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Los Angeles fires rage on as National Guard called in

Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles raged out of control Thursday, authorities said, as California’s National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder.Swaths of the United States’ second-largest city lay in ruins, with smoke blanketing the sky with an acrid smell pervading almost every building.A …

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ATP chief insists Sinner doping case ‘run by the book’

ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi has insisted Jannik Sinner’s doping case was “run by the book” with no preferential treatment, and expressed confidence that tennis would survive should the Italian be banned.World number one Sinner twice tested positive for traces of the steroid clostebol in March.He was exonerated by the International Tennis Integrity Agency, which accepted …

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Los Angeles fires rage on as US National Guard called in

Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles remained totally uncontained Thursday, authorities said, as US National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder.Swaths of the United States’ second-largest city lay in ruins, with smoke blanketing the sky and an acrid smell pervading almost every building.A vast …

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Jimmy Carter briefly unites US as presidents attend funeral

Jimmy Carter brought a fleeting moment of national unity to a divided America Thursday as all five living US presidents gathered for their predecessor’s moving state funeral in Washington’s National Cathedral.At the rare gathering just days before Donald Trump’s return to the White House, sitting President Joe Biden gave a eulogy describing “character” as fellow …

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