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Kelley O'Hara of the US Women's soccer team celebrates her one-touch goal in the 2-0 semifinal victory over Germany. The US advances to the Women's World Cup finals on Sunday in Vancouver
Sports
Electrifying play, younger fans: Will FIFA now embrace the (female) future of soccer?
Brazil 16:9
Environment
For generations, these Brazilian women harvested the sea, but industry threatens their way of life
Who gains the most from President Obama's overtime initiative? We break down the numbers
Economics
Which workers would gain the most under Obama’s new overtime proposal?
The building that houses the former US embassy, which will re-open this month
Economics
While the US embassy in Cuba prepares to re-open, a real estate boom is transforming Havana
Smoke rises in Egypt as Islamic State militants launched a wide-scale coordinated assault on several military checkpoints in the northern Sinai, along the border with southern Israel
Conflict
More than 100 Egyptian soldiers are believed killed or wounded in battles with ISIS
For nearly a century, the Italian army has produced medicine for the country. This year, they’ve taken on the production of a new drug: marijuana.
Culture
Meet the Italian ‘Colonel Mary Jane’
Tama wears a stationmaster's cap of Wakayama Electric Railway at the Kishi station on the Kishigawa line in the city of Kinokawa, in Wakayama prefecture.
Culture
Update: A new stationmaster cat has been selected after the passing of a much loved calico in Japan
Neokls Melis, 40, took a job at Cafe Boulis just days after arriving from Greece. He left his auto parts company in hopes of earning enough money to bring his family to New York City.
Economics
Greeks seeking financial refuge in America watch from afar as their country suffers
A man walks past a closed store with signs reading "Closing down sale" and "Everything goes, shoes, clothes, take advantage" in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, June 29, 2015.
Economics
To help Puerto Rico, we might want to think of it more like Detroit
Map of recent church burnings in the southern United States
Conflict
Map: Recent fires at African-American churches in the South
Donald Trump keeps getting fired
Global Politics
The Big Apple is out: Who else has abandoned Donald Trump so far?
Israel issued commemorative stamps last year, featuring Topol's self-portrait as Tevye, for the 50 year anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof's debut on Broadway.
Culture
Chaim Topol is still fiddling after all these years
It's not unusual for Japanese to have Christian weddings, hold Shinto ceremonies for newborns and Buddhist ceremonies for the dead.
Belief
Japan isn’t especially religious, but there’s still plenty of religion