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Although the Country Music Association Awards themed its 2019 telecast around women’s contributions to the genre, 2020 is turning out to be the year in which that’s actually born out in the nominations. In the slate of nominees announced Tuesday morning, female artists made up two or sometimes three of the five contenders in nearly …
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Dozens of former McDonald’s franchisees say the fast-food giant steered them toward restaurants in poor, crime-ridden neighborhoods because they were black. The 52 entrepreneurs made the allegations in a sweeping racial discrimination lawsuit accusing McDonald’s of sending them on a “financial suicide mission” and denying them the same opportunities it gave white franchisees. “McDonald’s proclaims …
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Deivi Garcia earned comparisons to Pedro Martinez long before reaching the majors. A brilliant debut in pinstripes only drew more parallels between the 21-year-old and Hall of Famer. Martinez, 48, doesn’t seem to have a problem with it. After watching the fellow Dominican Republic native give up just one unearned run over six innings in …
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China appears to be putting up roadblocks to TikTok parent ByteDance’s efforts to divest the video-sharing app’s US operations to comply with President Trump’s orders to sell it to a US company by September 15 or see it shut down in the US. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce added 23 items Friday to a list …
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Danai Gurira called her late co-star Chadwick Boseman the “epitome of kindness, elegance, diligence and grace” in a moving tribute on Sunday, two days after the 43-year-old actor succumbed to a four-year battle with colon cancer. “How do you honor a king?” the 42-year-old actress began on Instagram. “Reeling from the loss of my colleague, …
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Gerrit Cole did not start over the weekend. Neither did Masahiro Tanaka. Yet, the only part of the Yankees team that performed well against the Mets was the rotation — or the area they are most trying to improve before the 4 p.m. Monday trade deadline. Deivi Garcia punctuated the effort by Yankee starters with …
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Yankees fans have been anticipating Deivi Garcia’s arrival in The Bronx since last summer. The 21-year-old’s major league debut was worth the wait. Garcia retired the first nine batters he faced and finished with six strong innings, allowing just one unearned run in an impressive start that got spoiled late before the Yankees came back …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Yankees. Given that Aaron Boone’s contract is up at the end of the year, what are the chances …
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Hamptons tongues are wagging that Libbie Mugrabi — who’s settling her once-bitter divorce with billionaire art scion David Mugrabi — has hit the area with Brock Pierce, the bitcoin billionaire and former child star who’s running for president. Sources told us that Libbie was by Pierce’s side at the invitation-only 1640 Society forum and cocktail …
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He’s not a fan. Earlier this week, Bella Thorne bragged to the LA Times that she was working with “The Florida Project” director Sean Baker on a movie about her experience of joining the Web site OnlyFans. But Baker said on Friday that it wasn’t true. “I would like to make it clear that the …