Monday Sunrise Edition: US women are defiant world champions
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Audience Engagement Editor
The U.S. won its record fourth Women鈥檚 World Cup title (second in a row), beating the Netherlands 2-0 Sunday night. Star Megan Rapinoe epitomized the team鈥檚 confidence, candor, and poise. After the victory, she described them as 鈥渁 proud and strong and defiant group of women.鈥� Chants of 鈥渆qual pay鈥� echoed through the stadium in Lyon, France, as this 鈥� and previous U.S. teams 鈥� have effectively used the World Cup as a platform to challenge for better pay. Each player will get a World Cup bonus of $250,000, which is but one-fourth the bonus for the U.S. men鈥檚 team. On Wednesday, the team will be feted with a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
Sunset for Golden Dawn
Voters removed a far-right party from Greek Parliament Sunday. The Golden Dawn, an anti-immigrant party, rose from a marginal, violent neo-Nazi group to Greece鈥檚 third-largest party in 2015. But the party failed Sunday to reach the 3% vote threshold to gain even a single seat in Parliament. A new party, Greek Solution, less extreme and apparently less menacing, may have siphoned away conservative support. Conservative Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of the New Democracy party, is to be sworn in as Greece鈥檚 new prime minister Monday.
Why We Wrote This
Good Morning! Welcome to your Monday July 8, 2019, Sunrise Edition.
Here's what happened this weekend (while you were reading, swimming, hiking, baking, and enjoying an off-line life).
Seeking sanctions relief
Iranian officials said Sunday they would begin enriching uranium above the level allowed by the 2015 nuclear deal. This is the latest breach of the deal, and is seen by analysts as intended to provide trade relief from U.S. economic sanctions, reported The Washington Post.
Magnitude 7.1 wake-up call
No fatalities. No major injuries or structural damage. But a 7.1 magnitude quake Friday centered 150 miles east of Los Angeles left millions counting their blessings, and preparing for 鈥渢he Big One.鈥� 鈥淚t is a wake-up call for the rest of the state and other parts of the nation, frankly,鈥� California Gov. Gavin Newsom said at a Saturday news conference.
What鈥檚 the buzz?
Wimbledon Wonder:听At 15, Coco Gauff isn鈥檛 old enough to drive a car. But听the 313-ranked American teenager continues to dazzle on the court and off. She won again Friday and is scheduled to play former No. 1 Simona Halep Monday at about 9:15 a.m. Eastern time.
A 鈥済rande鈥� apology from Starbucks:听The coffee chain apologized Saturday after on July 4, CNN reported. The officers were asked to leave after a customer said they didn鈥檛 鈥渇eel safe.鈥� The eviction ignited a #DumpStarbucks social media campaign. Last year, 8,000 Starbucks stores closed for anti-bias training following a controversy involving Philadelphia police.听
Mariah Carey 鈥渨ins鈥� bottle cap challenge.听No, this isn鈥檛 important. But the in a silly internet challenge making the rounds.
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Hidden gem
Start your week with a recent story that inspired Monitor editors:听听
Overcoming despair: How a wounded Green Beret came back stronger
Sneak preview
In tonight鈥檚 Daily Edition, watch for an interview with Jeanne Safer, who鈥檚 got a new book, 鈥淚 Love You, But I Hate Your Politics: How to Protect Your Intimate Relationships in a Poisonous Partisan World.鈥澨�
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Finally, the Monitor鈥檚 five best stories in Friday night鈥檚 subscription-only Daily Edition:
- Rent as high as an elephant鈥檚 eye? Housing shortage hits rural US.
- Money first, politics later. Did Bahrain advance Mideast peace?
- Why Queens is the 鈥楴oah鈥檚 ark of languages鈥�
- Trying to change Congress, starting with the lowest rung: interns
- A visit to Korea鈥檚 DMZ: Fast food, a pirate ship 鈥� and a bit of hope
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