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The Pulitzer prize winner on uniting Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton in her new novel, her unfathomable dreams, and how she went from âblabbermouthâ to writer
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Former president has already complained that ABC, the networking hosting the debate, is the ‘worst network in terms of fairness’
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US secretary of state will be most senior US official to have travelled to London since Labour’s election victory
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Bates and Suzanne Sercombe invited to Necker Island after publicly soliciting a holiday from Virgin tycoon
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‘What we’re seeing now is a reflection of someone who’s very troubled and very desperate,’ says Timothy O’Brien, author of TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald
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The economic boom that reformed the top flight in 1992 could be about to devour one of its original âbig fiveâ
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Analyses by Lord Darzi, the NHS Confederation and hospital chiefs detail a spectrum of ills in the service. But will their recommendations fuel appropriate remedies?
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MS for Cardiff South and Penarth, who stood down after 140 days as first minister, will not seek re-election in 2026
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Jenny Hastings had been missing since she failed to return from swim at Wardie Bay in Edinburgh on Tuesday
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Trump claimed Jews who vote for Democrats need to have their ‘head examined’ and wondered: ‘How do they exist?’
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Every time it seems he canât possibly sink any lower, the billionaire CEO grabs a shovel and starts digging
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Black Americans whose ancestors were enslaved were still suffering a century later because they lived in states where Jim Crow laws were enforced