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Food Banks Brace for Overwhelming Demand as SNAP Cutoff Looms by Chris Hippensteel

Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune by Tyler Pager

Where Trump Is Headed in Asia, and What Each Country Wants From Him by Sui-Lee Wee, Choe Sang-Hun, Javier C. Hernández and David Pierson

Putin Says Russia Now Has Nuclear-Powered Missile by Valerie Hopkins

Caribbean Braces for Hurricane Melissa by Frances Robles

Demon Hunter or Armadillo? Store-Bought or Homemade? by Sandra E. Garcia

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