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— There are 32 school districts in Mississippi still under federal desegregation orders, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division’s assistant attorney general said Thursday. Enforcing the open desegregation orders fit into a broader body of civil rights work launched in Mississippi that is examining jails, police departments and hate crimes in the state, according to Assistant Attorney General …

Top Seed Open: Serena Williams Falls to 116th-ranked Shelby Rogers at Lexington

Serena Williams suffered her first loss since 2012 to a rival outside the WTA's top 100, falling to fellow American Shelby Rogers in a Friday quarter-final at the Top Seed Open. Rogers, ranked 116th, outlasted ninth-ranked Williams 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 after two hours and seven minutes, finishing the 23-time Grand Slam champion with a service winner. Top seed Williams had …

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Serena Williams survived another scare to beat older sister Venus 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday in the latest instalment of their on-court sibling rivalry to reach the quarterfinals of the inaugural Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky. “There was a lot of long points, running me around and then at one point it was just big serves and so I …

American teenager Coco Gauff overcame some shaky serving on Wednesday to beat No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 and reach the Top Seed Open quarterfinals with her third career victory over a top-15 opponent. Gauff was able to hang in there with steady baseline play against the hard-hitting Sabalenka, who had 14 double-faults, including four in one game. It …

Aryna Sabalenka fended off Madison Brengle 6-1, 6-7, 6-2 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky, the first WTA Tour event in the United States since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the circuit in March. World number 11 Sabalenka, who defeated two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in Doha in February, fired …

Aryna Sabalenka fended off Madison Brengle 6-1, 6-7, 6-2 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky, the first WTA Tour event in the United States since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the circuit in March. World number 11 Sabalenka, who defeated two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in Doha in February, fired …

Serena Williams will return to the court for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic when she competes at the inaugural edition of the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky beginning Aug. 10, the WTA said on Thursday. It will mark the 23-time Grand Slam champion's first match since she helped Team USA defeat Latvia in Fed …