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Norfolk teen is first to be given new 'life-changing' drug for ultra rare genetic condition
Brad Pitt's Los Angeles home 'ransacked', police say
What We Know About the Fate of Iran’s Nuclear Program
Florida’s New ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Prison Almost Makes Me Miss the Days When Pam Bondi Was in Charge
The state’s current attorney general seems a little too excited to trap immigrants in a swamp with pythons.
Medicaid Still Stands a Chance After Senate Parliamentarian Weighs In on the GOP Bill
Here’s hoping we keep our public lands too.
Erling Haaland hits 300th goal in Manchester City rout of Juventus at Club World Cup
Group G: Juventus 2-5 Manchester City
Koopmeiners 11, Vlahovic 84; Doku 9, Kalulu 26og, Haaland 52, Foden 69, Savinho 75
Erling Haaland’s 300th career goal graced this canter of a victory and Savinho’s 75th-minute peach lit up a Manchester City display that will be noted by the other big guns aiming to claim the inaugural 32-team Club World Cup.
The Brazilian’s 20-yard shot pinballed off the bar to make it 5-1 and confirm that Juventus would lose and finish second. While Pep Guardiola’s men remain in search of their smoothest rhythms, topping Group G is impressive, and Al-Hilal will not relish facing them in the last 16 at the far cooler 9pm kick-off time. The manager was delighted.
Continue reading...Anna Wintour stepping back as US Vogue's editor-in-chief
Faith not enough as Kipyegon misses four-minute mile barrier by six seconds
31-year-old Kenyan fails despite high-tech kit and shoes
She insists she will be faster next time after Paris ‘trial’
Faith Kipyegon’s dream of following in Sir Roger Bannister’s long footsteps by becoming the first woman to shatter the four-minute barrier for the mile ended with her body soaked in lactic acid and defiance. And, crucially, with the stadium clock at Stade Charléty more than six seconds away from where she had hoped it would be.
The 31-year-old Kenyan arrived in Paris stacked with the latest weapons in track and field’s technological arms race. But having reached the bell in 3mins 1sec, just about on schedule, she found that physiology began to overpower technology.
Continue reading...Anna Wintour steps away as editor-in-chief of American Vogue
For one of the most prominent names in global fashion, this is not the end of her role but rather an elevation
Anna Wintour, one of the most prominent names in global fashion, is seeking a new head of editorial content at American Vogue, the magazine she has directed for 37 years.
British-born Wintour, 75, made the announcement at a staff meeting on Thursday. But hiring a new head of editorial content at American Vogue does not mean the end of her role – rather, it is an elevation.
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