People
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US
‘Lewiston Strong’: After Mass Shooting, Residents Emerge With Grit
After two long days of being locked down amid the manhunt for a gunman who killed 18 people, the small…
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US
Gunman in Maine Mass Shooting Had Paranoid Beliefs, Officials Say
The man was found dead on Friday night, ending a two-day manhunt. The police said he had legally purchased several…
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Health
Few Americans Have Gotten the New Covid Shots, C.D.C. Finds
The News Few Americans have opted to be immunized against the coronavirus so far this fall: Just over 7 percent…
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News
An Embarrassment of Witches
Jewish magic, Southern conjure magic and Scottish magic abound in new middle grade novels by Laurel Snyder, Eden Royce and…
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World
Stereo Speaker Battles Blare Celine Dion Tunes and Torment a New Zealand City
A subculture has developed among Pacific Islander communities based on who can blast music — often Ms. Dion’s songs —…
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World
Chinese Mourn the Death of a Premier, and the Loss of Economic Hope
An outpouring on social media for Li Keqiang, the former premier who died Friday, reflected public grief for an era…
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News
Searching for Humanity in the Middle East
We’re living through an era of collapsing paradigms. The conceptual frames that many people use to organize their understanding of…
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World
Dave Chappelle Laments ‘Nightmare’ Facing Israelis and Palestinians
The comedian, whose remarks about the Israel-Hamas war last week made headlines, returned to the subject at a show in…
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World
Transgender Ruling Is Step Forward for L.G.B.T.Q. Rights in Japan
The Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a legal clause requiring transgender people to undergo sterilization to legally change their gender identity.
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News
Why Must Palestinians Audition for Your Empathy?
I’ve moved back to the United States twice since my birth. Once as a child, after the Iraqi invasion of…