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From Honor Student to the Gunman Who Tried to Kill Donald Trump
Thomas Crooks was a brainy and quiet young man who built computers and won honors at school, impressing his teachers.…
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Bernice Johnson Reagon, a Musical Voice for Civil Rights, Is Dead at 81
A singer, composer, curator and founder of the vocal group Sweet Honey in the Rock, she provided a gospel soundtrack…
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At Least 40 Migrants Killed in Boat Fire off Haitian Coast, U.N. Says
The boat was carrying over 80 people and bound for Turks and Caicos. The disaster underscores Haiti’s gang-fueled crisis that…
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11 Days in July: Inside the All-Out Push to Save the Biden Campaign
President Biden has repeatedly tried to erase the concerns over his age and mental acuity. But nothing has changed the…
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Flying Today? What You Need to Know About the Global Tech Outage.
While service is slowly recovering, flights have been delayed and canceled worldwide. Here’s information on the most affected airlines and…
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Why Anti-Trump Protesters Were a Rare Sight in Milwaukee
Protests in Milwaukee were far smaller than at many past nominating conventions, reflecting exhaustion and despair among opponents of Donald…
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Bob Newhart Holds Up.
He basically invented the stand-up special in 1960 and continued to be a source of comic brilliance until his final…
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She Danced Naked at Woodstock. She Dated Serpico. At 93, She’s Not Done.
Betty Gordon is perhaps the world’s most unlikely first-time children’s book author. For decades she lived at the center of…
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At ‘Slave Play’ in London, a ‘Black Out’ Night Emerges From Controversy
Critics slammed the idea of “restricting audiences on the basis of race,” but at a recent performance, Black spectators praised…
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What We Know About the Global Outage
Everything from airlines to banks to retailers were impacted in many countries.