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October, already? Today, we’re exploring the legacy of the inimitable Carol Burnett. Then:

• It’s Day One of the government shutdown

• Why so many medicines are off-limits during pregnancy

• Could Donald Trump’s sweeping Gaza peace plan work?

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Rachel Syme

A staff writer covering Hollywood.

When I was nine years old, I got the part of Molly, the littlest orphan, in a local Albuquerque production of the musical “Annie,” which follows a ragtag group of girls living in a run-down Manhattan orphanage during the Great Depression. To prepare for the role, I watched

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