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The NBA is considering allowing players to use personalized statements on jerseys to promote social justice causes. The season, which has been halted due to the coronavirus, is expected to restart July 30 in Orlando, Florida. Jerseys are expected to carry statements such as “Black Lives Matter,” “I Can’t Breathe,” and “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot”
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Years ago, when my son played soccer in a middle school league, the organization required a birth certificate for registration. In my wallet is a driver’s license with a photo. (I look like a guy in a police lineup.) If I operate my vehicle without it, I am liable to receive a ticket and a
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When he speaks of his son, you can hear the pride and the love in Ernest Ramirez’s voice. “When Junior was seven, I bought a couple of baseball gloves,” he tells me over the phone. “We played lots of catch, and he picked up the game right away. At first, if I threw the ball
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On June 4, 1940, the outlook was bleak for Great Britain in its battle against Nazi Germany. By then the Nazis had already subjugated or conquered Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and most of France. The British Expeditionary Force was forced to flee the continent at Dunkirk. America was not in the war.
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The last week of summer found me on Minnesota’s North Shore, enjoying the waves of Lake Superior, and the woods and rocky cliffs that surround the world’s largest body of fresh water. But these natural beauties weren’t the only thing that caught my eye. As I made my way back home, I stopped at a
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War between the United States and Iran looms, even though the latter poses no threat to the former. President Donald Trump says he doesn’t want war but for the Iranians to call him. Perhaps his entire campaign is an elaborate effort to scare Tehran to the negotiating table. Or perhaps he hopes to win political
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