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Saturday

Bouquets of flowers are left near Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At least five people were killed and 18 wounded in a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in the US city of Colorado Springs, police said on November 20, 2022. JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Our tragic new normal

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Saturday

President George W. Bush prepares for his State of the Union Speech with Karen Hughes, Counselor to the President, and Michael Gerson, Director of Presidential Speech Writing, outside the Oval Office January 29, 2002 in Washington DC. The White House/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Remembering Mike Gerson, Washington Post columnist

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Saturday

State Rep. Barbara Cooper, D-Memphis, watches the vote board as her bill to limit license restoration fees passes during House session on April 12, 2006 in Nashville, Tenn. Cooper, who served in the General Assembly, died on Oct. 25, 2022. She was 93. John Russell/AP hide caption

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Opinion: A life lesson from these midterm elections

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Saturday

An artistic illustration of what the child could have looked like when alive and sleeping Tom Björklund hide caption

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Tom Björklund

Opinion: An 8,000-year-old lesson

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Wednesday

Saturday

In this illustration photo, a voter fills out their ballot n Los Angeles on Monday. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Where did all of the political debates go?

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Saturday

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Opinion: Yes, I am basic

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Saturday

Russian missiles roll in Red Square in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin has warned that he wouldn't hesitate to use nuclear weapons to ward off Ukraine's attempt to reclaim control of its occupied regions. AP hide caption

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Opinion: The specter of nuclear Armageddon

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Saturday

A man walks through the rain during an intense afternoon thunderstorm in 2012 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Observations from a quiet and rainy New York

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Saturday

Family members of Tony Hughes, one of the 11 victims found at a serial killer's apartment, comfort each other during a remembrance vigil held at Junea Park in Milwaukee in 1991. Bill Waugh/AP Photo hide caption

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Opinion: Remember the victims, not the killer

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Friday

Trevor Noah announced Thursday that he'd be leaving The Daily Show after seven years. "My time is up," he said. "But in the most beautiful way." Noah is pictured above in Los Angeles in September 2021. Rich Fury/Getty Images hide caption

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Trevor Noah's 'Daily Show' departure hints at deeper problems in late night TV

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Thursday

Sunday

The general Nanisca, portrayed by Viola Davis, is the star of The Woman King. When a man objects to her influence, she retorts: "If the king respects me, it is because I have earned it." Ilze Kitshoff/Sony Pictures hide caption

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Saturday

NPR's Scott Simon keeps hundreds of compost worms like this one in a bin on his balcony. Scott Simon/NPR hide caption

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Opinion: Tiny movers of earth, and also our hearts

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Thursday

Left to right: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic Clive Brunskill/Getty Images; Sarah Stier/Getty Images; Rob Newell - CameraSport via Getty Images hide caption

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