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Serena Williams says women 'should be able to do even half of what a guy can do' after US Open final sexism row

Serena Williams has addressed the umpire and sexism row from her 2018 US Open women's final loss to Naomi Osaka on September 8. Williams was slapped with three code violations...
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NASA's $1 billion Juno spacecraft is probing Jupiter's deepest secrets - here are Juno's biggest discoveries so far

2 days ago | Business Insider

NASA's Juno probe reached Jupiter in July 2016, and scientists' view of the solar system has not been the same since. The $1 billion mission has taken stunning images of the...
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This is everything global tennis icon Serena Williams eats for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

2 days ago | Business Insider

Serena Williams has attracted some unwanted headlines lately. The 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion fought her way to the 2018 US Open final but got slapped with a hat-trick...
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Serena Williams talks fashion, not fouls at Las Vegas event

4 days ago | Miami Herald

Serena Williams talked about her fashion business and her family, but not tennis fouls during a Friday appearance before a business trade group in Las Vegas. The 23-time Grand...
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Friday's Sports in Brief

4 days ago | Miami Herald | 2 articles

TENNIS LAS VEGAS - Tennis star Serena Williams talked about her fashion business, not tennis fouls during an appearance before a business convention in Las Vegas. The 23-time...
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Serena Williams talks fashion, not fouls at Las Vegas event

5 days ago | Saint Louis Today

LAS VEGAS - Tennis star Serena Williams talked about her fashion business, not tennis fouls during an appearance before a business convention in Las Vegas.
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Naomi Osaka has signed a 3-year endorsement deal with Nissan - and she's well on her way to becoming the biggest star in tennis

5 days ago | Business Insider

Naomi Osaka has signed a three-year endorsement deal with Nissan, days after reports emerged that Adidas was set to reward her with the biggest contract it had ever given a...
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Osaka to sign mega-money Adidas deal that could rival Serena in highest paid stakes - reports

6 days ago | RT

US Open champion and Serena Williams conqueror Naomi Osaka is reportedly set to sign the biggest-ever deal for a female tennis player with Adidas, that could see her rival...
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Japan's foreign minister says country to open to foreigners

6 days ago | National Post | 3 articles

HANOI, Vietnam - Japan's foreign minister says his country is bound to accept more foreign workers as its own population is on the brink of a steep decline. Taro Kono told a...
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Game, set, match: Nissan signs rising tennis star Osaka as brand ambassador

6 days ago | Reuters

Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co said on Thursday it had signed U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka as its next brand ambassador, tapping the tennis star's youth, drive and...
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Homeless DC student with an offer to play college football is offered a...

Covenant House Greater Washington has given Jamal Speaks, an 18-year-old senior at Ballou-STAY Opportunity Academy, a place to live for the rest of the 2018-2019 school... Read more ...

Brett Kavanaugh isn't the first Supreme Court nominee to be accused of...

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been accused of sexual misconduct, and it's not the first time in American history this has happened. There are parallels between... Read more ...

Cristiano Ronaldo left stunned and furious after receiving an absurd red...

Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off in the 29th minute of his first Champions League match with Juventus on an absurdly soft call. It was Ronaldo's first red card in 154 career... Read more ...

Amazon reportedly considering 3,000 cashierless stores by 2021

Amazon is considering an expansion plan for its Go cashierless stores that would open 3,000 locations by 2021, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. That seems like... Read more ...

College students say they can't send in their absentee ballots because they...

Fairfax County, Virginia conducted a focus group this summer with college interns from across various county departments. County officials learned that college students were... Read more ...

Maroon 5 will reportedly perform at the Super Bowl halftime show

Maroon 5 has reportedly agreed to perform at Super Bowl LIII. The band's frontman, Adam Levine, has said in the past that the band has been on the shortlist for years to play... Read more ...

Trump said his visit to the Flight 93 memorial for 9/11 victims gave him...

President Donald Trump told Hill.TV in an interview that the Flight 93 National Memorial gave him inspiration for his border wall. Trump visited the site on September 11 to... Read more ...

Deadly plant virus causing major damage to roses nationwide

NEW ORLEANS - An incurable plant disease is causing major damage to the $250-million-a-year rose business in the US. Dr. David Byrne of Texas A&M University is leading a $4.6... Read more ...

Amazon could soon be the third-place online advertiser behind Facebook and...

Amazon is expected to become the third largest digital advertiser, behind Facebook and Google, according to eMarketer researchers. But as the company's market share of the ad... Read more ...

Jimmy Butler has reportedly requested a trade from the Wolves, kick-starting...

Minnesota Timberwolves star Jimmy Butler has reportedly requested a trade from the team. According to a report, Butler gave the Wolves three teams he'd be open to signing a... Read more ...