World
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White Connecticut Trooper Charged in Killing of Black Man During Stolen Car Chase
A Connecticut state trooper who fatally shot a 19-year-old Black man after a car chase two years ago has been charged with manslaughter, state ...
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Your Thursday Briefing: Russia Threatens Escalation
We’re covering Russia’s attempts to encircle eastern Ukraine and the emergence of armed militias in Colombia. An apartment building was destroyed ...
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Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, 95, Dies; Fought for Mexico’s ‘Disappeared’
When Rosario Ibarra de Piedra’s 21-year-old son was arrested at an antigovernment rally in Mexico in 1975, he disappeared for good. She spent ...
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Shanghai’s Low Covid Death Toll Revives Questions About China’s Numbers
By the numbers, Shanghai has been an exemplar of how to save lives during a pandemic. Despite the city’s more than 400,000 Covid-19 infections ...
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New Jersey Diocese Agrees to Settle Sex Abuse Claims for $87.5 Million
The Diocese of Camden, N.J., said on Tuesday that it had agreed to pay $87.5 million to settle claims made by hundreds of people who accused ...
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With Joy and Fear, Americans Watch Sweeping Mask Rules Vanish
It began in midair. Shortly after a federal judge struck down mask requirements on planes, pilots got on intercoms to share the news, and some ...
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More Cautious, Russia Embarks on New Phase of Ukraine War
KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russia plunged into a new chapter of the Ukraine war on Tuesday, intent on capturing the eastern part of the country and ...
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Enough About Climate Change. Air Pollution Is Killing Us Now.
In the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, doctors noticed a surprising silver lining: Americans were having fewer heart attacks ...
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Why We Admire Zelensky
Why do we admire Volodymyr Zelensky? The question almost answers itself. We admire him because, in the face of unequal odds, Ukraine’s president ...
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Jorge Drexler’s Music Connects Genres, Generations and Continents
A recent video chat with the songwriter Jorge Drexler quickly turned into a whirlwind music lesson as he demonstrated how a beat could travel ...