A large swath of Florida’s southwest coast is settling in for the long slog of recovering from its first direct hit from a major hurricane in a century.
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Harvey Weinstein to face accusers in L.A. trial, including governor’s wife
Weinstein faces 11 counts of sexual assault stemming from allegations by five women that he abused them in high-end Westside hotels between 2004 and 2013.
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Former Fed Chair Bernanke shares economics Nobel Prize for crisis research
By honoring Bernanke, the prize committee have taken an unusual step of adding an actual practitioner of economics policy to their pantheon.
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Russia unleashes barrage of attacks against Ukraine, far from front lines
At least 14 regions are targeted as Putin suffers humiliating defeats on the battlefield and looks to retaliate for the bombing of a bridge connecting Russia to Crimea.
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Japanese avant-garde pioneer composer Ichiyanagi dies at 89
Toshi Ichiyanagi studied with John Cage and went on to lead Japan’s advances in experimental modern music.
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Rain-fueled landslide sweeps through Venezuela town; 22 dead
During the past week, torrential rains have caused flooding in 11 of Venezuela’s 23 states.
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Putin blames Kyiv for attack on strategic Crimea bridge
The bridge from Russia to Crimea was hit a day earlier by what Moscow has said was a truck bomb.
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‘A time bomb’: Anger rising in a hot spot of Iran protests
Anger among civilians is rising in a majority Kurdish district in northwestern Iran.
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Florida school shooter may have been his own worst witness
Prosecutors played video last week at Nikolas Cruz’s penalty trial of jailhouse interviews he did this year with two of their mental health experts.
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Thai town struggles with sudden loss of so many of its young
Only one child survived Thailand’s worst mass killing unscathed.