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Trump’s Allies Don’t Want to Destroy the ‘Deep State.’ They Want to Seize It.
Every new administration that wins power away from the opposing party contends that whatever its predecessors did was terrible and…
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Starvation Is Stalking Gaza’s Children
Standing over a tiny bundle wrapped in a sheet on a hospital bed, a young father drapes his hand across…
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Black Families Can Now Recover More of Their Lost Histories
In many ways, the overgrown cemetery on a South Carolina rice plantation where my paternal ancestors are buried is emblematic…
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A Better Way to Negotiate at the W.T.O.
Getting 160-plus countries on the same page about anything is next to impossible. That’s why so many of the headlines…
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It’s the Cat’s Meow but You Just Don’t Understand
A study suggests that humans often misinterpret a pet’s signals; even purring doesn’t guarantee a contented cat.
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Why Leap Day Is Really About Party Planning
Judah Levine, top time researcher, explains how Feb. 29 was invented to keep the major holidays from colliding.
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Researchers Dispute Claim That Ancient Whale Was Heaviest Animal Ever
A new study argues that Perucetus, an ancient whale species, was certainly big, but not as big as today’s blue…
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The World May Be Entering a Much Bloodier Era
War is on the rise everywhere. When the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London published its authoritative Armed Conflict…
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‘Chiefsaholic’ Superfan Pleads Guilty in String of Bank Robberies
Xaviar Michael Babudar, a popular Kansas City Chiefs fan who dressed as a wolf at games, pleaded guilty on Wednesday…
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Arab American Fury Toward Biden
On Monday, at a hip Arab coffee shop in Dearborn, Mich., Nihad Awad, a co-founder and the national executive director…