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Photos: Dramatic scenes from Kazakhstan’s massive protests and crackdown  NPR Kazakh president gives shoot-to-kill order to quell protests  Yahoo News Kazakhstan leader gives ‘kill without warning’ order, as bodies lie in the streets  CNN Why the political violence and economic grievances engulfing Kazakhstan

The year ahead will be a banner year for the gaming industry. The 2022 release of many titles initially set to drop in 2021 that were delayed because of the pandemic will soon make for an unprecedented deluge of highly

Kazakhstan’s president has authorized security forces to shoot to kill those participating in unrest.

Classes in Chicago were canceled for a third consecutive day amid an ongoing fight with the teachers union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols.

Investigators are looking into whether a 5-year-old who was playing with a lighter set a Christmas tree on fire, sparking a conflagration that killed 12 family members in a Philadelphia rowhome.

Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw,

A growing number of U.S. school districts are moving back to online classes because of the winter surge in COVID-19 cases.

Just a year ago, many Republicans joined Democrats in reacting with horror to the Capitol insurrection. But on the anniversary of the attack, top Republicans were far more muted.

Just a year ago, many Republicans joined Democrats in reacting with horror to the Capitol insurrection. But on the anniversary of the attack, top Republicans were far more muted.

There were great actors before Sidney Poitier, and great ones since. But the world would have been markedly different without Poitier—the first Black actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor—who arrived on the theater and film scene in post-World