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Published 3 hours agoGreetings from Syria, where time seems to melt as a glassmaker braves scorching temps
As a Syrian glassmaker created his wares in Damascus, watching his craft reminded this reporter to slow down and enjoy the moment.
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Published 3 hours agoPolice questioning can shape a sexual assault case. Their approach is often wrong
The Cornell lawsuit filed by a woman alleging a brutal rape raises questions on how police handle such cases. The majority of police lack adequate training on trauma-informed approaches, experts say.
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Published 4 hours agoTrump officials changed forms for overseas voters amid a GOP push to restrict voting
The Pentagon made last-minute changes to forms that many overseas U.S. citizens use for absentee voting, removing a category of citizens that Republicans have been pushing to block from voting.
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Published 4 hours agoWhat are third-country deportations and 'final orders for removal'? An immigration expert answers
The Supreme Court decided on Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to resume deporting immigrants to countries they have no ties to.
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Published 4 hours agoWhat can we expect with this year’s record-breaking El Niño?
The rapidly emerging El Niño in the Pacific has already tied for the hottest since records began 150 years ago — and it hasn’t even peaked yet.
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Published 4 hours agoICE is detaining a record number of pregnant women. Many say they lack medical care
The reporting also found that ICE has lost track of the number of miscarriages happening in custody.
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Published 4 hours agoDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth cuts generals and admirals by 20%
The Pentagon will be axing around 800 flag and general officer positions by next year.
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Published 4 hours ago'Storm fatigue' in Hawaii as residents recover from back-to-back hurricanes and a tropical storm
Three hurricanes and one tropical storm have impacted the idyllic islands since mid-August.
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Published 4 hours agoDisaster averted after violent hijacking attempt aboard commercial flight bound for Tel Aviv
A FlyDubai flight carrying around 180 passengers from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia early on Wednesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said one pilot stabbed his co-pilot and tried to crash the plane.
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Published 5 hours agoRet. Gen. David Petraeus on U.S. withdrawal from Iraq
The U.S. military has now left Iraq, after invading more than two decades ago in a war that has long since ended.
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Published 5 hours agoHow Ukrainians are coping with new, more deadly Russian attacks
Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist's editor in chief, just visited Ukraine. She says, despite all its drone weaponry, Kyiv is under extraordinary bombardment, as Russia tries to make it unlivable.
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Published 6 hours agoHow Trump keeps undercutting his anti-communist message
The Trump administration has taken government equity stakes in more than three dozen private companies.