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1 in 3 Amazon employees in Arizona are on SNAP

By the time of November's election, Democratic candidates and liberal groups will have raised an astounding $1.5 billion in online contributions alone.

We have made it to the Monterey Motorsports Reunion, this most Californian collection of vintage racing cars running in anger down Laguna Seca.

Delegates at the Democratic National Committee’s summer meeting in Chicago voted to radically alter their party’s superdelegate system, which has been the source of controversy in two of the past three presidential election cycles. Previously, these party elders had an outsize role in determining the Democratic party’s presidential nominee. Going forward, superdelegates will serve in […]

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LONDON (AP) — After failing to convince Premier League rivals of the need for VAR, Manchester City has contributed more evidence why the technology is needed. It came at the cost of dropping two points early in its title defense. The champions fell behind at Wolverhampton on Saturday when Willy Boly used his arm to divert the ball into the net when attempting to meet Joao Moutinho's cross with a header. That was clear from the replays but England is the only major European league that has yet to... Читать дальше...

Meister Juventus bleibt in der italienischen Fußball-Serie-A makellos. Das Heim-2:0-(1:0) über das weiterhin punktlose Lazio Rom brachte Cristiano Ronaldo und Co. den zweiten Sieg. Der portugiesische Superstar lieferte zwar einen unfreiwilligen Assist, muss aber weiter auf sein erstes Tor für seinen neuen Club warten.

Jürgen Klopp insisted Liverpool 'still have a lot of work to do' after they claimed a third straight Premier League win by beating Brighton and Hove Albion 1-0.

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Is there anything more zen than ocean bouldering?

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Ashton Agar wants to be as good as he can at everything. He wants to be adaptable, to be able to pad up at any time for his side, and be the floater who can go bang from the first ball.

"To serve and protect" — police forces around the globe live and die by this motto. Pakistan's police force is no different. But in a religious and conservative country where women are often relegated to the role of homemakers, a few are joining the police force. And not just any police force. As VOA's Urdu Service reports, these brave young women are rising to the occasion to serve their country and become the newest members of Pakistan's Elite Commandos.

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• Walmart has apparently come up with a way to shop online using virtual reality, according to a patent filing spotted by Bloomberg.
• The potential plan seems to involve shopping a virtual store that's just like a regular store, but without the instant gratification.
• It's another way that Walmart is leaning on its store expertise to adapt to the changing behavior of shoppers who are increasingly being wooed by the convenience of going online.

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The dominant (indeed overwhelming) story pumped out in many media outlets and certainly on social media is that the ‘migration reality’ is totally one-sided. ‘They’ arrive (invade) in huge numbers, ‘they’ turn up here ‘illegally’ (even though no crime has occurred), ‘they’ live off our (too generous) welfare system and ultimately ‘they’ distort our normal way of life and in some vague manner undermine our development. In short, it’s a one-way story, ‘they take’, we naively ‘give’ and it is now time to stop this soft ‘liberal’ approach... Читать дальше...

Organizers says it's yet to be determined what will replace the festival next year.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A strong earthquake shook a remote part of Alaska but no damage was reported. The Alaska Earthquake Center says the magnitude 6.0 quake struck Saturday off the Fox Islands along the Aleutian chain. The site is more than 900 miles southwest of Anchorage. Natalie Ruppert with the center says the quake also generated a magnitude 4.0 aftershock. Neither quake generated a tsunami.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Officials say seven people have been arrested at a rally calling for a century-old Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina to be returned after it was yanked down five days ago. About a dozen people carrying Confederate flags were met Saturday by dozens of protesters that don't want the memorial nicknamed "Silent Sam" to return. Television footage and videos posted to social media showed several punches thrown and at least one man handcuffed after he tried... Читать дальше...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Officials say seven people have been arrested at a rally calling for a century-old Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina to be returned after it was yanked down five days ago. About a dozen people carrying Confederate flags were met Saturday by dozens of protesters that don't want the memorial nicknamed "Silent Sam" to return. Television footage and videos posted to social media showed several punches thrown and at least one man handcuffed after he tried... Читать дальше...

STUART, Fla. (CBS) — A story that’s sure to leave you scratching your head. It involves a little boy—a pet monkey—and a bloody bite. The 8-year-old boy came to Carrabba’s Italian Grill in Stuart for a meal with his dad. He came face to face with a monkey and when he reached out to touch the animal, it did not turn out the way the boy or his dad expected. Michelle VanHouten, a grandmother from Stuart, adores her pet Capuchin monkey […]