties who find it a convenient point of contact with voters proud to be part of either the middle class or the working class.

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Russian missile kills 7 and injures 90 in northern Ukrainian city amid local holiday

Many residents had just finished a morning of festivities and were leaving church in Chernihiv, north of Kyiv, when a Russian missile struck the city's center, heavily damaging a theater building.

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PHOTOS: Global heat hacks, from jazzy umbrellas in DRC to ice beans in Singapore

We asked photographers around the world to make pictures of how the locals cope with this year's record heat. They created some really cool images.

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Russia and India are landing on the moon next week. Here's what you need to know

India and Russia are sending landers to spots near the south pole, which has water ice that might one day be mined to make rocket fuel.

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Corporate DEI initiatives are facing cutbacks and legal attacks

Corporate DEI positions soared after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Now, due to economic pressure and political pressure from the right, they face an uncertain future.

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3 works in translation tell tales of standing up to right wrongs

Itamar Vieira Junior's Crooked Plow, Miroslav Krleža's On the Edge of Reason, and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over all emerge from acts of rebellion.

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These poems by Latin American women reflect a multilingual region

Sandra Guzmán once heard an alarming statistic: Every 14 days, an Indigenous language dies around the world. So she created a new multilingual project centered on Latin American women.

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Pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the country, is moving indoors

Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the country. Indoor courts are popping up all over, from former warehouses, to empty stores and even shopping malls.

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Small Kansas paper raided by police has a history of hard-hitting reporting

The family-owned Marion County Record stands out for holding local officials accountable. That role is becoming increasingly rare as local newspapers vanish across the county.

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Hurricane Hilary prompts flood watch from Mexico to north of Los Angeles

Hurricane Hilary continues her march toward Baja California, and people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are getting ready for projected heavy rains and flooding.

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Heat dome over Central U.S. could bring hottest temps yet to parts of the Midwest

This summer has already been awfully hot in the southern Plains and the Gulf Coast. Now, a large portion of the U.S. will face a prolonged period of dangerous heat.

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After 19 years, the Tuohys say they plan to terminate Michael Oher's conservatorship

Lawyers for Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy say the couple intends to end their conservatorship for Oher, a former NFL offensive lineman and the inspiration behind the 2009 film, The Blind Side.

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Another Disney princess, another online outrage. This time it's about 'Snow White'

Rachel Zegler finds herself at the center of another Disney princess outrage. But the way this particular one came about demonstrates the inner workings of a fine-tuned cycle for whipping up fury.

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Chikungunya virus surges in South America. But a new discovery could help outfox it

South America has seen a quarter million cases this year, as climate change is a boon for the mosquitoes that spread it. A study about how the virus infects cells could help inform future treatments.

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Chikungunya virus surges in South America. But a new discovery could help outfox it

South America has seen a quarter million cases this year, as climate change is a boon for the mosquitoes that spread it. A study about how the virus infects cells could help inform future treatments.

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Hairy ears of male mosquitoes help them find the ladies. Can we disrupt their hearing?

If the guy skeeters can't hear the buzz of females ... no mating, no new generation. The results of a study on mosquito hearing could lead to a different kind of population control tool.

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World chess just placed restrictions on both trans women and trans men

The International Chess Federation will stop allowing transgender women to participate in women's tournaments. The group said changing genders has a "significant impact" on a player's status.

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Three 6 Mafia turns $4500 into $45 million with Mystic Stylez

In 1995, the Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia took a shoestring DIY approach to recording their debut album, Mystic Stylez. Their example led to a flourishing independent hip-hop scene.

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Isabel Cañas' 'Vampires of El Norte' elegantly navigates a multiplicity of genres

In many ways — setting, historical elements, the mix of romance and horror, the use of Spanish — Vampires of El Norte is the spiritual sister of The Hacienda, and a perfect example of genre mixing.

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Hilary could be the first tropical storm to hit California in more than 80 years

Hurricane Hilary will make landfall in Mexico's Baja California this weekend before weakening to a tropical storm. But torrential rain could cause dangerous flash flooding in Southern California.

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Trump tests the tolerance of judges and even his own lawyers

Former President Donald Trump's rhetoric could be setting him up for an ugly clash with judges overseeing the criminal cases against him.

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Threats, slurs and menace: Far-right websites target Fulton County grand jurors

Some far-right websites are circulating addresses supposedly of grand jurors involved in the Fulton County indictment of former President Donald Trump. Their calls for violence are causing alarm.

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The U.S. imports most of its solar panels. A new ruling may make that more expensive

The Commerce Department says solar panel makers in four Southeast Asian countries are evading U.S. duties on Chinese solar components. The finding could raise costs in the United States.

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