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Monday
17 July 2017
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City insists it's a model for progressive policing – so why was Charleena Lyles killed?On 18 June, two white police officers shot dead a black pregnant mother of four. Family members say police are ‘trained to kill’
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America's abortion frontlineLeah Green visits Texas as the battle over women’s bodies intensifies, with pro-choice and pro-life campaigners locked in dispute over new laws -
Disney under fire for payActivists protest Disneyland’s low wages, saying it contributes to homelessness – including for a custodian found dead in her car at a gym where she showered -
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In the Grand Canyon, uranium mining threatens a tribe's survivalThe Havasupai are attempting to fight back against the operation of a uranium mine that they say could contaminate their sole water source
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The zombie master whose ideas infected cinemaWith his satirical masterpiece Night of the Living Dead the director revolutionised low-budget film-making and inspired an epidemic of imitators, from World War Z to 28 Days Later
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Why Generation X can’t grow upThe latest screen depiction of midlife crisis shows it’s not just the characters who are in denial about getting older – it’s the film-makers, too
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He came, he sang, he ate rabbitHe was just a boy, drinking blackberry wine with Arya Stark – but his dud performance proves the TV behemoth’s fondness for bland musicians. Still, at least the ditty he warbled was better than Galway Girl
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Protestors target Trump at US Women's Open golfThis year’s tournament was held at one of the Trump Organization’s golf courses but the US president found more friends than enemies at Bedminster
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How Venus Williams roared back at 37The American is enjoying one of her best seasons at an age when most players have retired. How has she come back from injuries and an auto immune disease?
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LPGA accused of 'slut-shaming' over new women's dress codeThe LPGA is under fire for introducing a draconian women’s golf dress code that forbids plunging necklines, leggings and revealing skirts on the course
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Hungover Federer tells tennis’s next generation to attack old orderAfter partying until 5am to celebrate his eighth Wimbledon title, Roger Federer called on young players to serve and volley more often to dislodge tennis’s Big Four
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Companies tighten hold on Washington under TrumpTop White House figures – including the vice-president and health secretary – have deep ties to an industry whose donations began pouring in on day one
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Tobacco firms still see big business in America's poorThe US is pegged as an ‘exciting’ market, but this growth disproportionately affects the poor – including the industry’s growers and laborers
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The danger of porn goes beyond just sex – it normalizes unchecked desirePorn’s corrupting influence on real life is bad enough, but fantasies of control and immediate gratification now permeate everything from advertising to politics, writes Guardian columnist Andrew Brown
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I was Doctor Who and I’m over the moon that at last we have a female leadFormer Doctor Colin Baker argues that all the Timelord reincarnations have been different, apart from their gender
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Why Trump's travel ban hits women the hardestOn top of alienating an entire religious community, Trump’s ban on future refugee admissions deepens the endemic gender injustice of warfare
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Trump is ushering in a dark new conservatismIf Republicans do not wish to repeat the mistakes of the German conservatives of the 1930s, they had better find their courage – and their conservatism – fast
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Australian Justine Damond shot dead by policeOfficers’ body cameras were not turned on, state officials reveal, as stepson says: ‘My mum was shot for reasons I don’t know’
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Night of the Living Dead director dies aged 77The writer and director, pioneer of zombie horror, died after a brief battle with lung cancer, his producing partner said
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Gulf states hint at possible expulsion from regional blocUAE foreign minister expected to claim blockade on Qatar is working but the Gulf group remains adamant Doha has to change political course
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The woman fighting cyber abuse in PakistanWith women in Pakistan suffering increasingly lurid and dangerous forms of online harassment, Nighat Dad is leading the battle to make cyberspace safer
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'In America, the idea of a cross-cultural relationship is still controversial'A medically induced coma isn’t usually a spark for romance, but it’s what helped Emily V Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, writers of The Big Sick, put the seal on their love
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The Resistance Now: a healthy dose of realityRepublicans still can’t find enough votes for their healthcare bill as activists keep up pressure, while others target Trump Tower with an Impeach Trump! protest
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The Resistance Now: it's recess week, but Republicans are hiding from constituentsElected officials traditionally engage with constituents during their seven days off, but unhappiness with the healthcare bill has the GOP avoiding voters
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The Resistance now: putting the Senate health bill on life supportResistance against the Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare may have reached a critical mass this week – but there’s more work to be done
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What are you doing to protest the Republican health bill?We want to know what you’re doing to push back against the Republican-drafted healthcare bill, which could be passed into law this week
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Swimmers and a floating stageThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including a swimming pool in China and the Bregenz Festival
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Iran through the agesFrom a killer about to be hanged to a wedding couple in a burned out car, four decades of post-revolution Iran have been condensed into a riveting exhibition
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The wish listSlogan T-shirts were everywhere on the summer runways. From Gucci and Ashish to Off-White and Sacai, the power of the word prevailed
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Star of Ed Wood and Crimes and Misdemeanors dies at 89Veteran actor won a best supporting actor Oscar playing horror icon Bela Lugosi after a late-life career revival
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Iranian newspapers break hijab taboo in tributesTehran front pages run photographs of mathematician without head covering, showing her prominence overrode rules
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Trials of Donald Jr turn into another family affairThe president is fiercely loyal to his children but some wonder if deepening controversy might test such bonds to breaking
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Trump regrets 'bizarre mistake' of US pullout, Branson claimsVirgin chief tells audience in Brooklyn Trump’s decision is ‘very, very strange’ as French president Macron says he is hopeful for a u-turn
Donald Trump Approval rating at 70-year low as Russia scandal swirls