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Ghassan Zeineddine, author of the short story collection, <em>Dearborn</em>.

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  • Books

Arab American stories interconnect in the new collection, 'Dearborn'

Author Ghassan Zeineddine's new collection of short stories, Dearborn, takes a tenderhearted look at interconnected characters in the largest Arab American community in the country

September 09, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Police patrolled in the Chiswick area of London as the hunt for Daniel Khalife entered its fourth day on Saturday. Khalife, a British soldier awaiting trial on terrorism charges escaped from a prison in South West London on Wednesday.

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  • Europe

Police catch a terrorism suspect who escaped from a London prison

A former soldier who escaped from a London prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges was captured Saturday after being on the run for four days, police said.

September 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
People take shelter and check for news on their mobile phones after an earthquake in Rabat, Morocco, late Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.

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  • Africa

A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 800 people, government says

At least 820 people died, mostly in Marrakech and five provinces near the quake's epicenter, and another 672 people were injured, Morocco's Interior Ministry reported Saturday morning.

September 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Modular container homes are set up in Kahului, Hawaii. A pop-up village of the buildings is in the process of being created by a local organization, the Family Life Center.

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  • National

Pop-up units spring up after Maui fire disaster, giving families a place to call home

In Hawaii, people who lost their homes to wildfires could soon be living in a pop-up village, with space for around 250 people.

September 09, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Some of the celebrity couples who have announced their splits in recent months include (L-R): Billy Porter and Adam Smith, Britney Spears and Sam Asghari and Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner.

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  • Pop Culture

Celebrity couples keep breaking up. Why do we care so much?

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are the latest high-profile pair to announce their split in what some have deemed "the year of the celebrity breakup." Experts explain why people get so invested from afar.

September 09, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman

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  • Book Reviews

'The Fraud' asks questions as it unearths stories that need to be told

Zadie Smith's latest novel revisiting a piece of history is packed with great writing and shining passages that go from humorous to deeply philosophical. But it is also very long.

September 09, 2023
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By:
  • Gabino Iglesias
G20 Summit sherpa Amitabh Kant, center, addresses a press conference at the International Media Center ahead of the summit in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.

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  • World

The G20 has agreed to make the African Union a permanent member, Indian PM Modi says

The announcement came at the opening of the G20 summit, one that comes as growing global rifts and the absence of key players threatened to make reaching consensus on the thorniest issues elusive.

September 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Charred remains of homes are visible following a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 22, 2023.

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  • National

The number of people missing following devastating Maui wildfires has dropped to 66

The new tally of 66 people still missing represents a significant drop from a week earlier, when authorities said 385 remained unaccounted for. The confirmed death toll remains at 115.

September 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters at the White House, Oct. 21, 2020, in Washington. He is one of 19 defendants in a Georgia racketeering case involving former President Donald Trump.

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  • Law

Judge rejects Mark Meadows' efforts to move Georgia racketeering case to federal court

The former White House chief of staff to former President Donald Trump argued he should be tried in federal court. A federal judge disagreed, signaling how other defendants may be tried.

September 08, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022.

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  • Law

Biden administration urges Supreme Court to hear case on major abortion pill

The Justice Department pressured the Supreme Court on Friday to reconsider the fate of mifepristone in the U.S. The abortion pill may be dramatically limited if the court decides not to review.

September 08, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Hurricane Lee isn't currently predicted to make landfall — but all eyes will be on the intense storm's path as it slows down near the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda.

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  • Weather

Intensely powerful Hurricane Lee will slow down over the ocean, forecasters say

It took just 24 hours for Lee's maximum sustained winds to rocket from 80 mph to 160 mph. Now the hurricane's intensity is fluctuating.

September 08, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Russell Lewis

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  • Law

Justice Alito rejects recusal in major tax case

His statement came after Sen. Dick Durbin, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to the chief justice, urging that steps be taken to assure that Alito not take part in the tax case.

September 08, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Blair Penner, left, Chloe Bennet and Anthony Konechny in <em>Married by Mistake.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: the Made in Heaven series, the movies Married by Mistake and Gran Turismo and the 50 MPH podcast.

September 08, 2023
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By:
  • Candice Lim,
  • Bedatri D. Choudhury,
  • and 2 more
Germany's Andreas Obst drives to the basket against Team USA in the FIBA Basketball World Cup semifinals Friday. Germany upset the U.S. 113-111, and will take on Serbia this Sunday in its first-ever championship game.

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  • Sports

Germany heads to its 1st FIBA World Cup championship after upsetting Team USA

Friday's defeat in Manila marked the second consecutive Basketball World Cup loss for the U.S., which won back-to-back championships in 2010 and 2014.

September 08, 2023
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wants the identities of future jurors in the Georgia election interference case to be shielded. Willis herself has received threats and had her personal information posted online.

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  • Law

'New territory in Georgia,' as prosecutors want jurors' names shielded in Trump case

A new case in Fulton County, Ga., is giving some weight to the call to shield the identities of future jurors in the election interference case after special grand jury members were doxed online.

September 08, 2023
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  • Sam Gringlas
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