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Saturday

Pro-democracy activists tear a placard of Winnie-the-pooh that represents Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest against a proposed new security law outside the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong on May 24, 2020. ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: The autocrat threatened by Winnie the Pooh

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Saturday

Military surgeon Jiang Yanyong, the doctor who defied the government and spoke the truth of SARS in 2003, talks at a forum on the 10th anniversary of SARS held in Beijing. He died this past week at age 91. Simon Song/South China Morning Post via Getty Images hide caption

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks at the groundbreaking celebration for a new development in the city on April 26, 2022. Bennett Raglin/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: The city that fell for a hoax

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Sunday

Demonstrators rallied outside Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's residence in New Delhi, June 14, 1975. Less than two weeks later, her government imposed a period of authoritarian rule called the "Emergency." It lasted for nearly two years. Anonymous/AP hide caption

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Saturday

LAS VEGAS - Wrestler John Cena picks up wrestler Randy Orton as wrestler Triple H (R) looks on during the WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Thomas & Mack Center August 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Betting on theater

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Friday

Saturday

Circa 1955: Bobby, whose two front teeth dropped out recently, with his twin brother Jerry. Nocella/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Inflation under the pillow

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Saturday

A Eurasian eagle owl looks at students from a local school after the release of a 5-month-old red-tailed hawk September 29, 2010 in New York's Central Park. STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: The owl that became a New Yorker

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Saturday

Nicaraguan Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez speaks to the press at the Santo Cristo de Esquipulas church in Managua, on May 20, 2022. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: A bishop of immense courage

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Saturday

Sean Payton is introduced as the new head coach of the Denver Broncos during a news conference this week. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Who are the real winners in the NFL?

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Thursday

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Dear Life Kit: My husband is living under COVID lockdown. I'm ready to move on

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Saturday

A tug of war-style "Divorce" machine is seen in the "Novelty Automation" gallery on February 15, 2017, in London. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: No, a cockroach does not deserve to be named after your ex

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Tuesday

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Saturday

Two young German-Jewish refugees at the porthole of the liner St. Louis finally arrive at Antwerp, after being refused entry to Cuba and Miami prior to the start of World War II. Gerry Cranham/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: A Holocaust remembrance — and lessons we have yet to learn

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Saturday

This detailed view shows inscriptions on a sandstone rock that's believed to be the world's oldest runestone, inscribed almost 2,000 years ago, making it several centuries older than the earliest known ones. Javad Parsa/NTB/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: The lessons we can learn from 'idiberug'

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