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People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Nov. 26, 2021. A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant that has been detected in South Africa. Scientists say it is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) XJD105 XJD105

New COVID variant threat causes worldwide scramble

The world is racing to contain a new coronavirus variant that is potentially more dangerous than the one that has fueled waves of infection on nearly every continent.

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FILE – In this file photo taken on Oct. 26, 2016, Pakistan’s Inam Khan, owner of a book shop shows a copy of a magazine with the photograph of Afghan refugee woman Sharbat Gulla, from his rare collection in Islamabad, Pakistan. National Geographic’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government said Thursday. The office of Premier Mario Draghi said Italy had organized the evacuation of Sharbat Gulla after she asked to be helped to leave the country. The Italian government will now help to welcome her and get her integrated into life here, the statement said.(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File) ALP101 ALP101
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Afghan girl from famous cover portrait is evacuated to Italy

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Higher prices on Amazon cause a retail ripple effect

Anita Peters, a Mashpee Wampanoag who goes by her traditional name Mother Bear, holds a deerskin shawl that traces her ancestors back to 1580 outside the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum in Mashpee, Mass., on September 29, 2021. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Josh Reynolds
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This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later

A cannabis leaf is put on a pizza at a restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand on Nov. 24, 2021. The Pizza Company, a Thai major fast food chain, has been promoting its “Crazy Happy Pizza” this month, an under-the-radar product topped with a cannabis leaf. It’s legal but won’t get you high. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) XSL101 XSL101
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Kevin Strickland, 62, managed a smile while talking to the media after his release from prison, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Cameron, Mo. Strickland, who was jailed for more than 40 years for three murders, was released from prison Tuesday after a judge ruled that he was wrongfully convicted in 1979. (Rich Sugg/The Kansas City Star via AP) MOKAS201 MOKAS201

Exonerated former inmate Kevin Strickland won’t get compensation from Missouri, so donors raised $1 million

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Former Gaston County Commissioner Donnie Loftis has resigned from his position on the CaroMont Health board of directors. He was the current chairman. His resignation Monday comes after questions about posts on his social media page about COVID-19. [JOHN CLARK/THE GASTON GAZETTE]

31 N.C., S.C. lawmakers lay out path to overturn 2020 election, reinstate Trump

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Marko Grilc of Sovenia in action in a best trick competition during the snowboard and ski freestyle festival at Battersea Power Station in London, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. Snowboarders are to compete in the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup big air competition on Saturday. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Celebrated snowboarder dies in accident at resort

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File – In this June 2, 2021, photo a man sits next to his dog at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va. DCJK

CDC eases up on dog travel ban

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A group of customers enjoy sitting in silence at “Green Lab,” a cafe where people can find refuge from the stresses of daily life in “healing” spaces in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 19, 2021. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Michelle Ye Hee Lee

‘Hitting mung’: In stressed-out South Korea, people are paying to stare at clouds and trees