Stone Mountain Park of Suburban Atlanta, home of a giant sculpture of Confederate leaders, says it will close its gates Saturday in the face of a planned right-wing rally. The incident has sparked fears of violence, especially before an all-Black militia earlier this week said it would cancel plans to …
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A team of FBI investigators will arrive in Lebanon this weekend to take part in the investigation into the Beirut explosion, a senior U.S. official said after visiting the location of the blast. David Hale, the U.S. Secretary of State for Political Affairs, called on Saturday for an in-depth and …
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Public health experts, researchers and manufacturers warn that the coming flu season will bring a “double barrel” respiratory disease outbreak in the United States, just as autumn and winter are expected to increase the spread of Covid-19. At the same time, researchers said that the strategies now being used to …
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Afghan authorities have begun releasing a final batch of 400 Taliban prisoners, removing the last obstacle to talks between the government in Kabul and the insurgents. Negotiations on a possible end to the decades of Afghanistan’s war could begin next week, one source said. The Associated Press also reported that …
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Bancroft Way in Berkeley, California, is cold and slow, the kind of street where everyone seems to know each other by name. This week, neighbors sat outside drinking wine and drinking wine under the evening sun while having lively conversations about their childhood friend who had just become headline news. …
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