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US
After Years of Delays, Amtrak Moves Toward Faster Trains in the Northeast
A new train for the busy Washington to Boston route has finally passed a computer modeling test and is set…
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World
Nicaragua Frees Jailed Bishop and Other Clergymen, Handing Them to Vatican
Nineteen clerics were released after Pope Francis drew attention to the government’s persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in his…
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Finance
Their Songs Were Stolen by Phantom Artists. They Couldn’t Get Them Back.
The guys in Bad Dog, a folkie duo from Washington, D.C., weren’t hoping to get rich off the album they…
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World
Ecuador’s Attorney General Took on Drug Gangs. Then Chaos Broke Out.
Just weeks before Ecuador descended into chaos, with prison riots, two escaped criminal kingpins and the brief siege of a…
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Arts
After Fake Basquiats, Orlando Museum Faces ‘Severe Financial Crisis’
The Orlando Museum of Art, which mounted a major Basquiat exhibition of works that were later exposed as forgeries, is…
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Finance
Morgan Stanley to Pay $249 Million in Block Trading Investigation
Federal prosecutors found at least one employee at the Wall Street firm had committed deceptive practices in handling trades of…
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Finance
Biggest U.S. Banks Earn Billions, Even After Insurance Bill
JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo reported healthy quarterly profits despite having to pay to replenish the industry’s…
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News
MAGA Has Devoured American Evangelicalism
Tim Alberta’s recent book about the Christian nationalist takeover of American evangelicalism, “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory,” is…
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News
Ben Shelton, the American With the Blinding Serve, Returns to the Open
He made a splash at last year’s event, reaching the quarterfinals, and went on to have a breakout season.
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News
Edward Jay Epstein, Author and Stubborn Skeptic, Dies at 88
He questioned the findings of the Warren Commission, called Edward Snowden a prized Russian asset and exposed the diamond industry’s…