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Book Review: Nancy Kwan tells the behind-the-scenes story of playing a Hollywood stereotype

Book Review: Nancy Kwan tells the behind-the-scenes story of playing a Hollywood stereotype

Demure, submissive and erotic, Suzie Wong is that bigger-than-life stereotype, that caricature Asian women grew up with in the U.S. We may have also secretly hoped to play that geisha-like image to win our way out of our oppression .
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Rugby great Woodman-Wickliffe comes out of retirement for the Women's World Cup

Rugby great Woodman-Wickliffe comes out of retirement for the Women's World Cup

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Rugby great Portia Woodman-Wickliffe has announced she will come out of international retirement in the hope of playing for New Zealand at the Women’s World Cup in Britain later this year.
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Cubs acquire LHP Drew Pomeranz in a trade with the Mariners

Cubs acquire LHP Drew Pomeranz in a trade with the Mariners

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs acquired Drew Pomeranz from the Seattle Mariners on Monday, putting another relief option in their minor league system.
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B.C. high school strip searches, sex assaults alleged in lawsuit

B.C. high school strip searches, sex assaults alleged in lawsuit

The B.C. Supreme Court claim alleges strip searches were a Charter of Rights and Freedoms breach of the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure.
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Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University announced Monday that it has filed suit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus .
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Pope Francis was a source of controversy and spiritual guidance in his Argentine homeland

Pope Francis was a source of controversy and spiritual guidance in his Argentine homeland

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The faithful in Pope Francis’ hometown lit candles in the church where he found God as a teenager, packed the cathedral where he spoke as archbishop and prayed Monday in the neighborhoods where he earned fame as the “sl
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Matthew Stafford is happy with his restructured Rams contract after he considered finding a new home

Matthew Stafford is happy with his restructured Rams contract after he considered finding a new home

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a second offseason of financial discontent, Matthew Stafford is glad to be back at work with the Los Angeles Rams.
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Golden Knights hope their depth wears down the Wild and leads to a deep postseason run

Golden Knights hope their depth wears down the Wild and leads to a deep postseason run

Is it beginning to look a lot like 2023? The Golden Knights rolled all four lines that year , overwhelming opponents with their depth in winning the Stanley Cup .
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Tugboat brings in B.C. ferry after mechanical failure strands passengers for hours

Tugboat brings in B.C. ferry after mechanical failure strands passengers for hours

NORTH VANCOUVER — Those aboard a disabled BC Ferries vessel had their destination in sight as it sat in the water for hours waiting to be pushed to shore by a tugboat on Monday.
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Lawsuits accuse insurers of colluding to drop coverage in fire-prone parts of California

Lawsuits accuse insurers of colluding to drop coverage in fire-prone parts of California

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
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