World
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The Days of Doggies in the Window Are Numbered
New York State is banning pet shops from selling dogs, cats and rabbits, starting in 2024, in an effort to…
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Can Child Care Be a Big Business? Private Equity Thinks So.
Some high-end chains are surprisingly profitable, and they are trying to shape child care policy in Washington.
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Japan Moves to Double Military Spending, With a Wary Eye on China
The Japanese cabinet approved the first update to the country’s official security strategy in nine years, elevating Beijing over North…
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A Child’s Drawing Tucked in an Agatha Christie Book Is Its Own Mystery
A true-crime blogger in Virginia found a hand-drawn card signed “To Mum, love from Kit” in a used copy of…
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Berlin Hotel’s Huge Aquarium Bursts, With 1,500 Fish Inside
A 50-foot-high, 264,000-gallon cylindrical tank called AquaDom, housed in a Radisson in the German capital, spectacularly collapsed, spewing waves of…
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Fire in France Kills at Least 10, Including 5 Children
Firefighters managed to put out the blaze, in a seven-floor building near Lyon, in central France. It was unclear how…
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Death Penalty Researchers Call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’
Even as the total number of executions remained among the lowest in a generation, several high-profile failures forced states including…
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5 Louisiana Officers Charged in 2019 Death of Black Driver
The charges in the death of Ronald Greene are the first to emerge in a case that has mobilized activists…
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North Korea Says It Has Tested a New ICBM Engine
The statement, issued Friday, followed an order from the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, to develop a new ICBM that is…
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Congress Inches Toward Spending Deal, Clearing a Weeklong Extension
The Senate passed legislation to avert a government shutdown this weekend as negotiators worked to finalize an agreement to provide…