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After So Much Heartbreak, Gun Safety May Finally Be Happening
You were right to feel hopeless. Gun safety was a lost cause. The National Rifle Association was invincible, and the…
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These Bills Could Help End the War on Drugs
There are three bills floating through Congress right now that could not only save lives and money but also help…
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World
You’ve Got to Be Kidding! Real ID Deadline for Domestic Fliers is Extended. Again.
After years of delays, security-enhanced driver’s licenses and other updated identification requirements were set to be mandatory next spring. Now…
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The Next Anti-Abortion Tactic: Attacking the Spread of Information
With the dismantling of Roe v. Wade has come a push to crack down on speech and information about reproductive…
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Michael Pertschuk, Antismoking and Auto Safety Crusader, Dies at 89
As an obscure but muscular congressional staffer and chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, he helped usher into law a…
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US
Major News Outlets Urge U.S. to Drop Its Charges Against Assange
WASHINGTON — The New York Times and four European news organizations called on the United States government on Monday to…
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US
Another Patron Who Subdued Assailant at Club Q Acted to Save ‘the Family I Found’
Thomas James was trained in the military on how to act in a crisis. And he responded immediately when an…
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News
Review: At the Big Apple Circus, It’s a Family Affair
Nepotism babies, performers who were launched into the entertainment industry with a boost from a family member or two, have…
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US
John Roberts’s Early Supreme Court Agenda: A Study in Disappointment
WASHINGTON — After finishing his first term on the Supreme Court in 2006, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was…