World

In a lavish West Hollywood banquet hall adorned with the colors of spring, the Iranian epic storyteller Gordafarid strides across the stage like a mythical heroine, dressed in a white embroidered vest, black bell sleeves and white knee-high…
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New Mexico has officially closed its criminal prosecution against Alec Baldwin, exactly 18 months after the actor fatally shot a cinematographer on the low-budget western movie, “Rust.”A special prosecutor, who joined the case last month,…
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WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for the Biden administration to preserve legal access in most of the nation to an abortion pill that is part of the most common method of ending early pregnancies.In an unsigned order, the…
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WASHINGTON —  Like many Californians, Peter Diamandis grew frustrated in recent years by the “craziness” of constant wildfire alerts he’s received.But unlike most, he had a Rolodex full of wealthy benefactors and politicians, and a solution…
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MEXICO CITY —  When Blanca Lilia Ibarra was a reporter in the 1980s, getting information on the workings of the Mexican government depended on who you knew.“That information is only given to national outlets,” a press secretary told her in…
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MEADOW, TX —  Dozens of public school students spend their lunchtime with a guitar-playing Baptist minister, bowing their heads in prayer under a tree by the school playground. English classes read Shakespeare and Steinbeck, avoiding works…
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In December 2018, Celia Harms sat down in her San Mateo home to write a letter. Over the course of more than 900 words, she told a story that would become familiar to parents from San Diego to Texas to Indiana: Her son had gone to Mexico,…
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Former Special Forces member Jeremy Locke – the Chief of Operations for Aerial Recovery – spearheads a dynamic relief mission in war torn Ukraine. Facilitating the rescue of vulnerable civilians – particularly orphaned children – from the…
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