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A Family’s Daring Escape From North Korea ‘to Live and Stand Tall’
Their resolve for freedom hardened during the pandemic, when they lived through a crippling food shortage and were forced to witness frequen…
Burnham Promises Hope and Change. The Hurdles Are High.
Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, promised policies that would give average Britons financial “breathing space.” His opponen…
Flash Floods Kill at Least 23 in Afghanistan
Dozens remained missing after floods swept through a city in Nuristan, an isolated province in the country’s east.
When Protesters Speak, Zelensky Listens, in the Ukrainian Tradition
With anger high over the firing of the defense minister, the president’s office is signaling an openness to compromise.
Millions Across the Northeast Face Heavy Rain and Powerful Winds on Tuesday
Forecasters zeroed in on an area from Kentucky to New York as being the most at risk for dangerous weather.
Trump’s Kiss of Death
On top of everything else, the president is inept.
Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply?
The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”
‘Too Rare to Care’? A New Center for Rare Diseases Hopes to Change That
A new nonprofit wants to streamline gene therapy for diseases often avoided by pharmaceutical companies — making treatment more like a rou…
Two Young Brothers and Their Search for Venezuela’s Dead
Winder and Deivi Delfín dug every day for 26 days to find the bodies of their mother, brother and grandmother.
Once Anti-Abortion, Now a Progressive: The Evolution of a Maine Democrat
Troy Jackson, who is expected to become his party’s nominee in the state’s marquee Senate race, has long been an economic populist, but …
What We Know About Tuesday’s Arizona Primaries
Arizona primary voters will chose nominees for governor, secretary of state and for key races that could determine control of the House.