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The stone, the world’s fifth-biggest, is a glittering giant weighing 910 carats, or 6.4 ounces, and is probably worth tens of millions of dollars.

The introduction, 50 years ago, of a black character into the Schulz comic strip was a major social statement.

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CW’s latest serial has a race-forward sensibility and a reluctant superhero who grapples with heroism’s limits.

The carnage at an open-air market came months after Iraqi forces successfully fought the Islamic State, allowing residents to live relatively free of fear.

Sloane Stephens, Venus Williams and CoCo Vandeweghe — all U.S. Open semifinalists — did not make it out of the first round on Monday in Melbourne.

The bombers struck a busy street market, Iraqi health and police officials said, the deadliest attack since last month's declaration of victory over ISIS.

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Our greatest civil rights leader was clear: Those who remain silent will also stand accused.

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“I fraternally salute all women victims of odious acts,” the French actress said, while adding that she stood by her previous statement.

Grief is not a problem to be solved or resolved. Rather, it’s a process to be lived through in whatever form and amount of time it may take.

The Sisi government, facing violence in the Sinai and preparing for an election, is hastening executions and the trials that authorize them.

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Scores were injured after the balcony collapsed at midday, sending people fleeing in panic.

The British newspaper won a Pulitzer in 2014 and aggressively expanded overseas. But it has had to cut costs as it tries to stem heavy losses.

If courts are to combat voting districts warped by politics, a judge wrote, they must take account of advances in social science.

The Vikings gave up a 17-0 lead before Case Keenum found Diggs open on the final play of the game.

It is a play that will haunt the Saints and their fans for a long time.

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