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How Prosecutors Secured Convictions in a Trial Over Tyre Nichols’s Death

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 6:43pm
Federal prosecutors painted a picture of officers who did not stop one another from pummeling Mr. Nichols even when he did not pose a threat.
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Amy Wax Is Outrageous and Demeaning. She Shouldn’t Be Punished.

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 6:05pm
Amy Wax’s statements are indefensible. But so is the University of Pennsylvania’s response.
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Why Trump Is Lying About Disaster Relief

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 6:00pm
His usual trash-talking is losing its mojo.
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How 2 Offhand Remarks by Biden Caused Waves in the Markets and the Middle East

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 5:36pm
The president’s casual disclosures underscored the power of his words — and how quickly they travel.
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Trump Saw 2020 Election Results as an Obstacle, Not an Outcome

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 5:22pm
A court filing offers insight into his thinking and makes it hard to see him accepting another loss.
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Churches in the Dallas Area Grapple With Scandal and Controversy

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 5:05pm
In this part of Texas, a pastor with a clean reputation is not to be taken for granted.
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When the North Carolina Mountains Become Hurricane Alley

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 5:02pm
Most of the deaths from Hurricane Helene occurred far from Florida, where the storm first made landfall. Experts say alerts and evacuation orders need to target inland residents too.
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At the Debate, JD Vance Put a Lifetime of Spin to Use

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 4:59pm
Mr. Vance sanded down Donald Trump’s edges the way he often sharpens attacks for rally crowds — picking the facts that can deliver the most impact and discarding the rest.
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Aid Is Slow to Reach Some Latino Areas in Storm-Hit North Carolina

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 4:56pm
Language and other barriers are hobbling the flow of assistance to hard-hit communities where affordable housing drew growing numbers of Hispanic migrants.
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When Monet and Turner Found Beauty in London’s Toxic Fog

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 4:47pm
Monet and Turner found something sublime in the polluted 19th-century city — and maybe something darker, too.
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Biden Promised Federal Support for Survivors of Helene

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 4:41pm
Also, Liz Cheney is campaigning tonight with Kamala Harris. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
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Artist Lee Bul Ruffles the Met’s Staid Niches

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 4:15pm
The artist for the fifth Facade Commission created Cubist sculptures that look forward and backward. The question is what more the Met can do going forward.
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Harold Daggett, Port Strike Leader, Seeks Big Raises for Dockworkers

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 4:15pm
Harold J. Daggett is seeking big raises for longshoremen on the East and Gulf Coasts who have fallen behind workers on the West Coast.
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An Exodus of Agents Left the Secret Service Unprepared for 2024

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 4:05pm
Punishing hours, dilapidated facilities and an ill-conceived retiree program left the agency without the personnel it needed in a year of threats and violence.
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Firefighters Union Declines to Endorse a Presidential Candidate

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 3:24pm
The International Association of Fire Fighters was one of the first unions to endorse Joe Biden in 2020. In 2024, its board voted not to endorse at all.
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She Was Diagnosed With Brain Cancer, Then Wrote a Rom-Com About It

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 3:09pm
Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” packs love, laughter and a harrowing real-life health ordeal into a 133-page novella.
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Tina Peters, Former Colorado County Clerk, Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 2:28pm
Tina Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, Colo., had tried to prove that the machines had been used to rig the 2020 election against former President Donald J. Trump.
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Abuse Claims Add to Telegram C.E.O. Pavel Durov’s Legal Troubles

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 2:25pm
The mother of three children with Pavel Durov has poked holes in the Russian tech titan’s carefully managed image through a criminal complaint and her account of their opulent lifestyle.
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Photos Show Rep. Mike Lawler in Blackface as Michael Jackson

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 2:12pm
Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican locked in a tight race for re-election, dressed as the pop star for Halloween as a college student in 2006.
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Masamitsu Yoshioka, Last Pearl Harbor Bombardier, Dies at 106

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 1:58pm
He was 23 years old when he took part in the attack that triggered America’s declaration of war against Japan. He rarely spoke publicly about it.
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