In her first week on the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson seemed to show she intends to make herself heard.
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Mourners pray at Thai temple filled by children’s keepsakes
Two dozen children were slain Thursday as they napped at a day care center in Thailand.
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North Korea adds to barrage with 2 ballistic missiles
Unlike with previous launches, Kim Jong Un’s regime has mostly refrained from trumpeting the missiles along with the usual creative vitriol directed at the U.S. and its allies.
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Some Ukrainians voice mixed reactions to Nobel prize winners
The Nobel Peace Prize, announced Friday, went to human rights campaigners from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
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Tropical Storm Julia strengthens as it heads for Nicaragua
Authorities were preparing for a possible hurricane on Colombian islands and in Nicaragua.
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‘I love you, mommy’: 4-year-old Thai day care victim mourned
At least 24 of the 36 victims of Thursday’s massacre at a day care center in Thailand were children, mostly preschoolers.
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Harvey Weinstein goes on trial in LA, where he once reigned
Five years after women’s stories about him made the #MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in Los Angeles, where he once was king of the Oscars
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2 killed as demonstrations around Iran enter 4th week
The protests erupted Sept. 17, after the burial of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who had died in the custody of Iran’s feared morality police.
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‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin released to house arrest, fights deportation
Sorokin, whose exploits inspired a Netflix series, has been released from immigration custody into home confinement.
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Herschel Walker centers pitch to Republicans on ‘wokeness’
The former football star has staked out familiar conservative ground on America’s most glaring societal fissures, seemingly contradicting his promises of unity.