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A Red Crescent Ambulance enter the Ain al-Fijah spring region on Saturday after government forces took control/AFP


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José Mourinho, showing off his new cropped hair cut, smiles as Manchester United reach the final of the EFL Cup despite losing 2-1 to Hull City in the semi-final second leg. Photograph: Matt West/BPI/REX/Shutterstock


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Rob and Melinda DeRocker own an 1843 house in Tarrytown, N,Y. While renovating, they found all kinds of souvenirs of past occupants including a player-piano roll, a child’s alphabet flash card, hand-painted ceramic tiles and a clay pipe. Credit Tony Cenicola/The New York Times


The History Hidden in the Walls

The History Hidden in the Walls

Once you start digging — whether excavating long-populated urban land for a commercial project or tearing down the walls of a house — you never know what you’ll find. It might be a ritual object placed there to ward off evil spirits 300 years ago, or a few decades...
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MOVING SLOWLY. IT’S A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, AFTER ALL.
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Trump Avoids Making a Trade Promise He Can’t Keep

Trump Avoids Making a Trade Promise He Can’t Keep

Donald Trump’s first week as president has been a bad one for free trade. He suggested a new 20 percent tariff for imports from Mexico. He formally withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and said he would start renegotiating the North American...