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Five stars from the World Cup-winning U.S. women's national team have accused the U.S. Soccer Federation of wage discrimination in an action filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Hope Solo maintain in the EEOC filing
Massachusetts
Last week, readers of the Boston Globe were treated to yet another article lamenting the fact that Boston, according to an analysis of 2014 Census data by the Brookings Institution, is the U.S. city with the greatest income disparity between the top 5 percent of income earners and the
Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — The attorney general of Massachusetts has finalized what she calls the most comprehensive rules in the nation for daily fantasy sports operators. The regulations issued Friday by Democrat Maura Healey are largely the same as those she proposed in November. They set a minimum age of 21 for
Massachusetts
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged Rhode Island's economic development agency and Wells Fargo with defrauding investors in the state's disastrous $75 million deal with 38 Studios, the failed video game company started by former Red Sox pitcher
transgender
Transgender athletes may be able to compete in the Olympics without having themselves surgically altered first, an International Olympic Committee advisory panel recently recommended. Previous rules, dating to 2003, required athletes who had transitioned from one sex to the other to have undergone gender-reassignment surgery and to have had at
Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) — America's marquee marathon is ready for its close-up. "Boston," the first feature-length documentary film about the Boston Marathon, is in the works. Its creators say the movie will go well beyond the 2013 bombings to retrace the iconic footrace's first steps in
cape cod
More than 12,000 runners gathered in Woods Hole on Sunday for the 43d annual Falmouth Road Race, sponsored by New Balance. The race, an annual Cape Cod tradition, started off as a race between two Falmouth bars. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="30" gal_title="Falmouth Road
television
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nothing beats athletes clashing on the field for impressive TV ratings, but the skirmishes of CNBC's Republican debate came close. NFL programming and baseball's World Series dominated last week's ratings, taking seven of the top 20 spots, the Nielsen company said
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