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A statue of Marcus Aurelius, the emperor and revered Stoic philosopher, was repatriated to Turkey after being illegally ...

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S. A. Cosby has a hit book at every turn, and this time it’s “King of Ashes” (Pine & Cedar/Flatiron Books, 352 pgs., $28.99 ...

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When she arrived in 2006, up to 30 women might deliver babies daily in a worn-torn hospital with a single midwife.​​ Now, MHI ...