For Just Dollars a Day, Inmates Fight California’s Fires

Hundreds of incarcerated people are firefighting in Los Angeles. They usually make up to $10.24 a day, and receive an additional $1 for each hour that they battle the deadly blazes.

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Harry and Meghan Visit Survivors of Los Angeles Fires

The couple met with emergency medical workers and people who evacuated their homes in Pasadena, Calif., near the giant Eaton blaze.

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Belgium’s Food Agency Advises Against Eating Your Christmas Tree

The country’s food agency warned against using evergreens in food after the city of Ghent suggested an unusual form of recycling: spruce needle butter.

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British Agencies Criticized Over Sewage in Public Waterways

The condemnation by a watchdog comes as England’s largest water company asks for an emergency loan and the nation wrestles with water pollution.

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Why Some U.K. Pubs Are Running Out of Guinness

Guinness’s parent company has limited the amount of the beer that U.K. wholesalers and distributors can buy each week, after surging demand led to fears of shortages.

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British Pubs Are Running Out of Guinness

Guinness’s parent company has limited the amount of the beer that U.K. wholesalers and distributors can buy each week, after surging demand led to fears of shortages.

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Nations and Leaders React to Toppling of Syria Regime

The U.N. special envoy called it a “watershed moment” on Sunday as world leaders reckoned with the news.

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Airlines and Senators Battle Over Added Fees for Checked Bags and Seating

At a congressional hearing on Wednesday, senators framed the tacked-on fees for passenger seats or bags as akin to extortion. Airline executives pushed back, saying they gave customers options.

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Stripping Down for a Night at a French Museum

To report on an unclothed visit to an exhibition about social nudism, a Times journalist chose to join the party. Her mother did, too.

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Maternity Leave and Ongoing Consent: New Rights for Belgium’s Sex Workers

A groundbreaking law, which gives some sex workers greater labor protections and social benefits than similar legislation elsewhere in the world, in now in effect in the European country.

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