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26 April 2019
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Biden, who handled her testimony before the Senate in 1991, contacted Hill to express ‘regret for what she endured’ -
Seven leading Democratic 2020 contenders spoke at the inaugural She the People event focusing on female voters of color
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Mass escape from overcrowded Siglo XXI facility sign of how surge in arrivals has stretched resources -
Janet Porter won a major victory when the strictest law in the US passed in Ohio – the latest step in a fight she is taking global -
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The Lummi Nation is dropping live salmon into the sea in a last-ditch rescue effort -
Mathieu Shamavu’s photo captured two female orphaned gorillas at a national park in the Congo copying his movements
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As the former vice-president enters a crowded 2020 field, will his well-documented past of confusing and embarrassing moments work against him?
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Kids can absorb racist stereotypes so it’s good that Disney is omitting Song of the South from its streaming site, says film writer Ellen E Jones -
His is the vaguest and most centrist of battle cries: let’s go back to, you know, ‘all those good things’
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While Trump touts immigration, his 2020 opponents could appeal to rural voters by taking on big ag’s noxious effects
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The Arizona Cardinals led off the NFL draft on Thursday night by selecting Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray, the Heisman Trophy winner -
A television station aired audio it says shows Kansas City wide receiver Tyreek Hill telling his fiancee about punching and using a belt to discipline their son
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A chance for Shaqiri to shine, City may need to show their dark side and Cardiff can pile pressure on Brighton -
A hotel room theft, blackmail and a gym brawl are among the accusations hrown in a very public falling out between two athletics greats who were once friends
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On 26 April 1986, the worst nuclear accident in human history occurred in the No 4 reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Soviet Ukraine. Kate Brown has spent years researching the cover-up that took place afterwards. Plus: Rory Carroll reflects on the legacy of the Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee
An ongoing series asking why the free market has stopped working for so many? And can it be fixed?
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The workings of capitalism have been challenged both from the populist right and the socialist left. At the heart of the discontent in the US is faltering wages, writes Richard Reeves -
Our economy works best when no one is left on the sidelines, and when American workers are able to fully participate in the economy they help drive, writes senator Cory Booker
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Defense and prosecution seek to hearing behind closed doors but media to tell judge ‘there is no rational basis’ for secrecy -
3 out of 5 stars.
A stage transfer for the spirited 80s comedy struggles to produce any memorable songs but provides an enjoyably silly night out nonetheless -
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Jeff Bezos touts results but report, which reveals Amazon tracks and fires workers who miss productivity targets, casts shadow -
Court decision blocking fossil fuel activity in swaths of the Arctic complicated administration plans to ramp up fossil fuel extraction -
Documentaries
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Anonymous Comes to Town - documentary
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Wind speeds of 140mph threatens fresh devastation for country reeling from Cyclone Idai -
Landmark parliamentary address on LGBTI discrimination challenges reformist agenda of post-revolution government -
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5 out of 5 stars.
Design Museum, London
This astounding exhibition reveals the obsessive level of genius the great director showed, whether inventing the space age – or restaging the Vietnam war in a London gas works
Personal investments: extraordinary individuals who are champions of change
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The Guardian photographer Sean Smith has spent every day with the climate change group Extinction Rebellion during their two weeks of protests in central London -
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
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Ioana Cîrlig captures life in the towns of Romania that were heavily industrialised under communism, but have been left adrift after the 1989 revolution and the transition to a market economy
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