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Rochester legislator wakes up to racist graffiti at her house
Minnesota Rep. Kim Hicks, DFL-Rochester, woke up to Nazi symbols and racial slurs spray-painted on her home Saturday morning. Hicks is white and her husband is Black. They live with six of their children.
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Twins top White Sox, 13-7, handing Chicago its 20th straight loss
The woeful Chicago White Sox have lost their 20th consecutive game, the majors’ longest skid in 36 years and one short of the American League record, as Chris Flexen was chased early in a 13-7 defeat against the Minnesota Twins.
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Cooler weather helps firefighters corral a third of massive California blaze
Fire crews battling California’s largest wildfire this year have corralled a third of the blaze, helped in part by cooler weather
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Chicago White Sox lose 20th straight game, longest skid for any team since 1988 and one shy of American League record
Chicago White Sox lose 20th straight game, longest skid for any team since 1988 and one shy of American League record
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Noah Lyles wins Paris Olympics 100-meter by five-thousandths of a second over Jamaica's Kishane Thompson
Noah Lyles wins Paris Olympics 100-meter by five-thousandths of a second over Jamaica's Kishane Thompson
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Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted of rape in 2016 has been eliminated from the Paris Olympics
Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted of rape in 2016 has been eliminated from the Paris Olympics
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Thousands brave the heat for 70th anniversary of Newport Jazz Festival
A capacity crowd of about 10,000 people braved heat and humidity to witness the 70th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, one of the largest music festivals in New England
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Americans are 'getting whacked' by too many laws and regulations, Justice Gorsuch says in a new book
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is out with a new book in which he says ordinary Americans are “getting whacked” by too many laws and regulations
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Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh, forced to flee her country due to war with Russia, wins Paris Olympics gold
Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh, forced to flee her country due to war with Russia, wins Paris Olympics gold
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Regan Smith leads off for record setting gold race in 4x100-meter medley
The United States has set two world records on the final night of swimming at the Olympic pool on Sunday, winning the gold-medal count over rival Australia and easing the sting of the first loss ever in the men’s 4x100-meter medley relay.
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