The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has scheduled its next hearing for Oct. 13.
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2021 Nobel Peace Prize winners have faced a year of battles
When the Nobel Peace Prize is announced on Friday, it could provide a boost for a grassroots activist or international group working for peace and human rights.
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U.S. to begin screening travelers from Uganda for Ebola
They will have a ‘temperature check, risk assessment, visual symptom check, and contact information verification’ conducted by the CDC.
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Russian missiles slam apartments; refugees missing at border
Ukrainian forces have retaken 154 square miles of territory, including 29 settlements, in the Kherson region since Oct. 1, Ukrainian officials reported Thursday.
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Man charged with smuggling pythons in his pants at U.S. border
Calvin Bautista, 36, is accused of bringing the hidden snakes on a bus that crossed into northern New York on July 15, 2018.
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French writer Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel Prize in literature
Ernaux ‘s books probe deeply personal experiences and feelings – love, sex, abortion, shame – within a society split by gender and class divisions.
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Fired police sergeant attacks Thai day care center, kills 36
The victims, primarily children, died Thursday when a gunman opened fire in the childcare center, authorities said.
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Amazon plans to hire 150,000 workers for holiday season
The world’s largest online retailer typically hires legions of temporary workers this time of year to help store, pack and ship items from its warehouses.
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Herschel Walker sticks to abortion denial, blames Democrats
Digging in on his denials of The Daily Beast’s reporting, Walker, a football icon turned celebrity politician and staunch abortion foe, blamed the stories on Democrats and their ‘desperation.’
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Mother of Herschel Walker’s child says he paid for her abortion, report says
A new report says a woman who claims Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker paid for her 2009 abortion is the mother of one of his children.