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Defence attorney Kevin Reddington is surrounded by the press as he leaves the courthouse after Judge William Sullivan sent the jury home following the conclusion of deliberations for the sixth day in the trial of Lindsay Clancy at Plymouth County Superior Court.

Lindsay Clancy lawyer demands removal of jury member

The judge in the Lindsay Clancy trial will hold an inquiry regarding what appears to be a single holdout preventing the Massachusetts jury from reaching a unanimous decision.

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A Year 12 girl in a secret classroom in Afghanistan.

Inside Afghanistan’s secret schools for girls

Hidden passageways and secret rooms — this is how clandestine schools in Afghanistan are defying the Taliban’s rule to continue educating girls beyond primary school.

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Gloria Steinem died on Wednesday at her home in New York.

Gloria Steinem wanted to be a writer. She became a movement

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

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Wile E Coyote and Road Runner are hitting the big screen.

How Looney Tunes joke took 35 years to go Hollywood

THE NEW YORK TIMES: With Coyote Vs. Acme, a soft-spoken reporter and humorist, has finally gone Hollywood.

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Bill Gates

Bill Gates’ ominous AI warning

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Microsoft co-founder said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism.

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If you own bonds, they may be in a broad fund that hasn’t lost much money. And that fund may do much better in the next several years.

What rising global bond rates mean for your money

Rising interest rates on government bonds influence consumer rates on mortgages, student loans, credit cards and more.

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Stop misusing the psychological term, unless you really are triggered.

Are you really triggered or just upset?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The language we use may change how we cope with real trauma.

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A worker pours a crucible of molten aluminum into molds in the foundry at a aluminum smelter, operated by United Co. Rusal.

The rural factory at the centre of a Russia weapons dispute

Europe’s largest alumina refinery has come under scrutiny after an investigation reported that a large quantity of its products were possibly sold to a company that supplies Russian weapons manufacturers.

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Rajendra Dawadi, a school teacher of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School, talks on his mobile phone in Trishuli Valley in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Rajesh Kumar Singh

How Nepal teacher saved 900 children from deadly flood

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The school was destroyed in seconds, and at least one teacher remained missing as of Monday.

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Olivia Rodrigo performs as part of the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields, a sold-out, one-day festival in California.

Olivia Rodrigo reinvents the feminist music festival

At the first Daisy Chain Fields festival, the 23-year-old pop star presented a cross-generational vision of female empowerment.

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Dark Matter season 2 has dropped on Apple TV.

Could the Dark Matter multiverse actually exist?

The mind-bending Apple TV series pushes quantum physics into new world.

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An army soldier stands by in a hazmat suit as unidentified bodies recovered from the flash floods are buried at a mass burial site in Nepal.

Why Nepal’s floods took a well-prepared China by surprise

After a glacial flood last year, Chinese officials strengthened defences at a border crossing with Nepal. But last week’s ‘cascade of hazards’ overwhelmed them.

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Designer John Galliano has bowed out of an upcoming Met Museum Show amid mounting criticism over past anti-Semitic remarks.

Galliano quits Met show amid outrage on anti-Semitic remarks

Donors, politicians and Jewish leaders questioned the Met’s decision to honor Galliano, a fashion designer who was found guilty of a hate crime for his anti-Semitic outbursts.

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A resident surveys houses destroyed by the flash flood next to the river in Devighat, Nepal.

What we know about the cause of Himalayan disaster

THE NEW YORK TIMES: More than 3000 people remain missing after floodwaters and mud crashed through Himalayan river valleys in Nepal and Tibet.

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President Donald Trump and the Democratic Socialists of America rarely find areas of agreement, but Dolly Parton is one of them.

Iconic Dolly a rare figure who united all sides of spectrum

President Donald Trump and the Democratic Socialists of America rarely find areas of agreement, but Dolly Parton is one of them.

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Dolly Parton’s biggest hits were 9 to 5 and Steel Magnolias.

Dolly Parton’s best big-screen performances

THE NEW YORK TIMES: In movies like 9 to 5 and Steel Magnolias, Dolly Parton shined as a version of herself.

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Children are carried to a rescue helicopter by military personnel in the disaster-stricken Rasuwa district near Nepal’s border with Tibet.

‘I cannot explain how big the waves were’: Nepal survivor

Rajan Khatri, 41, a police officer, was working at his station in a mountain village in northern Nepal when a friend rang Wednesday morning to warn that a flash flood was thundering downriver in his direction.

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Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general whose actions during the Balkan wars of the 1990s led to him being called the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, has died in custody in The Hague. 

Murderous war crimes of Ratko Mladic who died in custody

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general whose actions during the Balkan wars of the 1990s led to him being called the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, has died in custody in The Hague. 

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