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Canadian-Hungarian-British writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for “Flesh,” the story of an ordinary man’s life over several decades in which what isn’t on the page is just as important as what is.Canadian-Hungarian-British writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for “Flesh,” the story of an ordinary man’s life over several decades in which what isn’t on the page is just […]

A small band of Senate Democrats voted with Republicans on Monday night to approve a funding measure to reopen the federal government — without securing their party’s demand to guarantee an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which help millions of Americans afford insurance.A small band of Senate Democrats voted with Republicans on Monday night to approve a funding measure to reopen the federal government — without securing their […]

British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi is set to be released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.British Muslim journalist Sami Hamdi is set to be released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.  Read More 

So much of the coverage of President Donald Trump’s pardons is focused on how political they are. And they are certainly political – extraordinarily so.So much of the coverage of President Donald Trump’s pardons is focused on how political they are. And they are certainly political – extraordinarily so.  Read More 

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Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military gear engaged in violent combat. Bodies scattered on blood-slicked streets.Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military gear engaged in violent combat. Bodies scattered on blood-slicked streets.  Read More 

Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 88.Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 88.  Read More 

Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine, authorities said.Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine, authorities said.  Read More 

Arguments over the BBC in recent days have certainly been fevered, but then again, those arguments are never-ending, owing to the BBC’s immense power and unique place in public life.Arguments over the BBC in recent days have certainly been fevered, but then again, those arguments are never-ending, owing to the BBC’s immense power and unique place in public life.  Read More