Waratahs lose nail-biting trial

    The Waratahs fell just short of reigning Super Rugby champions the Highlanders in a 40-35 trial loss on Friday night. A 70th minute try to Highlanders captain Ben Smith handed the home side the lead for the third time in a see-sawing match and that score proved the ultimate decider. Returning Wallabies Bernard Foley and…

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      Bayley makes her WWE Raw debut

      After her exclusion from July’s WWE Draft frustrated many fans, Bayley is finally coming up to the WWE main roster. Bayley made her Raw debut on Monday night as the newest member of the brand’s women’s division. Raw General Manager Mick Foley called her the hottest free agent in the division and the two hugged in the…

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        Germany contained Covid-19. Politics brought it back.

        This story is one in our six-part series The Pandemic Playbook. Explore all the stories here. Last summer in Berlin, Christine Wagner could safely do something Covid-19 prevented much of the world’s population from doing: go to a movie theater. The possibility of strangers sitting together, indoors, for hours, taking off masks to eat popcorn…

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          Fair Housing Advocates Applaud Oregon's Historic Rent Control Law—But Vow to Fight for Even Better Protections

          Oregon’s new rent control law, described as both “unprecedented” and “historic,” will help to combat the most unjust actions of landlords across the state—but fair housing advocates said Friday that while progress is welcome, the job is far from done. Democratic Gov. Kate Brown signed Senate Bill 608 into law on Thursday, enacting the United…

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