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World
Soldier Who Called Out Torture in Iraq Is Laid to Rest at Arlington
Ian Fishback, who left the Army with the rank of major, was a dissident-in-uniform who died at the age of 42 after entering a dizzying mental health spiral.
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World
In Gilgo Beach Slayings, a Wife Nearby but Apparently Unknowing
Asa Ellerup, married to Rex Heuermann, who has been charged with murder, cut a glum figure. She was away when the killings happened, yet became central to the investigation.
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World
In Australia, He Was a ‘Great Father.’ Secretly, He Was an Escaped Convict.
New DNA evidence helped confirm that a man who went by John Damon and died in Australia in 2010 was actually William Leslie Arnold, a convicted killer and escaped inmate from Nebraska.
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Arts
Review: Arson, Snowmen, Avian Attacks in ‘Regretfully, So the Birds Are’
A family of adoptees reckon with Asian American identity in this surreal play from Playwrights Horizons and WP Theater.
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Arts
22 Works of Fiction to Read This Spring
Watch for reality-bending explorations of time and space, a Western horror novel from Victor LaValle and new fiction from Han Kang. Plus: Tom Hanks (yes, that Tom Hanks) releases his debut novel.
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Magazine
Can I Use My Adopted Child’s DNA to Find His Biological Parents?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on protecting a child’s medical privacy while helping them learn about their past.
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World
‘Gathering Storm’ Was Nearing Murdaugh Before the Murders, Prosecutors Say
In closing arguments, the lead prosecutor said Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son to hide financial crimes. The once-influential lawyer has insisted on his innocence.
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World
Police Identify Body in River as That of Missing British Woman
The disappearance of Nicola Bulley, a 45-year-old mortgage adviser and mother of two, prompted a national debate over privacy and the treatment of missing women.
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World
Bruce Willis, My Father, and the Decision of a Lifetime
The letter from Bruce Willis’s family bore seven names — Emma, Demi, Rumer, Scout, Tallulah, Mabel and Evelyn — and a picture of the actor smiling on the beach. You could almost mistake the letter for one of those holiday circulars some families ...
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World
Lives of Syrian Refugees in Turkey Shatter a Second, or Third, Time
Syrians have experienced relentless death and destruction during their country’s 12-year civil war. But some say the earthquake was worse than anything else they had endured.