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A Taylor Swift Instagram post helped drive a surge in voter registration
More than 35,000 new voters registered at Vote.org after the singer posted a link on her Instagram Stories. "I've heard…
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Is Britain broken? Strikes, schools at risk of collapse expose broader challenges facing U.K.
In the U.K., a growing mound of public infrastructure problems — understaffed prisons, schools that are literally crumbling, several public-sector…
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Ghana arrests demonstrators protesting against the country’s economic crisis
Police in Ghana have arrested protestors demonstrating against the cost of living and the economic crisis gripping the country, once…
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Simone Biles will go to a U.S. record 6th World Championships after ‘nail-biting’ win
Simone Biles, 26, is now the only U.S. woman ever chosen for six World Championships. The star gymnast is heading…
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What does international law say about targeted killings?
It certainly wasn't the first time a government was accused of orchestrating a killing on foreign soil, but observers around the world…
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Restoring the Voting Rights Act is still on this Alabama Democrat’s agenda
Despite a divided Congress, Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama is still pushing to shore up the Voting Rights Act…
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After dismal start, UN hosts ‘halftime summit’ in bid to save development plan
After a dismal start, the UN is hosting a "halftime summit" about its 15-year plan to meet a series of…
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Taiwan faces threat of invasion. Many Taiwanese aren’t worried
Despite Beijing’s near-monthly attack drills against Taiwan — and its oft-repeated claim that the island will be reunited with the mainland,…
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$250K reward offered for assailant who shot Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said he believed the shooting of deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer was a "targeted attack." But…
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