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Betelhem, 10, lies on a bed next to her father at Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia, on October 6, 2026. She was injured during heavy artillery shelling in Alamata. Fighting broke out between the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front and federal forces on September 23, sparking fears of a return to the civil war of 2020-2022 and putting tremendous strain on the healthcare system.
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Seven days of chaos in the ER: How this country's healthcare system is unraveling
Durrie Bouscaren
Renewed fighting has pushed Ethiopia's healthcare system close to collapse: "The whole emergency (room) was flooded with war trauma patients," one surgeon says of a brutal week in September.
The stars of School Girls; Or the African Mean Girls Play during opening night curtain call for the play's Broadway run this fall. In this final week of performances, livestreaming is available. Left to right: Nia Otchere-Sarfo, Jordan Rice, Lucia Aremu, Denee Benton, Heather Alicia Simms, Erin Morton, Jasmine Amy Rogers and Patina Miller.
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Get in, loser: Broadway's newest 'Mean Girls' are ready to insult (and enlighten) you
Kristian Monroe
Ultrasound Technologist Mayra Castaneda speaks in front of healthcare workers holding placards in support of the Billionaire Tax during a media briefing in Los Angeles on April 27, 2026. Healthcare workers and allies outlined the next steps in their effort to get California's Billionaire Tax on the ballot for the November election, with their efforts already exceeding 1,500,000 signatures collected from across the state. The initiative would levy a one-time 5% tax on California billionaires. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images)
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Why did California's billionaire tax fail to surf the blue wave?
Greg Rosalsky
Crosses bearing the names of Viktor Fomenko, Natalia Karapetian and Andrii Anikin, killed in a Russian airstrike that destroyed an underground school in Komyshuvakha, lie in a cemetery in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026.
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U.S.-mediated talks on ending Russia-Ukraine war begin in Abu Dhabi
The Associated Press
Texas Standard
Texas Democrats set sights on 2027 legislative session as bill filing begins
Lawmakers began filing legislation for the 90th Texas Legislature on Monday. Proposals so far include bills to legalize recreational marijuana, repeal school vouchers, change immigration enforcement policies and place new...
Supreme Court says border wall construction can continue in West Texas
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