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Thousands of farmers flooded the streets of London protesting an inheritance tax on agricultural land that they say would devastate family farms. The U.K. government says the tax would mainly affect rich individuals who bought farmland as an investment.

Local officials across the West Coast are bracing for flash floods, power outages, and possible blizzards at high altitudes after announcing heavy rain from Nov. 19 to Nov. 22. Powerful winds also raise concerns about the increased risk of wildfires.

Kamala Harris hoped to declare victory at Howard University on election night. Today, students at one of America’s top HBCUs wrestle with the fallout.

Millions of Americans in rural areas lack access to fast, reliable broadband internet. It's an equity problem that communities are starting to solve.

Dig in to the 10 best books of November, from Robin Wall Kimmerer’s nature essays to a biography of Johnny Carson.

People in Senegal are voting in a parliamentary election that will decide whether the country’s president can carry out ambitious reforms, six months after he was elected on an anti-establishment platform.

Voters stuck with the status quo on Election Day, ensuring that Republicans will hold onto a thin majority in the House and producing barely any change to the makeup of the chamber.

The workers who restored the Gothic icon in Paris after a devastating fire celebrate eternal qualities in their skill and artistry. That speaks to real worship.

Hezbollah’s intensified rocket barrages against northern Israeli communities have created conflicting impulses among residents: supporting war, yet eager to end it.

President-elect Donald Trump readies for a new tariff war with China, making balanced trade books, not free trade, the leitmotif of his presidency.

Experts on aging want to change how we talk about people who are growing older. They’ve gotten the Oxford English Dictionary to agree.

As more women enter skilled construction trades, they are laying a foundation to succeed in a rough-and-tumble world of labor union brotherhoods.

The Onion bought Alex Jones’ Infowars after he filed personal bankruptcy. Families of Sandy Hook Elementary School victims successfully sued Mr. Jones and his company for defamation and emotional distress, with judges awarding them $1.5 billion in damages.

While the planned social media ban has broad support, more than 140 technology and child welfare experts signed an open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calling it “too blunt an instrument” to be effective. The specifics will be unveiled next week.

A U.S. Forest Service archeologist has sent a letter to federal officials detailing illegal behavior by North Carolina forest managers, the latest development in a whistleblower case. He alleges they have damaged Native American historic sites for years.

Gorgeously illustrated children’s books provide visual worlds to explore, while the books’ hopeful messages will cheer young and old alike.

The story of the grinding Russian-Ukrainian land battle is one of an imbalance of forces and supplies, mostly in Russia’s favor. Yet Ukraine finds ways to defy the odds, at least for a while.

Local communities start the process of justice and reconciliation two years after one of Africa’s worst wars.

Donald Trump’s controversial Cabinet choices came after other picks that were deemed more credible. It’s now a litmus test for Republican senators.

Donald Trump’s pick of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense, coupled with reports of a possible review board to oust some military leaders, sends ripples of concern throughout the defense establishment.

With “All We Imagine as Light,” an Indian filmmaker draws our attention to personal stories – and the many ways a life can have meaning.

African women activists are protesting the ongoing U.N. COP29 climate summit by attending a “counter-COP” to share the harmful impacts of mining on women and children. They seek reparations and a greater say in the extraction of minerals from their continent.

Donald Trump is set on weakening Western support for Ukraine and weakening Europe’s economy with tariffs. Can the continent withstand a dual assault?

Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who died Nov. 13, who argued 65 cases before the Supreme Court, including fighting for same-sex marriage. Mr. Olson “left the law, our country, and each of us better than he found us,” said former adversary David Boies.