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The Week - Top Stories

TODAY'S INTERNATIONAL story - US pulls personnel from Gulf as Israel urges strikes - What happenedThe State Department yesterday ordered all nonessential U.S. government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, citing increasing strikes by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis. Saudi officials said two people were killed yesterday in an attack on a civilian airport in Dammam, hours...

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Evening Review -- The Ilhan Omar investigation

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Morning Report -- Ad turns Ohio governor's race even uglier

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Evening Review -- Who will lead the House GOP next Congress?

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ICE's treatment of detained pregnant women

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The UN warns about 'mind-reading' technology

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How can you lock in a mortgage rate and when does it make sense to do? -- The Explainer -- If rates are likely to go up between when you apply and when you close, you may want to consider a lock

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Supermarkets present a new opportunity for hackers -- The Explainer -- A cyberattack in France has some people concerned about future events

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What we learned from Covid Inquiry report on social care -- The Explainer -- Social care was an 'afterthought' at start of pandemic, visiting restrictions did 'immense' harm, and Matt Hancock's claim of 'protective ring' was unfounded

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How internet domain addresses are controlled -- The Explainer -- Soon, .com will seem old school, and .fart and .agi could take over

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What does the Ilhan Omar investigation mean for US citizenship? -- Talking Points -- Critics believe Trump's denaturalization effort is an attempt at 'silencing political opposition'

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A leadership power vacuum could await Republicans if they lose the House -- Talking Point -- Top GOP members may vie for Mike Johnson's role

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Sally Rooney's UK 'book ban' -- Talking Point -- Publisher halts sales of Irish author's work after she pledged royalties to proscribed group Palestine Action

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The best Halloween movies ever made

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The best of Stephen King's many books

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Flores, Indonesia's 'priest island' -- Under the Radar -- As the Catholic Church struggles to serve its faithful, a small island in the world's largest Muslim nation offers hope

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Chinese college graduates eschew urban life for farming -- UNDER THE RADAR -- A viral job posting exemplifies a growing trend toward agrarian life

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The great offshore gamble: online casinos bet on a tiny African island -- Under the Radar -- Anjouan, a speck in the Indian Ocean, seems to have traded vanilla for virtual roulette

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Macklemore launching 'Free Palestine' concert tour -- Speed Read -- It comes less than two weeks after the rapper was dropped by Ed Sheeran's tour

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Trump administration runs taxpayer-funded 'love me' ad -- Speed Read -- Democratic lawmakers have demanded more details about the ad

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Trump hosts Xi for lavish visit with few public gains -- Speed Read -- The two leaders have never gotten along better, Trump claimed

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China reportedly holds F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong -- Speed Read -- The parts were inexplicably diverted to the city, Bloomberg reported

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'In the clear' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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6 SPRAWLING SINGLE-STORY HOMES -- feature -- Featuring a Frank Lloyd Wright design overlooking a Minnesota lake and mountain views in Montana's Gallatin Valley -- The Week US -- Published

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Music reviews: Cameron Winter, Troye Sivan, Branford Marsalis Quartet & Dianne Reeves -- Feature -- Three albums to give a listen -- The Week US -- Published

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'Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous' -- Feature -- The exhibit is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art through Jan. 31 -- The Week US -- Published

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Best books ... chosen by Kate Atkinson -- Feature -- The celebrated author shares her picks -- The Week US -- Published

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'The New Dark Ages: The Death of Reading and the Dawn of the Post-Literate Society' -- Feature -- James Marriott writes about the future of literacy -- The Week US -- Published

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