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In a vote that risks reigniting political turmoil in the South Asian island nation, six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was chosen to succeed the ousted leader who fled the country.

Mountain Rose Herbs opened more than 20 years ago as a home-based, mail-order company. Now it sends herbs, spices and essential oils to more than one-quarter of a million customers. The appeal of its organic, zero-waste policies may give this company a necessary edge in a poor economy.

David Kaye, now a law professor at the University of California, Irvine, says privately sold software that's being used to spy on journalists, dissidents and others is a threat to democracy.

France, led by its star Kylian Mbappé, has sparkled this tournament. In defeating Morocco, the first African country to reach the World Cup semifinals, France sets up a dream final against Argentina.

Biting wind and heavy snow are expected across 17 states this week, sending temperatures plummeting as low as minus 30 F in some areas. Blizzard conditions could hit the Upper Midwest on Thursday.

Michael Boatwright, 28, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, were all found guilty and will receive mandatory life sentences at a later date.

The working group was put together after a deadly school bus crash in August in western Ohio killed an 11-year-old elementary student and injured more than 20 other kids on the first day of school.

Ann Goldstein is the translator for the mysterious novelist's popular Neapolitan series. She says her role is to "enable someone to express him or herself as much as he or she possibly can."

The family of Aderrien Murry is seeking at least $5 million in damages. The Mississippi boy is recovering from his wounds, which include a collapsed lung, a fractured rib and a lacerated liver.

In Scent And Subversion, Barbara Herman explains how, at the turn of the 20th century, most perfumes were still just one note, floral. Then along came a fragrance that changed everything. "With Chanel No. 5," Herman says, "Coco Chanel said, 'A woman needs to smell like a woman, and not a rose.'"