Prejudice Complicates The Course Of Love In ‘A Very Large Expanse Of Sea’

Tahereh Mafi’s new novel follows a young Muslim teenager in the years just after 9/11, and what happens when a popular boy in her class falls for her — will she choose love, or self-preservation?
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Manny Machado Denies Playing Dirty After Late Slide Into Pitcher’s Mound

MILWAUKEE—Emphasizing he was not going to apologize for playing hard, Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Manny Machado denied that he was a dirty player after a late slide into Corey Knebel on the pitcher’s mound. “I wasn’t trying to hurt him, that was just a normal spikes-first dive into someone’s shin at the pitcher’s…