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Ukraine running out of options to retake significant territory

Ukraine’s inability to demonstrate decisive success on the battlefield is stoking fears that the conflict is becoming a stalemate and international support could erode.

By Susannah George

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A couple prayed for their 14-year-old son, last seen at their Lahaina home. Then they found him.

There was no pattern to who died and no single path to safety amid the nation’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century.

By Scott Wilson and Joshua Partlow

British Columbia declares state of emergency amid ‘devastating’ wildfires

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As wildfires spread, Canadian leaders ask Meta to reverse its news ban

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Confidential affidavits detail reasoning for police raid of Kansas newspaper

The Aug. 11 police raid of the Marion County Record’s offices sparked outrage among First Amendment advocates and news organizations across the nation.

By Jonathan O'Connell and Jon Swaine

The moon is seen from an Indian spacecraft as it entered lunar orbit this month. (Isro/Reuters)

As Russian and Indian lunar landings near, the moon rush gets crowded

Spacecraft from Russia and India are set to touch down on the lunar surface over the next few days, the latest in an international caravan of robotic spacecraft that have headed to the moon in recent years.

By Christian Davenport

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In this mean-spirited moral free-for-all, we need to put justice back in charge

To make justice happen, we can never forget how the world looks to those who are vulnerable.

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In our divided times, let’s not ‘weaponize’ our language

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Shohei Ohtani is doing things on a baseball diamond that scramble the mind

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Deciding whether to go to grad school? Here are 3 tips.

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After covid, there’s one place I know I can go and not feel lonely

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Kids getting burned on swings and slides? Here’s how to fix it.

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After a police horror story, this Mississippi sheriff needs to go

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Taliban bringing water to Afghanistan’s parched plains via massive canal

Two years after taking power, the Taliban is overseeing its first major infrastructure project: A 115-mile canal that will divert water from the Amu Darya river.

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Hurricane Hilary barreling toward California; ‘life-threatening’ flooding possible Sunday

While the monster storm will weaken during its northward march, it is nonetheless expected to bring extreme and wide-reaching impacts to California, the Desert Southwest and Baja California in Mexico.

By Diana Leonard, Ian Livingston and Jason Samenow

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The Bavarian-themed town that performs ‘The Sound of Music’ every year

Welcome to Leavenworth, Wash., a Bavarian wonderland where a production of “The Sound of Music” is a mainstay, along with a reindeer farm, a nutcracker museum and a stunning view of the Cascade mountain range.

By Zachary Pincus-Roth

Shiny and new, it’s England and Spain for a World Cup final that fits

Thirty-two teams have been whittled to two finalists, but somehow the neighborhood scrap between England and Spain winds up embodying the whole month-long event.

By Chuck Culpepper

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