Saturday, 25 July 2020

Pakistan's Imam-Ul-Haq Declared Fit To Bat After Warm-Up Injury

Imam-ul-Haq was forced to retire hurt on Friday evening after being struck on the left hand by a ball from Naseem Shah, but was able to take part in a warm-up session in the morning and will resume...

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Lewis to be remembered in Selma, Alabama Capitol

The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will cross Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the civil rights icon

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Sunday, July 26, the 208th day of 2020. There are 158 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 26, 2002, the Republican-led House voted, 295-132, to create an enormous Homeland Security Department in the biggest government reorganization in decades. On this date: In 1775, the Continental Congress established a Post Office and appointed Benjamin Franklin its Postmaster-General. In 1788, New York became the 11th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte ordered creation of a force of special agents that was a forerunner of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 1925, five days after the end of the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, prosecutor William Jennings Bryan died at age 65. (Although Bryan had won a conviction against John T. Scopes for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, the verdict was later overturned.) In 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria sank off New...

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Roach Proud To Join 200 Club As Broad And Anderson Roll On

Kemar Roach was understandably proud of his achievement in becoming the first West Indies bowler since Curtly Ambrose 26 years ago to take 200 Test wickets.

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Bodies of mother, 2 infants found in car submerged in pond

Authorities have pulled a submerged vehicle from a Georgia pond and found the bodies of a woman and her twin 10-month-old children inside

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Virginia Beach takes down Confederate monument

The city of Virginia Beach removed a 115-year-old Confederate monument from public grounds less than two days after the City Council voted unanimously to do so

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Small plane crashes into Utah neighborhood; multiple injured

Authorities say multiple people were injured when a small airplane crashed in a suburban Salt Lake City neighborhood on Saturday

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Hurricane Hanna makes second landfall in Texas, about 15 miles north-northwest of Port Mansfield; winds reach 90 mph

Hurricane Hanna makes second landfall in Texas, about 15 miles north-northwest of Port Mansfield; winds reach 90 mph

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China accuses US of improperly entering Houston consulate

China’s foreign ministry has complained that American law enforcement officials improperly entered its consulate in Houston, which was ordered to close in an escalating diplomatic feud

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Black Catholics' history: Will US Catholic schools teach it?

The history of Black Catholics in the U.S. is a dramatic mix of struggles and breakthroughs, but it has been largely ignored in the curriculum of Catholic schools

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As tide turns, retailers that resisted masks relent

Winn-Dixie's initial decision to not require its customers to wear masks met with fast and fierce backlash from customers

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"Will Be Difficult To Perform Instantly" After Long Break: Poonam Yadav

The Indian women's cricket team's proposed tour, the only major assignment before next year's ICC Women's World Cup, was called off earlier this week due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Hanna upgraded to hurricane as system nears southern Texas coast, U.S. National Hurricane Center says

Hanna upgraded to hurricane as system nears southern Texas coast, U.S. National Hurricane Center says

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