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Report: Chelsea’s New Keeper Ready to Fight for Top Spot

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Chelsea’s Goalkeeping Conundrum: Filip Jorgensen’s Ambitious Arrival New Blood Between the Sticks Filip Jorgensen, the recent Chelsea acquisition, is not just in London to warm the bench. After a significant €24.5 million move from Villarreal, the young Dane has boldly declared his intention to contest Robert Sanchez for the coveted number one spot at Chelsea. […]

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Marchand mania sweeps France as Le Roi Léon rules first week of Olympics - The Guardian

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  1. Marchand mania sweeps France as Le Roi Léon rules first week of Olympics  The Guardian
  2. Olympic swimming: Leon Marchand wins fourth gold, while Duncan Scott and Ben Proud claim silvers  BBC
  3. Olympics 2024 - reaction to day seven of the Paris Games  BBC
  4. Paris 2024 Olympics: Marchand Mania sweeps a host nation as fans, fellow athletes marvel at his perfect Olympic debut  Olympics
  5. Olympics 2024 LIVE: Latest medals, schedule and results from Paris 2024  The Independent

Heat deaths of people without air conditioning underscore inequity

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PHOENIX, ARIZONA — Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn't have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in Washington state as temperatures surged into the triple digits. For the last dozen years, the 61-year-old spent much of the year working near Pasco, Washington, sending money to his wife and daughters in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit, Mexico, and traveling back every Christmas. Now, the family is raising money to bring his remains home. “If this motor home would have had AC and it was running... Читать дальше...

Scholarships help graduates attend college outside Hawaii a year after wildfire

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HONOLULU — College wasn’t on Keith Nove Baniqued's mind after her family's home burned down in a deadly wildfire that decimated her Hawaii town. The 17-year-old, who was 7 when she moved to Maui from the Philippines, was about to start her senior year of high school but shifted her focus to her family's struggles to find a place to live amid the tragedy. Nearly a year after the fire that destroyed thousands of other homes and killed 102 people in historic Lahaina, Baniqued is headed to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Читать дальше...

Simone Biles raises gymnastics bar so high that 5 skills bear her name

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paris — It is not enough — it has never been enough — for Simone Biles to do gymnastics. The 27-year-old American star has been intent almost from the start on pushing the sport in new directions by doing things that have never been done before. That could continue this week when she tries for her eighth Olympic medal in Paris. Five elements currently bear her name in the Code of Points after she successfully completed them in an international competition: two on vault, two on floor exercise and one on balance beam. Читать дальше...

Minority farmers set for $2 billion from USDA after years of discrimination

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COLUMBIA, Missouri — The Biden administration has doled out more than $2 billion in direct payments for Black and other minority farmers discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the president announced Wednesday. More than 23,000 farmers were approved for payments ranging from $10,000 to $500,000, according to the USDA. Another 20,000 who planned to start a farm but did not receive a USDA loan received between $3,500 and $6,000. Most payments went to farmers in Mississippi and Alabama. Читать дальше...