headlines
Monday
7
March
2016
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Senior aide says US will disclose the number of terrorism suspects and civilians killed since 2009 in bid to bolster public support for controversial operations
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Maria Sharapova announced at a press conference that she failed a drug test at this year’s Australian Open and expects to face punishment from the ITF
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The Republican frontrunner has said China has taken US jobs, but a report finds his project in Jersey City leans heavily on funds from visa program
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highlights
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It’s the most milquetoast cultural phenomenon since Kenny G, Mad Men if even less happened and the characters were more repressed. Our man in LA watches the final episode and tries to make sense of a phenomenon
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The actor, with billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, joined local organizers to demand government accountability and the declaration of a disaster zone
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Exclusive new data shows how debt, unemployment and property prices have combined to stop millennials taking their share of western wealth
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Peyton Manning officially announced his retirement on Monday at a press conference at the Denver Broncos practice facility in Englewood, Colorado
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Robert Griffin III’s time with Washington appears to be over, with the quarterback posting on Instagram to say his time with the team is over
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Maria Sharapova announced at a press conference that she failed a drug test at this year’s Australian Open and expects to face punishment from the ITF
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UFC Diaz is a rare underdog: one who remains a villain
Les Carpenter in Las VegasMany MMA purists see the Californian as a hero dedicated to his craft but he failed to win over a wider audience after his defeat of Conor McGregor
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Bernie Sanders or bust? That's a stance based on privilege
Michael ArceneauxPeople who refuse to vote for Hillary Clinton on principle may be able to ride out the storm of a Republican administration. Many of us can’t -
How the supreme court learned to love gay couples
Scott LemieuxThe dismissal of an Alabama judgment that denied the rights of lesbian parents shows the court’s strong support for LGBT rights – what a contrast with 30 years ago -
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Hillary Clinton’s support of 1996 welfare law thrust into 2016 election after Sanders attacks reforms for driving up number of people living in deep poverty
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Lindsey is the first of 10 women who will have uterus transplants as part of a clinical trial by the Cleveland Clinic and will undergo IVF after healing
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Northeastern University student Victoria McGrath, who injured her leg in the 2013 bombing, was killed along with fellow student Priscilla Perez Torres
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Families say the men were killed on Friday in a dispute over a gold claim and say gang members threw the bodies in trucks and took them away
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in brief
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Successful trial at a pilot plant in China using bacteria to convert exhaust emissions to oil will now be tested at a larger scale
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Logo’s hit returns for its eighth season, and here are the shadiest and fiercest scenes from previous seasons where drag queens battle for the throne
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Hundreds of American crosswords appear to have been stolen. But who would steal a puzzle, and could it happen here?
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Based on Einstein’s theory of general relativity, new tool allows researchers to take into account ripples in spacetime, making the most accurate simulations yet
in depth
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Evacuees from the Chernobyl nuclear accident remember relatives, friends and colleagues who died – and the abandoned city declared unsafe for 24,000 years
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Set in 1630s New England, Robert Eggers’s film is redefining the horror genre with its period detail and scares. It’s the stuff of real nightmares, he tells us
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Warren Ellis’s series is 20 years old, set 200 years in the future – and tells you everything about the 2016 US presidential race
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Alienation, boredom – and puppetry? As you might expect from the master surrealist, this isn’t your usual introspective indie comedy-drama
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From raising awareness of overfishing to a love of art, here’s what it takes to get the famous to bare all
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The remarkable tale of Frank Terpil, former intelligence agent, fugitive from US justice and a 53-year jail term, who has died in Havana
video & pictures
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Okeanos Explorer claim they have discovered a completely new species of octopus
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A pair of panda cubs born in the Toronto Zoo are hailed as a symbol of international co-operation as they officially received names that pay tribute to the country of their birth
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Timelapse footage filmed from the International Space Station shows the northern lights above Earth
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Stella McCartney’s latest fashion collection reaches the catwalk on Monday at Paris fashion week
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At the Noosa Festival of Surfing on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, paddle- and long-boarders are joined by their best friends for the dog surfing competition
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New Jersey artist Michael Massaia’s masticated sculptures of sea creatures, flamenco dancers and space helmets are made entirely from spat-out gum
people
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Comic and TV host, who presented the show in 2012, confirms on Twitter that he will take the presenter’s job for a second time
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Gordon-Levitt had been in line to direct and star in the big-screen version of Gaiman’s graphic novel fantasy
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Tributes flow for the American computer scientist who ‘changed the way the world communicates’
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Even after The Graduate, he always saw himself on the fringes of fame. The actor talks about racism and the movies and why he wishes he was Jack Nicholson
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the big picture
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photos from around the world
Clinton and Trump will test strength of anti-establishment anger in Michigan
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