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SYDNEY, Australia — A lone gunman fired several gunshots inside Canberra Airport Sunday, prompting a rapid evacuation and grounding flights in …
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Seven people were injured in the Old City of Jerusalem early Sunday in what emergency responders are considering a suspected terror attack. Two …
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Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion can go into effect at the end of August while legal challenges to the restrictions are reviewed, the Idaho …
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It’s August — a time for vacationing, and also for the tradition of lamenting how bad Americans are at vacationing. There’s some truth to these …
Continue readingJan Longone, Influential Scholar of Food History, Dies at 89
Jan Longone, a curious, cordial and diligent food scholar who started a mail-order cookbook business from her Michigan basement that led to …
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