What becomes of Times Square when you take away hundreds of thousands of cheering, shivering New Year’s Eve revelers? It may no longer be the…
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Supreme Court Revives Witness Requirement for South Carolina Absentee Ballots
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday mostly reinstated a South Carolina law that requires absentee ballots to be accompanied by a witness’s signature. Lower…
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The virus upends South Korea’s Thanksgiving, and other news from around the world.
In a normal year, millions of people in South Korea would be spending this weekend visiting family in their hometowns in celebration of Chuseok, the…
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Monsoon Rains Pummel South Asia, Displacing Millions
When heavy floods started inundating her riverside home last week in the village of Madarganj, northern Bangladesh, Habiba Begum chose to stay put with her…
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5 Killed in Hostage Crisis at Church in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — South African police said five people were dead and more than 40 were arrested after an early-morning hostage crisis at a church near…
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By Air and Sea, Mercenaries Landed in Libya. But the Plan Went South.
CAIRO — Two former British marines piloted their boats, a pair of military-grade inflatables, across the Mediterranean from Malta. Six helicopters were flown in from…
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