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Three lower courts have ruled against the president, and a fourth said the time was not ripe for a decision on the question’s merits.
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In response to villagers capturing one of their own, Boko Haram gunmen on motorbikes stormed the village of Koshobe on Saturday, killing at least 110 people in one of the region’s deadliest attacks in years.
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The social toll of the pandemic is still difficult to measure on a global scale, but international organizations are worried about the disproportionate harm it’s causing to women.
Those hopes persist, accompanied by much flag waving, despite questions about the Oxford vaccine’s trials and effectiveness.
The roughly 90-second segment features a conversation between the actor posing as Obama and the show’s host, Tigran Keosayan.
Kaavan has been freed from a notorious zoo in Pakistan and will begin a new life in Cambodia.
Four Republican state lawmakers say the governor violated state and federal laws by requiring masks and ordering some businesses to close.
The reversal came after swift backlash from residents who questioned the city’s leadership for putting the filming of a rom-com ahead of the health and safety of its citizens.
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The panel is also expected to vote on a mandate on electric vehicle infrastructure and give the city more flexibility to raise parking rates in high-demand areas.
The month tied as the third warmest November on record and was also the sixth wettest in Washington.
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