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John McEnroe Gets His Revenge
John McEnroe was sitting on a couch 43 stories above Manhattan, his gray curls and sleepy, crinkled eyes betraying every…
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Frances Tiafoe Gets the Next American Shot at the Big Three
It happens at just about every Grand Slam. One of the American men of the so-called next generation begins to…
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How Cesar Chavez’s Union Lost Its Way
LOS ANGELES — Day after day this summer, the dramatic images filled front pages and social media feeds: a sea…
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Baseball Traveled to Japan 150 Years Ago. By Way of Maine.
GORHAM, Maine — This small town on the East Coast can make a claim of being one of baseball’s birthplaces.…
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Tending to Grass, and to Grief, on a Tennis Court in Iowa
Mark Kuhn is hunched over, one knee on the ground, pulling dandelions from an otherwise immaculate lawn. With a small,…
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Shakespeare or Bieber? This Canadian City Draws Devotees of Both
STRATFORD, Ontario — It’s a small city that practically shouts “Shakespeare!” Majestic white swans float in the Avon River, not…
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Climate Change Is Ravaging the Colorado River. There’s a Model to Avert the Worst.
YAKIMA, Wash. — The water managers of the Yakima River basin in arid Central Washington know what it’s like to…
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South Korea Braces for Typhoon Hinnamnor
SEOUL — Just weeks after record-setting rainfall brought deadly floods to South Korea’s capital, the country was bracing on Monday…
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Your Monday Briefing
A protest in Prague on Saturday against the Czech government and its response to the energy crisis.Credit...Martin Divisek/EPA, via ...
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Ukrainians in Rural Ireland Piece Together New Lives, Step by Step
ARRANMORE ISLAND, Ireland — There are two flags flying over the youth hostel on Arranmore Island, a speck of land…