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WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson disclosed Wednesday that she received a $1,200 congratulatory floral display from Oprah Winfrey and $6,580 in designer clothing for a magazine photo shoot in her first months as the first Black woman on

LONDON (AP) — Pope Francis emerged from a three-hour abdominal surgery at a Rome hospital on Wednesday evening, with no known complications, the Vatican said.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Santa Fe Opera will present the world premiere of “The Righteous” by composer Gregory Spears with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith on July 13 next year.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Farrow wanted what a lot of people do: a child, and a parenting partner.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Willa Cather, the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author renowned for her portrayal of the lives of pioneer settlers in the U.S. Heartland, was honored Wednesday with the unveiling of a bronze statue in her likeness in the U.S.

The rate increase brings its key interest rate to 4.75 per cent, the highest it’s been since 2001.

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry entered a London courtroom in a high-stakes bid to prove the publisher of the Daily Mirror tabloid had unlawfully snooped on his life. He left the witness box Wednesday looking fatigued and with the outcome uncertain.

NEW YORK (AP) — Massive fires are burning up stretches of Canadian forests and sending plumes of smoke into the U.S. As a haze stretches over the East Coast and the Great Lakes, health authorities have raised the alarm about poor air quality.

TORONTO — The Bank of Canada hiked its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter percentage point, bringing the rate to 4.75 per cent — the highest it's been since April 2001.

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