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Passenger Arrives Taped to a Seat and Is Charged With Assaulting Flight Attendants

Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, punched a Frontier Airlines flight attendant and groped two others on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami, the authorities said.

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Is the Delta Variant Making Younger Adults ‘Sicker, Quicker’?

Many doctors on the front lines say unvaccinated patients in their 20s and 30s are becoming more severely ill, and more quickly. But comprehensive data is lacking.

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Cecily Strong Is Starting a New Conversation

The “Saturday Night Live” star shares the story of her pandemic experience and a life touched by grief in “This Will All Be Over Soon.”

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As Hikers Vanish in Southern Australia, These Mountains Hold Tight to Their Mysteries

The high country of southern Australia is “remote and beautiful and unpredictable,” a place where visitors can be swallowed up without a sound.

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Contractor Says Fired Supreme Court Justice Behind Killing of Haitian President

A Miami-based security contractor who hired Colombian mercenaries accused of killing Haitian President Jovenel Moïse said he was working with a former Haitian Supreme Court judge to help arrest Mr. Moïse, not assassinate him.

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Iran made ‘big mistake’ in deadly tanker attack, says UK’s military chief

The UK’s military chief has said Iran made a “big mistake” when it targeted the Mercer Street tanker in a deadly attack.

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Five key things to watch for in the U.N. climate report

By Andrea Januta (Reuters) – Scientists are finalizing a long-awaited U.N. report updating the scientific consensus on climate change and the increasing risks it poses across the world. Coming out Monday, the report by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

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Greek governor says monuments of Olympia safe from fires ‘for now’

An airplane drops water on a wildfire that broke out in a forest area in northern Athens. Angelos Tzortzinis/DPA As major fires burn continue to burn across Greece, an official said the monuments at Olympia, a key site of antiquity

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Tensions rise as Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi to be sworn in as president

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is pictured during a meeting with Algerian Prime Minister Aymen Benabderrahmane at the Presidential Palace in Tehran. -/Iranian Presidency /dpa As Iran awaits the swearing in of its new president on Thursday afternoon, tensions in the

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Beijing Cancels August Events, Citing Delta

The cancellations, including a 5G conference, are the latest sign the Covid-19 variant is denting economic activity in China.

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