Serena Williams, Amber Guyger, Hurricane Florence: 3 Stories You Should Read 9/10/2018
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In the category of: Time to get to the grocery store and fill up the gas tank.
Hurricane Florence upgraded, on track to hit East Coast as a major storm this week
Grocery stores are restocking shelves with water and bread, and supply stores are selling a lot of plywood and generators Monday as East Coast communities prepare for Hurricane Florence to strike hard later this week.
In the category of: A rare prosecution.
Dallas police officer charged in fatal shooting of an unarmed neighbor
A Dallas police officer who fatally shot a man in his apartment after mistaking it for her own was arrested Sunday on a manslaughter charge, the Texas Rangers said.
In the category of: A topic that’s setting Facebook feeds on fire.
Male tennis players have been celebrated for snapping at umpires. Serena Williams was punished for it.
When the dust settled, Williams was denied her chance to mount a comeback at the US Open just one year after having a baby and fighting for her own life after childbirth. Meanwhile, Osaka was denied a chance to defeat Williams on her own terms.
People all over the world are still replaying what happened, like trying to unravel a knot. Was Williams treated unfairly? Was her outburst out of line? Was she treated like her male counterparts would have been if they’d behaved exactly like she did? According to her critics, Williams behaved badly and her fate was self-inflicted; according to her fans, she was unfairly targeted by a sexist, egotistical man.
In a game rooted in simplicity — where every ball is either in or out, and points are either won or lost — Saturday night’s tennis match was anything but. The 2018 US Open women’s final will absolutely go down in history, but not because of how Williams and Osaka played. Instead, it will be remembered for the conversation it spurred about Williams’s hard-fought legacy in tennis, and sexism and double standards in the sport.
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