'It was just pandemonium.' Violence quickly erupts during 1978 prison riot
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(This is the second in a three-part series looking at the Pontiac Correctional Center riot on July 22, 1978, through the eyes of P...
U.S. Mega Millions jackpot reaches estimated $1.55 billion
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By Rachel Nostrant(Reuters) - The Mega Millions lottery jackpot grew to an estimated $1.55 billion on Tuesday after none of the mi...
British Museum evacuated after stabbing 'in the queue'
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There is a heavy police presence at the British MuseumThe British Museum has been evacuated after a stabbing, which witnesses clai...
Fugitive captured in New Stanton, sheriff says
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A fugitive wanted on multiple charges was found hiding at a hotel in New Stanton, according to officials.This content is not avail...
Sheriff group: release names of 'dangerous' juveniles, make it easier to interrogate
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North Carolina General AssemblyAn influential law enforcement group said it will keep pushing legislators to pass a bill to make i...
Norristown man charged in Salem Township fatal crash
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Aug. 8—SALEM TWP. — A man from Norristown was arraigned Monday on vehicular homicide charges related to a fatal crash that claimed...
More wrongly convicted prisoners could be exempt from paying bed and board
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Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said a miscarriage of justice makes 'your blood run cold' - Paul GroverMinisters may backdate rule ch...
In Niger, sanctions, flight disruptions squeeze UN aid stocks
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By Alessandra PrenticeDAKAR (Reuters) - Niger's military coup is hampering United Nations' humanitarian efforts in one of the worl...
Early adopters in Mexico lend their eyes to global biometric project
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By Anna PortellaMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Eager early adopters recently descended upon a Mexico City cafe where their eyes were scan...
Montgomery riverfront fight and Wayne Brady says he's pansexual: Morning Rundown
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High security outside a Georgia courthouse indicates Trump's next indictment could be looming. The deaths of two FBI agents invest...
Jail, probation for admitted Titusville arsonist
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Aug. 8—A Titusville woman has been sentenced in Crawford County Court of Common Pleas to jail plus probation for arson and other c...
Meadville man held on $100,000 bail in assault case
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Aug. 8—A 27-year-old Meadville man who city police charged with punching a pregnant woman in the stomach so hard that she couldn't...
Los Angeles city workers staging 24-hour strike
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(Reuters) - Thousands of Los Angeles municipal workers planned a 24-hour strike on Tuesday to protest what their union calls bad-f...
This week in The Economist
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image: ReutersDespite the deckchairs on the cover of our summer supplement in last week’s print edition, our journalists have not ...
What you need to know about Elon Musk
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What secret weapon sank Russia’s flagship?Destroying the Moskva helped secure Ukraine’s coast from invasionElon Musk has revolutio...
China will become less populous, more productive—and more pricey
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Our Carrie Bradshaw index: Where Americans can afford to live soloIn many cities even the most basic apartments are unaffordableTo...
America’s firefighters mostly do not fight fires
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image: Getty ImagesIn sunnyvale, a city in Silicon Valley, police officers sometimes transform into firefighters before your eyes....
Italy’s scorching summer singes Giorgia Meloni
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image: Getty ImagesANDREA GIAMBRUNO is a presenter for the TV network founded by the late Silvio Berlusconi. On July 18th, as temp...
Have scientists really found a room-temperature superconductor?
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image: ScienceCastSOLID-STATE PHYSICS very rarely goes viral. But that is what happened when a group of researchers at Korea Unive...
Authoritarians are on the march
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image: Ryan GillettTHE FALL of the Berlin Wall in 1989 held out the promise that the world was about to enter a virtuous circle. G...
What we’ve learnt from the great hike
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AMERICAN ECONOMISTS are scratching their heads in confusion. The Fed’s aggressive rate hikes hasn’t produced the outcome many expe...
What to make of a surprise shake-up in China’s nuclear force
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image: APTHE LAST time that China’s supreme leader, Xi Jinping, purged the top tiers of the military elite, he could blame their v...
Meet America’s disguised property investors
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image: Satoshi KambayashiWho really bought the house next door? In America purchasers of residential property typically fall into ...
The West’s de-risking strategy towards China will fail, says Chris Miller
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image: Delphine LeeAMID HIGH tensions with China and the steep cost of confrontation, Western leaders have adopted a buzzword to d...
How could FPV drones change warfare?
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image: ReutersA YEAR AFTER they were invented, both sides in Ukraine are already fielding thousands of racing drones with improvis...
In northern Europe, a backlash against English is under way
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image: Nick LowndesCALL IT, AS the Danes do, a luksusproblem, a luxury problem. Many citizens of Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands...
How Provençal rosé became the summer tipple par excellence
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image: Getty ImagesWHEN the temperature reaches 26°C (79°F) in Britain, a few things happen. People strip off their clothes and fl...
What happens when big tech gets too big? Ask Alphabet
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image: APAS THE TECH giant approaches its 25-year anniversary, there are questions of just how much more it can possibly grow. Inv...
Interest in George Orwell and his dystopian fiction is high
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image: Ben JonesWifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life. By Anna Funder. Knopf; 464 pages; $32. Viking; £20Julia. By Sandra Newman. M...
In “Chain-Gang All-Stars”, prisoners are turned into gladiators
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image: Celina PereiraChain-Gang All-Stars. By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Pantheon; 384 pages; $27. Harvill Secker; £18.99PRISONERS ...
What Ukraine’s bloody battlefield is teaching medics
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image: EyevineAMERICAN AND British intelligence agencies watched as Russia massed its troops on the border with Ukraine in the ear...
What does Donald Trump’s latest indictment mean for American democracy?
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image: Getty ImagesDONALD TRUMP has been charged with the most serious political crime it is possible to commit in a democracy. A ...
Climate and China fears are bringing South Asia’s countries closer
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image: ReutersFOR MUCH of June the 23m people in and around Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, suffered in temperatures of up to 38°C. F...
Britain’s government wastes time—not money
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image: Nate KitchWHAT IS AN hour of Rishi Sunak’s time worth? Officially, no more than £40 ($51), based on his £167,000 salary and...
What secret weapon sank Russia’s flagship?
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What you need to know about Elon MuskHis superfans see him as akin to a messiah; to his detractors he’s a very naughty boyA drone ...
Xi Jinping’s revealing response to floods and heatwaves
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image: Chloe CushmanCHINA IS ENDURING a year of frightening weather. Beijing, the capital, just experienced its heaviest downpours...
Has e-commerce peaked?
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image: AlamyTHREE YEARS AGO, as lockdowns forced consumers to move much of their spending online, a golden age for e-commerce appe...
Ukraine’s backers must hold firm
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image: ReutersSENIOR OFFICIALS from as many as 40 countries—Russia not included—are heading to Saudi Arabia this weekend, for the ...
