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Andrea Shaw, Plaintiff in Anti-Vaccine Suit, Is Charged With Murder of Her Twins

A lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense, an organization founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., claims that vaccines caused the twins’ deaths. But a grand jury in Idaho has indicted her on charges of suffocating them.

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Is This Liberalism’s Last Stand?

The “death certificates” issued for liberalism, one analyst says, are “premature.”

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Bernie Sanders Calls on Graham Platner to Drop Senate Bid After Rape Allegation

Mr. Sanders was one of the last remaining prominent allies of Graham Platner, the Maine Senate Democratic nominee, to call for him to drop out after a rape allegation.

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Yale Law School Fights to Stop Trump Deal

The university has been in talks to resolve investigations into its admissions practices. The law school’s dean and some faculty have argued a deal could compromise its independence.

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The Accused Is in Court but Conspiracy Theories Still Swirl Around Kirk Case

Mr. Kirk’s assassination played out live on the internet, but since then, it has become fodder for fantasy.

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Venezuelans Criticize Own Government Response After Twin Earthquakes

Venezuelans are publicly expressing their anger over their government’s disaster response, despite the risk of imprisonment.

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The World Cup Stood as a Break From U.S. Politics. Then Trump Got Involved.

The president’s call to the head of FIFA underscores that he has yet to find an area of American, or even global, life where he is unwilling to assert himself.

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Democrats Begin to Clash Over Who Replaces Platner Even Before He Exits

Progressives and moderates are gearing up for a fight over an as-yet-undecided process in Maine to name a Senate nominee to replace Graham Platner after a rape accusation. He still wants a say, too.

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America Was Being Played. The Bessent Doctrine Says Those Days Are Over.

The United States is changing the rules of trade in its favor.

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A Supreme Leader’s Final Crowds

What you could see when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s coffin was being driven to a public space in Tehran.

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Trump Administration Guts Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence, Suppressing Reports

As the administration works to expand gun rights, hospitals and community groups have lost funding, and reports on preventing firearm injuries have vanished from government websites.

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I Wanted an Ecologically Responsible Garden. It Was Harder Than I Thought.

The native plant movement gets a lot right, but there’s so much more to consider.

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The 39-ish Most Stylish People of 2026, So Far

On red carpets, on set, onstage and even up in space, they captured our attention with their looks.

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Louise Lasser, Star of TV’s ‘Mary Hartman,’ Is Dead at 87

She began her screen career in Woody Allen movies (he was also her husband), but she was best known for her portrayal of the Ohio housewife in the pigtails and puffed sleeves.

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Why Are Berries Everywhere, in Every Season? Driscoll’s.

The California giant has helped turn a local, seasonal treat into a worldwide refrigerator staple and marketing juggernaut.

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The Disappearing Las Vegas Buffets Hold a Mirror to the American Soul

As a once-grand American tradition enters its twilight, our critic journeys to the desert to find out what it all means.

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Businesses Fear Politicization as Trump Gains More Power Over U.S. Agencies

A Supreme Court ruling that presidents can fire independent regulators without cause has added volatility for industries that prefer stable enforcement.

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Midtown Manhattan Building Evacuated as Officials Warn of Collapse

The complex, which once housed offices for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, is being converted to residences. Officials inspecting it found support columns were buckling, and upper floors were sagging.

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U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in May on Record Goods Imports

Imports of foreign goods, including pharmaceuticals and equipment for data centers, hit a record high, pushing the monthly trade deficit to its highest level in over a year.

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Trump Promised a Foreign Investment Boom. It’s Getting Harder to Deliver.

The threat of tariffs may have helped push more capital into the United States, but other factors are pushing it away.

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Prince Harry Loses Privacy Lawsuit Against Daily Mail Publisher

The case brought by Harry and other celebrities against Associated Newspapers was one of several legal battles that the prince has fought against British tabloids in recent years.

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U.S. Trade Deficit Widens in May

Imports rose and exports fell in the month, pushing the trade deficit to its highest level in over a year

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Estonia Won the War on Fentanyl. What Came Next Was Even Worse.

By 2018, fentanyl overdoses in Estonia had plummeted. But powerful new drugs are appearing fast, with the authorities racing to respond.

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Caribbean Disparity

We look at U.S. relief efforts in Haiti in 2010 and in Venezuela now.

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What to Watch at the NATO Summit, and Platner’s Allies Rescind Endorsements

Plus, the museum that wants you to touch the art.

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Why China Fired a Long-Range Missile Into the Pacific

Beijing had long tested nuclear missiles only within its borders. A rare launch over an ocean shows it is determined to narrow the gap with the United States.

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Slain Leader, Is Mourned in Qom

The ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, held at a site considered sacred by many Shiites, was the latest step in a weeklong funeral organized by Iran’s government.

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How a Four-Generation Cuban Family Survives on $60 a Month

The U.S. oil blockade has deepened a humanitarian crisis, forcing Cubans to lean on the island’s long tradition of community solidarity to provide a cushion.

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A Radical Vision for Israelis and Palestinians

The old solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict don’t seem to fit the present reality. A Land for All proposes an alternative.

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A Supreme Court Case on AR-15s Could Hinge on Their ‘Common Use’

Last week, the Supreme Court took up challenges to two assault weapons bans. Its decision could seriously limit the government’s ability to ban certain guns.

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