Wednesday
20
July
2016
All the latest news from Cleveland
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What turned out to be his speechwriter’s self-plagiarism briefly sounded alarms but the son smoothly sold the father’s peculiar version of the American dream
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Just two days into the Republican national convention, it’s already been an ugly week for American conservatives as they watch their party torn apart
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headlines
Wednesday
20
July
2016
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Partnership for Responsible Growth and other groups launch campaigns to urge Republicans and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire to accept climate change
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TV writer and producer who switched to the big screen and directed Pretty Woman was ‘one of the all-time greatest’
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highlights
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Kevin Moore captured last images of the Baltimore man. A year later and after the acquittals of police officers over his death, he says ‘I ain’t got no more tears left’
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More than a century before Hillary Clinton, Victoria Woodhull made a bid for president – a pioneering protest for which she was called ‘Mrs Satan’ and sent to jail
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In a new book Dr Mark Witton offers a look at the world of the dinosaurs and explores issues around bring extinct animals and their environments back to life
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Major League Soccer has made a name as an open and accessible league. RSL’s banning order helps nobody, and hurts the image of the game
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Dick Pound said the International Olympic Committee should ban Russia from the Olympic Games in Rio to deter doping
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Graham Parker: It’s no surprise that Jason Kreis didn’t remain jobless for long after an abbreviated stint with NYCFC, but will manager and club prove a winning match?
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Rolling report: Follow Lawrence Ostlere’s live updates as the Tour travels 185km from Berne to Finhaut-Emosson in the Swiss Alps
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Like Melania Trump, I cheated on my homework. Look at me now
Dave SchillingPlagiarizing the work of someone far more accomplished and respected than you can work out just fine. I ended up as a writer – why couldn’t she be first lady? -
This isn’t a harmless prank, this isn’t about hurt feelings or even the sting of a racist comment. This is an attempt to keep us off the internet
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Marciano Millan Vasquez faces life in prison after he was found guilty of all 10 charges in a federal court in San Antonio, where he was arrested
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Militiamen visit scene near Republican convention with loaded guns – while Cornel West and Westboro Baptist church join ranks of demonstrators
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Nearly 300,000 emails from ruling party posted online ‘in response to government’s post-coup purges’
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US vice-president also pays tribute to US-Australian alliance, describing it as ‘a partnership that reminds us what is best in ourselves’
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in brief
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Norway’s roadside architecture project, part of its National Tourist Routes, has led to the creation of bridges and viewing platforms that make every journey a tour de force – and more new designs are on the horizon
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Institutions including MoMA in New York are seizing the opportunity to get gamers through the doors, though some museumgoers are unimpressed
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The central conceit – a ghoul you can only see in the dark – is smart, but the only bumps in the night will be the sounds of viewers nodding off
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We can’t blame Melania Trump – when you read something on the internet that perfectly sums up your thoughts, it’s basically like the writer stole it from you
in depth
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Poison herbs, handcuffs on a hospital bed, death threat voicemails … the subtle but chilling exhibits in the photographer’s powerful show about abortion capture the horror of a largely invisible war on women
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The World Bank is poised to support a new coal plant that would modernise Kosovo’s creaking energy infrastructure, but also lock the young nation into a future powered by a regressive fossil fuel
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For adventure racer Mikael Lindnord and Arthur the stray dog, it was friendship at first sight – so much so that Arthur followed him 100 miles in the forest
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In Portland, Oregon – one of America’s most sexually tolerant cities – it seems you can’t throw a stone without finding a poly relationship
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Ozersk, codenamed City 40, was the birthplace of the Soviet nuclear weapons programme. Now it is one of the most contaminated places on the planet – so why do so many residents still view it as a fenced-in paradise?
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Amid rising seas, a park on the island uses Dutch ingenuity to protect itself while maintaining its beauty – with barely a seawall to be seen
in pictures
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Home of jazz, blues, gospel, country and rock’n’roll, the rich musical heritage of America’s deep south is matched only by its fine antebellum architecture and creole cuisine
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The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including anger against Donald Trump, and a Santa convention
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David Levene visits Bédoin, a village at the foot of one of the Tour de France’s legendary climbs, Mont Ventoux, to see it prepare for the peloton to pass through
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Thousands gather across France and around the world to observe minute’s silence for 84 people killed by Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel in Nice truck attack
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On 18 July 1936, a group of officers attempted to overthrow the leftwing Popular Front government, that came to power in February 1936 in a military coup. That date marks the beginning of the Spanish civil war
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What do you do when it’s warm outside and air-conditioned inside? Wear a dress that is light but not flimsy, and roll up the sleeves on your lunchbreak
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The decor at Ben Carson’s home in Maryland shows that Donald Trump may not have the biggest ego among the Republican candidates
people
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Note praising a 1964 issue of Marvel’s Fantastic Four emerges online, with the 16-year-old Martin’s attention to plotting already in evidence
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Gone Missing weaves together the story of three families affected since as many as 4,000 indigenous women have disappeared or been killed
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Band tweets that use of the song at the Republican Convention was ‘against our wishes’ after saying in June it would never give permission
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Website failed to follow rules on accuracy in article on ‘bromance’ between David Miscavige and actor, says UK press watchdog
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the big picture
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Forces of the UN-backed Libyan government battled with Islamic State fighters near Sirte, birthplace of dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Libya has been ravaged by inter-militia infighting since the toppling and killing of Gaddafi in an uprising inspired by the Arab spring in 2011.
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