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A Conversation With Eric Garcetti, Who Led Los Angeles for Nearly a Decade
As he steps down, the city’s 42nd mayor talks legacy, racial tensions and whether he’ll become the U.S. ambassador to…
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Mike Leach, Innovative Football Coach at Three Colleges, Dies at 61
At Mississippi State and earlier at Texas Tech and Washington State, he deployed a high-powered, pass-happy “Air Raid” offense, winning…
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Violence Spreads Through Peru in Days After Its President’s Ouster
At least seven people have been killed in violence that has spread across the country following last week’s impeachment of…
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French Court Convicts 8 of Aiding 2016 Terrorist Attack in Nice
The defendants were found guilty of helping the perpetrator prepare for the assault in which he plowed a truck into…
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In Libya, Mystery Shrouds Handover of Lockerbie Suspect to U.S.
Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud, a former intelligence officer accused of delivering the bomb that destroyed a passenger jet mid flight…
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Why Do Stanford, Harvard and NASA Still Honor a Nazi Past?
Earlier this year, Harvard unveiled a report of the university’s history of profiting from slavery. “I believe we bear a…
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Bookforum Is Closing, Leaving Ever Fewer Publications Devoted to Books
Launched in 1994, the magazine published reviews, essays and interviews, and was an important outlet for book reviewers and for…
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Don Lewis, Unsung Pioneer of Electronic Music, Dies at 81
He invented the first system for integrating multiple instruments using a single control panel, predating the MIDI controller by years.
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Scientists Achieve Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough With Blast of 192 Lasers
The advancement by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers will be built on to further develop fusion energy research.
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Biden to Sign Bill to Protect Same-Sex Marriage Rights
Proponents of the legislation argued that Congress needed to be proactive in ensuring a future Supreme Court would not invalidate…